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Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

A line of women at a ceremony for the ordination of Buddhist monks, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Traditional dressed guards at the changing of the guard ceremony, Gongsanseong Castle, Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, Asia

Young girls at the Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

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

Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Native dancers in traditional Haida dancing regalia, Old Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Native dancers in traditional Haida dancing regalia, Old Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Young girls selling food, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Colourful dressed girl at the Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

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

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

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

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

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

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

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

Buddhist worshipper rings bell, Phuoc Thanh Buddhist pagoda, Cai Be, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Evzone soldiers, Changing the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Parliament Building, Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, Europe

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

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Traditional helmet of a guard at the changing of the guard ceremony, Gongsanseong, Gongju Castle, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, Asia

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

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

A kava ceremony from the people of Sabeto Village, Viti Levu, Republic of Fiji, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Mau Son Taoist temple, woman at Taoist ceremony, ritual of offerings, Sapa, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

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

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

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

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. close-up of girls hands wearing lace gloves

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 performing puja at potenization ceremony. Amchis performing rituals during potenization ceremony. India

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

THAILAND Visit to Ban Pan Tong, a Lahu village which practices traditional religion. The local 'tobo' or shaman at the village chapel shrine conducting Animist ceremony. Photo by Sean Sprague