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Close-up of priests' hands taking the host during Mass in Easter week celebrated by Monseigneur Fouad Boutros Tawal, Coadjutor of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Men carrying a palaquin with the portrait of one of India's most celebrated 18th century female rulers, Ahilya Bai Holkar, during a Hindu ceremony, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Saint-Gervais traditional mountain guides festival, alphorn players, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Good Friday Coptic Ethiopian Christian procession on the Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Christian men at prayer during Mass in the church at Woolisso, Gourague country, Shoa province, Ethiopia, Africa

Statue of Confucius in the Great Hall of Ceremonies in a Taoist temple, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional dress and procession for tea ceremony, Yasaka jinja shrine, Kyoto city, Honshu island, Japan, Asia

Smoke rising from cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River during Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Priest blessing ice picks and ropes, Saint-Gervais traditional mountain guides festival, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ordination of nuns of the Sisters of the Rosary, Beit Jala, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Priests in black holding olive wood crosses in procession to the River Jordan during Christian Orthodox ceremony at Epiphany, Qasr el Yahud, Israel, Middle East

Ceremony in Ancenstral Hall, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Priest with an arthi (lighted camphor) performing morning puja ceremony, Sri Thendayuthapani Hindu Temple (Chettiars' Temple), Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Groups of pilgrims in small boats on their way to a religious ceremony on the River Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Priests in black holding olive wood crosses in procession to the River Jordan during Christian Orthodox ceremony at Epiphany, Qasr el Yahud, Israel, Middle East

Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ordination of nuns of the Sisters of the Rosary, Beit Jala, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

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

Buddhist ceremony, Magha Puja, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

Diwali Puja, Jalaram Prathna Hindu temple, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Diwali Puja, Jalaram Prathna Hindu temple, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Buddhist ceremony, Magha Puja, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. girl waiting to give first confession

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

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

Indonesia, Bali, Agung, Burial Ceremony Of A Brahman In His House Yard, The Coffin Is Held By The Family Members

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

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