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The Falles (Las Fallas) Festival, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Woman collecting camel droppings to use as fuel, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Dancing during cultural street show, Festa de Santo Antonio (Lisbon Festival), Lisbon, Portugal, Europe
Cultural show with ethnic groups, Sing sing of Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Tamtam drummer from the Island of Pentecost attaching a nut rattle to his ankle for a traditional dance at a cultural festival, Port Vila, Efate Island, Vanuatu
Tamtam drummer from the Island of Pentecost playing at a traditional dance during a cultural festival, Port Vila, Efate Island, Vanuatu
Men from the island of PENTECOST in a traditional dance at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Woman weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Women weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Men from the island of PENTECOST in a traditional dance at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Woman weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Man carving a statue from a tree trunk at a Melanesian cultural festival in the capital's city centre, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Women from the island of Pentecost in a traditional dance at a Melanesian cultural festival. The fair haired one has a common genetic mutation, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Women from the island of Erromango at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Women from the island of Erromango at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Men from the island of Pentecost carry a traditional tamtam, a slit drum hollowed from a tree trunk, at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, VanuatuVANUATU. Port Vila. Efate Island
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
Men from the island of Malekula dancing at a Melanesian cultural festival. Malekula is still very traditional and had cannibalism till 1969, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu
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
Yoruba women dance in trance at a sacred water festival to honor their animistic spirits. nigeria, africa
Monk beating traditional drum called gong, int he courtyard of chiwang monastery during mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal
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
Ethiopia painting of mary holding infant jesus. Interior of church at abuna garima monastery, tigray
A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal
Ethiopia priest walking passed mural depicting abuna aregawi and the serpent, kidana merhet church, tigray
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
Sang sang rimpoche uses the dorje, a sacred ritual object to make the first decisive cut into the sand mandala on the last day of the mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal. solu khumbu, nepal
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Worshippers assembled insdie the church of saint mary of zion
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. The patriarch and archbishops assembled beneath the stela of king ezana
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Priests holding elaborate ethiopian crosses during the event
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Priests holding elaborate ethiopian crosses during the event
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. The view from the steps of the great stela towards the church of saint mary zion
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. His holiness abuna paulos walking down from the steps to the great stela
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
Ethiopia girogis church, adwa, dring a ceremony when patriarch paulos made a visit. Tigray. Onlookers at the event
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Pilgrims venerating mary, insdie the church of saint mary of zion
Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Woman reading scriptures, inside the church of saint mary of zion
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
Ethiopia girogis church, adwa, dring a ceremony when patriarch paulos made a visit. Tigray. Onlookers at the event
Ethiopia girogis church, adwa, dring a ceremony when patriarch paulos made a visit. Tigray. Priests chanting
Black dancers norbutse- black dance, known as magyu tshogcham, depicts eight goddesses manifestation of dakini kyema wotsho, nepal