Greek Orthodox icons offered for sale outside the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe

Carriage rides offered outside Seville Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies building, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Thai food offered during a festival at Buddhapadipa temple, Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thai food offered during a festival at Buddhapadipa temple, Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red drinks offered to a Pig shrine, the Pig is the astrological symbol of the year a past queen was born, Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia, Asia

September 11 Memorial Bell offered to New York by London, New York, United States of America, North America

Sri Krishnan Hindu temple, incense sticks offered by devotees, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Terracotta diya (oil lamps) offered as a temple puja by pilgrims and devotees, Kamakhya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

Members of Heythrop Hunt are offered drinks outside the Westcote Inn, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Members of Heythrop Hunt are offered traditional stirrup cup drinks at hunt meet, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire

Silver jewels - necklaces, bangles, bracelets, earrings, pendants with semi-precious stones - on display at a market in Pakistan

Close-up of an armadillo tied up and offered for sale at a market at Zuchitan, Mexico, North America

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

Sweets offered by nuns after an Ordination ceremony, Beit Jala, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

Christmas meal offered by the Sant'Egidio community in Saint-Hippolyte church, Paris

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Thailand, Ayutthaya (Near Bangkok) Was The Siam Capital, Wat Yai Chai Mongkol Temple (Rebuilt In 1982), Close-Up On A Buddha Statue Gilted With Gold Leaves Offered By Believers

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Thailand, Bangkok, Grand Palace And Wat Phra Keo (Emerald Buddha Temple), Close-Up On A Buddha Statue Gilted With Gold Leaves Offered By Believers

Japan, Kyoto, Wood Tablets With Wishes To Be Offered To The Kamis (Gods) In Shinto Shrine,

Dehydrated female black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) being offered fluids via syringe, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Widows on line for collecting their daily food ration offered by an ashram in compensation for their prayers , Vrindavan, Mathura district, India

Dishes with pieces of mango, Thai food, Suan Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand

Thai food offered at Suan Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand

Thai food offered at Suan Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand

Mozartkugeln offered card board Morzart, Old Market, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Free peanuts are offered with drinks in a bar, Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang Province, Laos, Asia

Olives offered on fish market, Catania, Sicily, Italy

Stall with chilli peppers and lemon citrus (Citrus medica), Cedrat, Lake Garda, Sirmione, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Cider or apple wine express, tram as a tourist attraction, in which alcoholic beverages are offered, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

View of Scala, a small town near Ravello, The view is offered by one of the balconies of the garden in the Villa Cimbrone, Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy, Europe

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) male offering a big caterpillar to a female, South Africa