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Lava lizard (Microlophus spp) courtship behavior in the Galapagos Islands Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Blue Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), a marine bird found in the Eastern Pacific whose unusual blue feet feature in courtship rituals, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in mating ritual, Volunteer Point, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America
Aerial of cattle moving to a waterhole, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa
Aerial of cattle moving to a waterhole, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis Papua), performing a mating ritual in the Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
Aerial of cattle moving to a waterhole, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa
Tuaregs on their camels, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa
Tuaregs on camels, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa
Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600
N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Two in courtship, being photographed by diver. Babbacombe, Torquay, South Devon, UK
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A huge Lama figure is carried over the Plaza de Armas square in Qusco, parade of the Inti Raymi festival, winter solstice festival, important festival of the Inca, Qusco, Peru, South America
Elephants decorated with gold jewellery on the way to the temple, Hindu Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, southern India, Asia
Pujaris sitting on elephants on the way to the temple, Hindu Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, southern India, Asia
Pujaris standing on the backs of elephants, holding fans made of peacock feathers up in the air, Hindu Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, southern India, Asia
Priest with big sword sacrificing water buffalo, Hindu festival Dashain, Gorakhnath temple, Gorkha, Gorkha District, Nepal, Asia
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), courtship and welcoming ritual on return of mate, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behaviour. South America, Falkland Islands, January
Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behaviour. South America, Falkland Islands, January