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In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.

Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Solution: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Why? In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.

New input: Într-un amestec de ritualuri antice păgâne și creștine moderne, sătenii au organizat o serie de ceremonii în speranța de a înlătura nenorocirile despre care cred că i-au ținut săraci.
Solution:
In a mixture of ancient pagan and modern Christian rites, the villagers have staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor.