Six different groups of native warriors, drummers, and dancers perform on Kwato Island, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Traditional masked man, Tshikapa, Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Woman holding a candle in Vezelay abbey, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Basilica, Yonne, France

Religious symbol of old Roman Missal with a wooden cross, France

Wong Tai Sin Temple,Kowloon Peninsula,Hong-Kong,People's Republic of China,Asia

Traditional dressed Shaman, Tura, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Evenki state, Russia

Temple of the Feathered Serpent, detailed view, The Citadel, Teotihuacan, Mexico State, Mexico

The Tzompantli, Platform of the Skulls, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Pink lotus flower candles symbolising human growth and development, at the Thean Hou Temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Emir of Daura walking around his palace, Fadar Daurama Emir's palace, Daura Emirate, Katsina state, Nigeria

Iemanja (Yemaya) African Uruguayan celebrations of goddess of water, Montevideo, Uruguay

Woman with incense sticks, Guan Di Chinese Temple, Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hindu priest performing puja, Temple and shrine of Batu Caves, Hindu elephant God Ganesh (Ganesha) (Ganapati), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pilgrims at Pushkar Lake at sunrise, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, South Asia, Asia

View of Fushimi Inari Shrine, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Good Friday procession, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, engaged in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Adult male Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in ritualistic fighting stance (injuries are rare) near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, beginning to engage in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, engaged in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, engaged in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, beginning to engage in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, engaged in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, engaged in ritualistic mock fighting (serious injuries are rare), near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Adult male Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus, in ritualistic fighting (this almost never leads to serious injury) near Churchill, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada

Adult male Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in ritualistic fighting stance (injuries are rare) near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Adult male Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in ritualistic fighting stance (injuries are rare) near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Women in colourful traditional dress gather around a cow during a ritual, Delhi, India

Blessing of the Cohenim in Passover. Jerusalem, Israel. Jews praying at the Western Wall wrapped in white Talit. Solemn celebratory ceremony at the Western slope of the Temple Mount. The concept of pilgrimage

Traditional ceremony of the dervishes, Galata Mevlevihanesi, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 26, 2018: Touching ceremony at the Western Wall. Jews praying at the Western Wall wrapped in festive white Talit. The blessing of the Cohanim. The concept of pilgrimage

Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - February 10, 2019: Worshippers light candles on jars with honey during a religious ritual marking the day of Saint Haralampi - the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers - in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin

Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Mayan ruins near Cancun

Traditional offerings and a statue on an altar with a misty volcano background, Bromo volcano, Sri Lanka, Asia

Two african muslim men are kneeling in prayer on prayer rugs in a park, wearing traditional clothing

Two senegalese men wearing traditional dashiki clothing are kneeling on prayer rugs, performing salat during the holy month of ramadan

Two young senegalese muslim men wearing traditional dashiki clothing are performing salat prayer outdoors in a park during the holy month of ramadan

A close up and rear view of a shaman woman holding a sacred powwow drum towards sun and mountains during worship and healing ritual, with copy space

The Bull Jumping Ceremony is conducted by several tribes in the Lower Omo Valley and is the most important ceremony in a tribal man's life.The ceremony is about hierarchy and membership in the tribe and typically involves a young man who undergoes a number of rituals before he leaps onto and runs rapidly over a series of cattle held by other men who have recently bull-jumped. Once the jumping is completed, the bull-jumper is a man in the eyes of the tribe. An important part of the ceremony is a ritualistic whipping, which women actively seek out from certain men known as Mazha. Dimeka, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2010

Portrait of native man, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Kimbe Bay