Pilgrim reading Bible in Amharic, Timkat festival, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Pilgrim at the Easter Festival, Axoum, Ethiopia, Africa

Celebration of Purim festival, faithful holding book and wearing phylacteries, Beth Loubavitch Synagogue, Montrouge, France

Celebration of Purim festival, Rabbi reading the Meghilat (Book of Esther), Beth Loubavitch Synagogue, Montrouge, France

Celebration of Purim festival, Rabbi reading the Meghilat (Book of Esther), Beth Loubavitch Synagogue, Montrouge, France

Page of Koran displayed at the World of Islam Festival, Mashad Shrine Library, Mashad, Iran, Middle East

Boy follows by reading the text of the Ramlilla, the stage play of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Christian pilgrims, Easter festival, Sainte Marie de Sion (St. Mary of Zion), Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa

Book of Esther (Meguilah), Purim celebration in a Liberal synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Book of Esther (Meguilah), Purim celebration in a Liberal synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Book of Esther (Meguilah), Purim celebration in a Liberal synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Sukhot celebration in the sukha of the Eastern Parkway Lubavitch Synagogue in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, North America

Celebration of Purim festival in a Jerusalem synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Celebration of Purim festival in a Jerusalem synagogue, Israel, Middle East

Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Woman reading scriptures, inside the church of saint mary of zion

Interior of Yurt, in Yurt village near Hay on Wye to provide glamping accommodation for visitors to Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales

Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales

Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales

Lion street, in background clock tower, Hay on Wye, Wales

little boy with his mother looking at book in front of the Christmas tree, Christmas, family

Pink Halloween decor with black and white pumpkins, spell books and spiders with copy space