Women at the Lakshmi Puja Festival celebrating Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Beauty, India

Aboriginal dance, Australia

Ritual greeting of African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Africa

Guayusa Upina Ceremony, Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in mating ritual, Volunteer Point, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

A pair of Black guillemots bonding in Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Priest and couple joining hands in wedding

Caucasian brides kissing at wedding ceremony

Caucasian bride and groom kissing

Couple and priest standing in church

Couple and priest standing in church

Close up of bride and groom wedding cake topper

A Pair Of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) That Are Likely Mates Do A Bonding Ritual Of Flying Together And Touching Or Locking Talons Together And Then Tumbling Down Through The Air, South-Central Alaska, Alaska, United States Of America

Hamer woman carrying a baby at a bull jumping ceremony, which initiates a boy into manhood, in the village of Asile, Omo Valley, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia