Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Juvenile dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) hunting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) with a skink, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Students at a mantra chanting school in preparation for temple prayer, Puri, Odisha, India, Asia

Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, monks pray under illuminated Buddha statue annually at Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

Two Buddhist men chanting their Buddhist mantra inside roadside tea stall at the Sela Pass, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Southern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa, Africa

Monks praying and chanting at a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Immature pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) with a snake, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Joranda monks chanting in ritual prayer at dusk at temple containing dhuni, eternal butter lamp, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia

Juvenile pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Immature Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) bathing after rain, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Immature Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) bathing after rain, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Southernpale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Juvenile pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompasing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Tribesman musicians wearing war paints, feathered headdresses and necklaces made of bones and teeth playing drums and chanting during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea

Llama, Machu Picchu ruins of the Inca citadel discovered in 1911 in Peru, South America

Culture in Papua New Guinea - women singing and making music at a sing sing meeting of tribes.

When Haman's name is read out during the public chanting of the Megillah in the synagogue, which occurs 54 times, the congregation engages in noisemaking to blot out his name, Purim Festival, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, Middle East

Novice Nuns chanting at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Devotees chanting kirtans in the Sarcelles ISKCON temple, Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, France, Europe

Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Prayers and chanting in Radha Rani Hindu temple, Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Masai men chanting and watching dance, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

When Haman's name is read out during the public chanting of the Megillah in the synagogue, which occurs 54 times, the congregation engages in noisemaking to blot out his name, Purim Festival, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, Middle East

Jinshan (Golden Hill) Temple, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, Asia

Dancing and chanting at Krishna-Balaram temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ethiopia boys chanting geez prayers. Mihur eyesus orthodox monastery, gurage

Ethiopia turbanned, married orthodox priests chanting and dancing during the feast of mary, axum

Ethiopia boys chanting geez prayers. Mihur eyesus orthodox monastery, gurage

Ethiopia boys chanting geez prayers. Mihur eyesus orthodox monastery, gurage

Ethiopia boys chanting geez prayers. Mihur eyesus orthodox monastery, gurage

Ethiopia girogis church, adwa, dring a ceremony when patriarch paulos made a visit. Tigray. Priests chanting

Ethiopia turbanned, married orthodox priests chanting and dancing during the feast of mary, axum

Ethiopia turbanned, married orthodox priests chanting and dancing during the feast of mary, axum

India brahmins chanting and playing drums, kerala.

Pale Chanting Goshawk taking flight. Okonjima, Namibia

Chanting Sadhu reciting from the holy books at the ghats of Varanasi in the morning, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Women chanting to Shiva at the holy Lake of Brahma, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pale-chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) . Flying. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Pale-chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) . Flying off a rainwater pool at a gravel road. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Pale-chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) . Flying. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

Tuvkhun Monastery, Mongolia

Group of priests dressed in ceremonial clothes chanting and dancing in procession during Timkat festival in Lalibela, Ethiopia

Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia

Group of priests dressed in ceremonial clothes chanting and dancing in procession during Timkat festival in Lalibela, Ethiopia

Garuda surrounded by men sitting in a circle chanting in trance during a Kecak dance performance, Ulu Watu, Bali, Indonesia

Priest carrying incense and water for blessings surrounded by men sitting in a circle chanting in trance during a Kecak dance performance, Ulu Watu, Bali, Indonesia

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Large group of seated, young Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony in the grounds of the Mahadbodhi Temple.

Hand crafted and painted door in Buddhist Monastery, Sikkim, India

Portrait of a pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) against black background, England

Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), immature perched, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Bostwana

Pale Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax canorus) standing on a log isolated in white background in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus standing on a log isolated in white background in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) immature, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Pale-chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus). Flying off a rainwater pool at a gravel road. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Pale-chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus). Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.