Day of the Dead Folk Art, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Lavender Festival at village of Velo Grablje, Hvar island, Croatia, Southeast Europe

Tragicomica workshop, San Polo district, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

Colorful and painted Easter eggs in traditional Easter market, Vienna, Austria

Colorful and painted Easter eggs in traditional Easter market, Vienna, Austria

View of Nakamise-dori Street, leading to Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Shop in Gion Shopping Street near Yasaka Jinja Nishiromon Gate (Western Tower Gate) Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Colourful masks of the Carnival of Venice, famous festival worldwide, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Market during Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Market during Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Festival mask in a souvenir shop, Bhutan, Asia

Religious pictures of Lord Shiva and wife Parwati on sale at stall by the Golden Temple in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Religious pictures of Lord Shiva and wife Parwati on sale at stall by the Golden Temple in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Tourist, in Workshop of Fallow painter, Goree island, near Dakar, Senegal

Portrait of a Tahitian woman with a bag traditionally woven from pandanus fibers at a cultural festival, Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Women demonstrate traditional weaving at a cultural festival, Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Masks, shop, Venice, Italy

Masks, shop, Venice, Italy

Hat, Octoberfest waitress, Octoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Gingerbread hearts, Oktoberfest, Munich beer festival, Bavaria, Germany

Lebkuchen (a kind of soft gingerbread) heart, traditional Christmastime baking at the children's Christmas market in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lebkuchen (a kind of soft gingerbread), traditional Christmastime baking at the children's Christmas market in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Gingerbread heart, Wir sind ein Traumpaar, German for We are perfect couple, souvenir, Hamburger Dom 2010, the largest folk festival in the north of Germany, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Love shop tent, souvenir shop, Loveparade 2010, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Gingerbread hearts Oktoberfest Munich