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2555 monks gather in Soi 55, Sukhumvit Road to mark the end of Buddhist year 2555, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fossil logs 200 million years old scattered over desert floor in National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

The Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Naga man wearing tiger jaw necklace and headdress made of cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, dancing at grand finale, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Minaret of the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

People sitting at the trendy Nektar restaurant, restaurant of the year in 2005, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Cave temples, 1500 years old, carved in basalt cliff above Waghore River, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Fete des Lumieres (Festival of Lights) held every year on december 8, a night procession from St. John's cathedral to Fourviere Basilica, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Naga New Year Festival, Naga ladies dancing, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A Somaliland soldier stands guard at the 5000 year-old cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, northern Somalia, Africa

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

Chinatown, during Chinese New Year celebrations colourful lanterns decorate the surrounding streets, Soho, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Golden Dragon Parade, Chinese New Year Festival, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

People sitting at the trendy Nektar restaurant, restaurant of the year in 2005, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Etchings on sandstone, 6000 years old, finest rock art in Africa, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Complex of temple buildings built over 1000 years ago to commemorate a prince of the Zhou Dynasty, Jinci Temple, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Asia

Complex of temple buildings built over 1000 years ago to commemorate a prince of the Zhou Dynasty, Jinci Temple, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Asia

Choir in Notre Dame de Fourviere Basilica during the Fete des Lumieres (Festival of Lights) held every year on december 8, Lyon, France, Europe

New fountain in front of the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Yom Kippur also known as Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people, Paris, France, Europe

Rock carvings between 2000 and 6000 years old on ice striations, Hjemmeluft UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alta, Finnmark, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Close-up of the limestone terraces formed by volcanic water depositing six inches of calcium carbonate a year, Mammoth Hot Springs and Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Golden Dragon Parade, Chinese New Year Festival, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

St. Albans Cathedral, a Christian site for over 900 years, the foundations of the current building date from 1077, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional plant decorations for sale at flower market for Chinese New Year, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Stonehenge, 5000 years old stone circle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Reduced water level in Moraine Lake following a dry year, and Wenkchemna Mountains, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, North America

Petroglyph of male figure carved 1000 years ago by Fremont Native American people in the iron oxide 'desert varnish' on the sandstone of Cub Creek Valley in this fossil park, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, United States of America (USA), North America

Petroglyphs carved 1000 years ago by Fremont Native American people in the iron oxide 'desert varnish' on the sandstone of Cub Creek Valley in this fossil park, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, United States of America (USA), North America

Petroglyphs carved 1000 years ago by Fremont Native American people in the iron oxide 'desert varnish' on the sandstone of Cub Creek Valley in this fossil park, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, United States of America (USA), North America

Naga man wearing belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man with spear wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horn (wild cow) red dyed goats hair and hornbill feathers, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Back view of Naga man's belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) with ceremonial baskets with tassles of human hair, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, also wearing heirloom head-hunting necklace with two brass heads indicating the owner had 'taken' two heads, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur and wearing a tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair with strap of tiger claws, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur with Tiger claw straps and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man dancing and playing musical instrument, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar's teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing, Naga New Year Festival, drum, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing, Naga New Year Festival, drum, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, red dyed goats hair and hornbill feathers, also wearing belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair with strap of tiger claws also wearing tiger teeth necklace and ivory arm band, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur with Tiger claw straps and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man with horn used as drinking vessel, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) in headdresses of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur topped with a hornbill feather, with tiger claw straps, wearing tiger teeth necklaces, heirloom ivory armbands and aprons decoratated with cowrie shells, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga people wrapped up in traditional blankets watching the Grand Finale - tribal dancing round a bonfire, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather and tiger claw neckband also tiger teeth necklace, ivory armbands and apron decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur, with neckband of tiger claws, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with hornbill feather with tiger teeth necklaces and cowrie shell aprons, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with Hornbill feather with Tiger teeth necklaces and conch shell ear ornament, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather, and tiger claw neckstrap, also tiger teeth necklace and conch shell ear ornament, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) wrapped up in traditional blankets wearing headdresses of woven cane with wild boars teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga New Year Festival, Naga people walking to festival ground, the men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather also with conch shell ear ornaments, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up waiting for the arrival of the General, (the shorts are not part of their traditional clothes but supplied by the govenment, for them to wear in place of their traditional loin cloth), wearing headdresses made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with tiger jaw necklaces, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady wearing conch shell necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair topped with hornbill feather, and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing drum, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Lahe village, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man, Taungkul tribe wearing traditional headdress made with red seeds, from Sombra village near the Indian border, who walked for five days to get to the Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing traditional hand-woven blanket, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man in headdress of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur, wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw chin strap, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribes sitting on bench seating whilst the dignitaries make their speeches, they wear headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur and wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur and wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A painting of Bakula Rinpoche hangs behind his reincarnation, a six year old boy from Nurla, at Samkar Tashi Gatsal House. Ladakh, India

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Budhist lamas in prayer, bodhgaya, india. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

The 400 year-old stone and mud brick house of the Lunpo Alchi (minister of Alchi village) towers above farmhouses topped with fodder, and sits below a latho (god place) marking the presence of a local god. Ladakh, India

Algeria, Sahara, Hoggar, Tamanrasset, River Flooding After Heavy Rains First Time After 8 Years Drought

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked