Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China

Incense sticks, Taoist temple, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Taoist temple, Jade Emperor pagoda (Chua Phuoc Hai), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Chua On Lang Taoist Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mariamman Hindu Temple, woman burning incense sticks, Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Burning incense during Tet, the Vietnamese lunar New Year celebration, Thien Hau Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

People burning incense outside Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Two maikos blessing themselves in front of burning incense at temple, Golden Pavilion, Rokuon ji temple, Kinkaku ji, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Buddhist worshipper with incense sticks, Khanh Van Nam Vien Taoist pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Incense, Paris, France, Europe

Incense burning in a stone ash tray, temple of Doi Tung, Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Caucasian woman holding a feather and ritual incense

People burning incense, in Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.

People burning incense at the Jing'an Temple, Shanghai, China

Incense burning at the Jing'an Temple, Shanghai, China

pilgrims and tourists burning incense sticks and candles, 3077 metre altitude, Golden Summit, summit of Emei Shan mountains, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

lighting bundles of incense sticks with red candles, pilgrims, China, Asien

Man burning incense sticks in a cauldron, Emei Shan mountains, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Ceremonial coins with a burning incense stick. Shot in Bali.

Pilgrims burning incense sticks in front of temple, Wannian monastery, Emei Shan, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Longhua Temple, Longhua Temple and pagoda, oldest and largest buddhist temple in Shanghai, burning joss sticks, incense

Pilgrims burning incense sticks in front of Longevity monastery, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Believers burning incense sticks, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Longhua Temple, Longhua Temple and pagoda, oldest and largest buddhist temple in Shanghai, burning joss sticks, incense

Pilgrims burning incense sticks in front of Longevity monastery, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Top angle view of a palo santo or a holy sacred tree stick, burning with aroma smoke held by woman's hands over nature background

Votive candles and incenses, Wannian monastery, Mount Emei near Chengdu, China, Asia

Close-up of incense sticks burning

Close-up of incense sticks burning, Hanoi, Vietnam

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

A mother mourns her dead son by burning incense and paper money May 17 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

Lit Candle In The Interior Of The Church Of The Saint George At Gelati Monastery, Imereti, Georgia

Worshiper at Thien Hau Temple; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thien Hau Temple; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Burning Incense, Aravalli Hills Of Rajasthan, India

Jail On The West Bank, Sebastia, Samaria, Israel

Incense and paper offerings burning in an incense burner at the Altar of Heaven (Tiantan), Tainan, Taiwan

Burning incense sticks in an incense burner at the Lady Linshui Temple, Tainan, Taiwan

Incense Burning in the Thien Hau Temple, Vietnam

Close up of incense sticks burning, Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Incense burning in the Thien Hau Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Incense burning in the Ngoc Hoang Pagoda Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam