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Juggler performs to a large crowd, Piazza and Central Market, Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Caci men perform a traditional whip dance with bamboo shields and leather whips, western Flores, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Performance of the Hindu epic, Ramayana, Palais Princier, Yogyakarta, island of Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dancers from GAUA in the Banks Islands perform at a cultural festival wearing fish headresses and rattling nuts on their ankles, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Dancers from GAUA in the Banks Islands perform at a cultural festival wearing fish headresses and rattling nuts on their ankles, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

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

A Barefoot Dentist, who is trained to perform basic dentistry at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. The Gwoke Ber AIDS support group. They keep up their spirits by music and dance, and also perform drama skits to teach about avioding AIDS in the local villages. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

2008; Port of Provideniya. harbour side, local inuit woman sing and dance in traditional clothes. City of Provideniya (Chukotskiy Peninsular ) Russia, Asia

Inuit Female of the Koryaks peoples in native clothes playing drums, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.

Inuits Male and Female of the Koryaks peoples in native clothes playing drums, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

Teenage boys perform aerial stunts on BMX bikes at a BMX park in Rhyl, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) in aerial display on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.

Teenage boys perform aerial stunts on BMX bikes at a BMX park in Rhyl, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Teenage boys perform aerial stunts on BMX bikes at a BMX park in Rhyl, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Teenage boys perform aerial stunts on BMX bikes at a BMX park in Rhyl, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.

Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.

Teenage boys perform aerial stunts on BMX bikes at a BMX park in Rhyl, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The skirmish is a team of women who perform precision equestrian displays riding sidesaddle and garbed in Adelita dress, Slide and stop,

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two clowns from the Hopiclowns association, perform in a home for disabled adults in Geneva, Switzerland.

A Marquesan "warrior" performs a traditional dance at a cultural event for passengers on the Aranui 5 (Aranui Cruises) passenger cargo ship, Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Hindu monk performs prayer ceremony at Dasaswamedh Ghat alongside Ganges river at sunrise, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

Warriors of the Konyak tribe waiting to perform ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Young women of different tribes waiting to perform ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Warrior of the Kachari tribe waiting to perform ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Warrior of the Konyak tribe waiting to perform ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Warriors of the Yimchunger tribe waiting to perform ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Proszenium arch of a paper theater, Castle Burg, Schloss Burg, Solingen, Bergisches Land, NRW, Germany

MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

Women wearing gypsy dresses perform traditional Andalusian dances at the Feria del Caballo, Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Cranes (grus grus) perform courtship display with flapping wings, Dance of the Cranes, Vaestergoetland, Sweden, Europe

Mevlana Whirling Dervishes perform Sema, Sirkeci Central Train Station hall, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

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.