Bhokots (monks), performing the Sattriya Nritya, monastery dance of prayer, Majuli Island, Assam, India, Asia

Bhokots (monks), performing the Sattriya Nritya, monastery dance of prayer, Majuli Island, Assam, India, Asia

Prayer drums at the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery, Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, Eurasia

Woman and prayer wheel, Bodhnath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Old man and prayer wheel, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Woman and prayer wheel, Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A massive prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A massive prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A massive prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A massive prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

monk in prayer, meditation, drum, Wannian monastery and temple, Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, Emeishan, Mount Emei, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

monk in yellow rope calls with a wooden drum for the prayer, during birthday of Wenshu, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China, Asia

Groups of dancers and musicans are celebrating timkatTimkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

A Shaman performs a ceremonial ritual on Olkhon Island, Siberia, Russia.

Buddhist prayer drums under small wooden roofs, monuments in the background, Mongolia