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Shoppers fill a mall downtown during the traditional Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia

Multicolored handmade lanterns hang from trees in a park during the Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia

Two young girls in costume dressed as flowers celebrating a Rite of Spring celebration, Cozumel, Mexico, North America

Traditional dressed young girls in a rose garden during the Rose Festival in the Rose Valley, Kazanlak, Bulgaria, Europe

Festival of Light (Inti Raymi festival) Cochas Community, Angochagua Parochia, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Miko or shrine maiden (Young women serving in a Shinto shrine) at Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine, Nara, Japan

White almond blossom trees in orchard set below mountains, Fageca, Alicante Province, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Young participants in colorful uniforms in a celebration parade in Puning City, Guangdong Province, China

Decorations for the Vietnamese and Chinese New Year at a shop in Cholon, the Chinese district, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Men in traditional samurai costume, parade of Nikko Spring Festival, Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Asia

Parade of Nikko Spring Festival, five storey pagoda at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Asia

Decorations at a Temple Fair at Donyue Temple during Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

Decorations at a Temple Fair at Donyue Temple during Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

A flower market at Changdian Street Fair during Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

Food stalls selling meat sticks at Changdian Street Fair during Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

Decorations at a Temple Fair at Donyue Temple during Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

People crowding the street at Changdian Street Fair during Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

Decorations at a Temple Fair at Donyue Temple during Chinese New Year Spring Festival, Beijing, China, Asia

Mani mask dancers at mani festival marks setting in of spring season in humla. masked dances diversion a long-established part of bonpo religious ceremonies.Dance Is means by which supernatural forces be brought down to world of. Dance recalls a time when distance between spirits samll. Humla, north-west nepal

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Shrine maidens dressed in traditional costume, Meiji Jingu Spring Grand Festival Celebration, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Bugaku dancer, Meiji Jingu Spring Grand Festival Celebration, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Bugaku musician and dancers, Meiji Jingu Spring Grand Festival Celebration, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Bugaku musician and dancers, Meiji Jingu Spring Grand Festival Celebration, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Shrine maidens dressed in traditional costume, Meiji Jingu Spring Grand Festival Celebration, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Young pilgrims dancing Sevillanas beside a campfire at night, RomerÃŒa al RocÃŒo, El RocÃŒo, pilgrimage, Andalusia, Spain

Trobada de Batacudes, drum parade, Festes de Primavera, spring festival, Manacor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Europe, Germany, Thuringia, Erfurt. Spring festival at the Domplatz with Mariendom and Severikirche in the backgroud