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Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

Religion, ethiopia. Monk (in pink, abba gebra kidan) staying in the caves near the churches of lalibela

Religion, ethiopia. Temple of yeha, c5th bc. Boy and priests showing off manuscripts at the small yeha museum

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Macedonia (the former yugoslav republic of macedonia, fyrm) cyrilic bible, orthodox church of the monastery of saint naum. Lake ohrid

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bibles and manuscripts stored in church.

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bibles and manuscripts stored in church.

Religion, ethiopia. 64-year-old meregeta zewde tadesi, a scribe who was trained in gondar, writing a prayer book, bilbala village, near lalibela. A detail of the master writing. He always squats on his haunches and writes on his knee, in the traditional style

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bible stored in church.

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Myanmar attending catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Woman reading scriptures, inside the church of saint mary of zion

Religion, ethiopia. Priest at church of saints gabriel and rafael, lalibela, with an ancient parchment book

Lake Pielpajârvi Wilderness Church, oldest S?mi church still in use in Inari Municipality, Lapland, Finland

One of many marble slabs containing text and commentary from the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Jesus Christ mosaic, Saint Uspensky Sobor Russian Orthodox Assumption Cathedral, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Chanting Sadhu reciting from the holy books at the ghats of Varanasi in the morning, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, decorated Torah scroll on table with young man celebrating his Bar Mitzvah, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Torah scroll is taken back to the cabinet, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, men holding up Torah scroll, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Very old books, library, Strahov Monastery, Hrad&any, Castle District, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

The Creation Museum, which presents the fundamentalist Christian view, based on the book of Genesis, that God created the earth 6, 000 years ago, denying evolution, Petersburg, Kentucky, USA

Half-timbered houses and Kiliani Church, Hoexter, Weserbergland, Weser Uplands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Handwritten bible with elaborate illuminations, Stiftsmuseum Museum Xanten monastery museum, Xanten, Niederrhein region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Globes, very old books, library, hall of theology, Strahov Abbey, Hradschin castle district, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Globes and very old books, library, hall of theology, Strahov Monastery, Prague Castle, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

The evangelists St Paul and St James as large figures at the entrance to St James' Church, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Catholic base community, Bolivians in the traditional dress of the Quechua Indians making music and singing together, El Alto, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia, South America

Sadhu reciting from the holy books in the morning, at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Modern Islamic prayerbook, pages with Arabic writing, detail, DITIB-Merkez-Mosque, Duisburg-Marxloh, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Modern Islamic prayerbook, pages with Arabic writing, detail, DITIB-Merkez-Mosque, Duisburg-Marxloh, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Portrait of an Arab girl with a white veil with a book on the terrace of a coffe shop, looking at the city from a balcony

Sadhu reciting from the holy books in the morning, at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

The Kollegiatstift Neumuenster collegiate church, Wuerzburg diocese, Kardinal-Doepfner-Platz square, Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Shrine of the Book, a wing of the Israel Museum housing the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem, Israel, Near East