Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Indonesia, Sulawesi island, Toraja country, Tana Toraja, girls wearing traditional clothes during funeral cermony

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Zanskar, an elderly woman from Hanupatta village (3760m) turns a prayer wheel

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Leh (3500m), régional capital, buddhist monastery of Namgyal Tsemo and prayer flags

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Hemis, Naropa festival of 2018, two hundred and ninety nine Ladakhie women performed the dance of Shondol, recorded in the Guinness World Records as the biggest Ladak...

UK. Scotland. Edinburgh. The Beltane Fire Festival held yearly atop Calton Hill to celebrate the coming of Summer, a modern interpretation of Ancient Druid Celtic Culture.

Portrait of an old man with a pink beard at the Holi festival, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

India, Rajasthan, Ajmer, Ajmer Sharif, Haji Syed Salman Chishty who is the founder and director of Chishty Foundation, married Syeda Sehar Chishty and celebrates their union for three days long with g...

United States, New York, Midtown, Manhattan, 5th Avenue Easter parade, parade which takes place every Easter Sunday since the late 19th century

A group of Jain pilgrims doing a special pooja in front of the gigantic statue to receive the blessings of Bahubali by the local priests, Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, the big horns help...

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, on the occasion th...

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, on the occasion th...

South Korea, South Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangnam-do), Gayasan, drum ceremony performed by monks before the evening prayer at the buddhist temple of Haeinsa listed as World Heritage by UNESCO

Laos, Sekong Province, sekong, charity for buddhist monks

India, Kerala, Kannur region, Parayangat temple, Theyyam Kundor Chamundi

India, Kerala, Kannur, Karuvalli Kavu, Theyyam Puthiya Bhagavathi

India, Uttar Pradesh state, Allahabad, Kumbh Mela biggest gathering in the world in January 2013

India, Uttar Pradesh state, Holi festival, Colour and spring festival celebrating the love between Krishna and Radha

India, Uttar Pradesh state, Vrindavan, Holi festival, colour and spring festival celebrating the love between Krishna and Radha

Sunset over Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, folk dances during the religious ceremony of Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi), Christian tradition that goes back to 1264

South East Asia, Myanmar, Bago, Kha Khat Wain Kyaung monastery, meal time

Asia, Amankora Resort, Paro, Bhutan. Dancing is an important part of all major festivals in Bhutan depicting important events in peoples lives and honoring the life and work of Lord Buddha.

Europe, Switzerland, Lucerne, Fasnact spring carnival parade

Europe, Switzerland, Basel, Fasnact spring carnival parade

Europe, Germany, Weil am Rhein, Fasnact spring carnival parade

Whirling Dervishes, Istanbul, Turkey

Norway, Finnmark County, Kautokeino, Easter festival, Lapp man

Niger, the Gerewol ceremony, general assembly of Wadabee Fula from Western Africa, Bororo

Niger, the Gerewol ceremony, general assembly of Wadabee Fula from Western Africa, Bororo

France, Jura, Arbois, breakthrough of the yellow wine, mass in the church Saint Just, ambassadors of the yellow wine

Iberian masks. Cork masks, Carnival of Aldeias do Xisto. Gois, Portugal

Iberian masks. Los Hombres de Musgo (moss men) of Bejar. Salamanca, Spain

Iberian masks. Los Toros y los Guirrios de Velilla de La Reina. Leon, Spain

Buddhist Lama Monk with large cymbals for the Losar festival. Sikkim, India

A Pokot warrior attending a Sapana ceremony, wears an interesting mixture of modern dress with traditional ornaments.

Hindu worshiper with body piercing during the Thaipussam Festival, Tamil Nadu, India

Men of the Skeleton Tribe during Mount Hagen Sing Sing Cultural Show, Mt Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Stonehenge at sunrise, Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge at sunrise, Wiltshire, England

Georgia, Tbilisi, Old Tbilisi or Dzveli Kalaki, Orthodox Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition

Georgia, Tbilisi, Old Tbilisi or Dzveli Kalaki, Orthodox Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition

Georgia, Tbilisi, Old Tbilisi or Dzveli Kalaki, Bethlehem district (or Kldisoubani), Bethlehem church

Indonesia, Bali, Karangasem, Pura Lempuyang temple

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, regional capital, woman walking down the steps of Shanti Stupa

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh, regional capital, Buddhist monks in saffron robes in front of Santi Stupa to receive alms

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Leh (3500m), régional capital, buddhist monastery of Namgyal Tsemo and prayer flags

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Hemis, Naropa festival of 2018, two hundred and ninety nine Ladakhie women performed the dance of Shondol, recorded in the Guinness World Records as the biggest Ladak...

India, Uttar Pradesh, Holi festival, Colour and spring festival celebrating the love between Krishna and Radha

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, statue of Shakyamuni Buddha erected above the gompa (monastery) of Hemis

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh (3500m), annual Ladakh Festival, Buddhist temple of Gompa Soma (Chokhang), an elderly man walks around the temple in a clockwise...

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh, Annual Ladakh Festival, Gompa Soma Buddhist Temple (Chokhang), a monk wearing a large mask with a grimacing and frightening face showing...

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh (3500m), annual Ladakh Festival, Buddhist temple of Gompa Soma (Chokhang), an elderly woman comes out of a temple room after tur...

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh (3500m), annual Ladakh Festival, Buddhist temple of Gompa Soma (Chokhang), a girl walks around the temple in a clockwise directi...

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Thiksey gompa (monastery), lamas of the order Gelugpa realize a mandala made of colored sand powder

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Gompa (monastery) of Lamayuru (3510m) of the Kagyupa order, a lama turns a big prayer wheel

India, Maharashtra, Nashik, woman on the ghats making an offering to Godavari river

India, Maharashtra, Nashik, pilgrims stuff shop

Benin, Nosthern distict, Atacora department, Koussoukoingou area, woman Otammari ethny with her tribal scarifications during an initiation ceremony

Benin, Porto-Novo, girls during epiphany ceremony

Benin, Porto-Novo, portait of a woman during epiphany ceremony

France, Bouches du Rhone, Marseille, August 15 procession of the Virgin in the streets of the Panier

France, Bouches du Rhone, Marseille, basilica de la Major, August 15, feast of the Virgin

France, Haut Rhin, Colmar, Rue des Marchands, timbered houses, Easter decorations

Italy, Apulia, Bari, Piazza del Ferrarese decorated for Saint Nicholas festival every year in May

Georgia, Imereti, Kutaisi, Gelati Monastery, listed as World heritage by UNESCO, prayers to the Saints

Georgia, Imereti, Kutaisi, Gelati Monastery, listed as World heritage by UNESCO

UK. Scotland. Edinburgh. The Beltane Fire Festival held yearly atop Calton Hill to celebrate the coming of Summer, a modern interpretation of Ancient Druid Celtic Culture.

Male peacock fanning out his tail feathers

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Dashashwamedh Ghat - The main ghat on the Ganges River

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Pilgrims praying in Ganges river