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Namondjok (centre) who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon (right) , the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife (below left) supernatural ancestors at the rock art site at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Parasols in Pura Taman Pule Hindu temple on Koningan Day, Bali's second most important holiday when the holy souls of the ancestors are revered, Gianyar district, Bali, Indonesia

Tourists taking their own photograph in front of the Hall for Worship Of Ancestors, The Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Ancestor Worshipping Temple, Longmen Buddhist Caves dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Leiknes Rock Paintings depicting two swans, drawn by the ancestors of the Saami perhaps 9000 years ago, Leiknes, Troms, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Leiknes Rock Paintings depicting deer, drawn by the ancestors of the Saami perhaps 9000 years ago, Leiknes, Troms, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Leiknes Rock Paintings depicting a killer whale, drawn by the ancestors of the Saami perhaps 9000 years ago, Leiknes, Troms, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

A gallery of tao-taos (statues of ancestors) at a cliff gravesite, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, Longmen Buddhist Caves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, Longmen Buddhist Caves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Tourists taking their own photograph in front of the Hall for Worship Of Ancestors, The Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Ancestor worship, burning hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper, Hungry Ghost Festival (Ullambana), Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Inuit memorial, Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Liturgy commemorating victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor (Famine) and Russian-Ukrainian war started 2014, Madeleine Basilica, Paris, France

Festival of Light (Inti Raymi festival) Cochas Community, Angochagua Parochia, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Festival of Light (Inti Raymi festival) Cochas Community, Angochagua Parochia, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Totem poles in the cemetery of the First Nations Kwakwaka'wakw people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Burial Ground for Slaves and Free Blacks up to 1854, containing 180 graves, St. Peter's Churchyard, St. George, Bermuda

Burial Ground for Slaves and Free Blacks up to 1854, containing 180 graves, St. Peter's Churchyard, St. George, Bermuda

The main house of the ancient Tusayan Ruins at Grand Canyon South Rim, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arizona, United States of America, North America

China ceremonial columns showing achievements of ancestors in mandarin exams outside a temple to ancestors in a village in fujian province

Barrginj, wife of Namarrgon the Lightning Man, one of the supernatural ancestors depicted at the aboriginal rock art site at Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Namondjok in centre, who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon on right the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife below left, supernatural ancestors at the rock art site, Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Lakshaya Raj, son and heir of 76th Maharana of Mewar, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, at Holi Festival at the City Palace, Rajasthan, India

Lakshaya Raj, son and heir of 76th Maharana of Mewar, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, at Holi Festival at the City Palace, Rajasthan, India

Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, 76th Custodian of the House of Mewar, presides at annual Hindu Holi Fire Festival at The Zenana Mahal in the City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, 76th Custodian of the House of Mewar, presides at annual Hindu Holi Fire Festival at The Zenana Mahal in the City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. On his right is son Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur, Maharaj Kumar.

Lakshaya Raj, son and heir of 76th Maharana of Mewar, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, at Holi Festival at the City Palace, Rajasthan, India

Rohet Garh fortress palace hotel with battlement walls with drawings of aristocratic ancestors Rohet, Rajasthan, Northern India

Rohet Garh fortress palace hotel with battlement walls with drawings of aristocratic ancestors Rohet, Rajasthan, Northern India

Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, 76th Custodian of the House of Mewar, presides at annual Hindu Holi Fire Festival at The Zenana Mahal in the City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. On his right is son Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur, Maharaj Kumar.

Buddhist ceremony, Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Namarrgon, the Lightning Man, one of the supernatural ancestors depicted at the aboriginal rock art site at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Ullambana ceremony, when food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rohet Garh fortress palace hotel with battlement walls with drawings of aristocratic ancestors Rohet, Rajasthan, Northern India

Library with ancestor portraits in Diep Dong Nguyen House, built in the 19th century by a Chinese merchant, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mosaic depicting Jesus and his ancestors, from Adam to Jacob, in Kariye Camii (Holy Saviour in Chora church), Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Ancestors graves in the front yard of a home in the town of Lufilufi on the island of Upolu, Samoa, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Bargeboards representing ancestors' arms on a building in the Waitangi National Reserve, Whara Runanga, at Waitangi, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

The old folks of Ilulissat having a day out in front of the town's cemetery, Greenland, Polar Regions

The cemetery on Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Crowns and helmets were worn by leaders, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Offering room, sala de la ofrenda, Gold artifacts on display, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Pectoral in the form of a Jaguar-Man, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

gold artifacts in the form of a Jaguar-Man, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Poporo and stick, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

The Offering Raft or La Balsa de la ofrenda, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Offering room, sala de la ofrenda, Gold artifacts on display, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Poporo and stick, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

The Offering Raft or La Balsa de la ofrenda, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Local food, tamal served in Ixoq Ajkeem comunity, San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

A Mayan woman use natural dyes to color fabrics. Ixoq Ajkeem comunity, San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Maori traditional meeting house at Waitangi, carved meeting house representing all tribes, Maori Culture, Te Whare Runanga, North Island, New Zealand

Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, prayers for dead, ancestors, family offers food, wine, fruit to the dead people, show their respect, prayer, 5th of April, offerings

Ancestral gallery of the dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerin, Schweriner Schloss castle, built from 1845 to 1857, romantic historicism, Lennestrasse 1, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Historic wall painting in the ancestor hall in Castle Burg, Solingen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Historic wall painting in the ancestor hall in Castle Burg, Solingen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany