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Buddhist ceremony, Liberation Rite of Water and Land, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mau Son Taoist temple, woman at Taoist ceremony, ritual of offerings, Sapa, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Batara Turum Kabeh ceremony, Hindu temple of Besakih, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, North America

Changing of the Guard ceremony in front of the Government Building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America

Ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes, founded in Konya by Mevalana Celaleddin Rumi, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi

Man lighting first candle for the Hanukkah festival, while saying the benediction, Kol Haneshamah conservative Jewish community, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

In month of november before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They call down spiritual deities to bless medicine. Amchis making torma, a ritual food offering. India

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River at Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, 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

In month of november before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They call down spiritual deities to bless medicine. Amchis performing puja at potenization ceremony. Amchis performing rituals during potenization ceremony. India

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Brahmins at a Hindu cremation ceremony at Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A cremation ceremony at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Changing of the Guard ceremony, Geunjeongjeon Throne Hall, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Crowds during the opening ceremony (chupinazo) of the festival of San Fermin (The Running of the Bulls), Pamplona, Navarra, Euskadi, Spain, Europe

India. Father jose thottakara, syro-malabar catholic parish priest, celebrating sunday mass, saint georges church, ernakulum, kerala. 2007

India. Father jose thottakara, syro-malabar catholic parish priest, celebrating sunday mass, saint georges church, ernakulum, kerala. 2007

Kenya at a wedding mass, kibera slum, nairobi. Three couples were married at the same time, by american maryknoll priest, father bob jalbert

Myanmar bride groom cutting cake, catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border