Traffic speeds through Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone masons, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Penitents in Easter parade, Quito, Ecuador, South America

Mud mask

Young boy looking through his giant mask at the Festival of the Creoles, Fete de Creoles, Mahe, Seychelles, Africa

Representation of a Hindu god, Teyyam ceremony, near Kannur, Kerala, India, Asia

Carnival masks, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

St. Paul's Carnival, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional dancers, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Masks at Venice Carnival in St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Huge masks at the Festival of the Creoles, Fete de Creoles, Mahe, Seychelles, Africa

Person in mask and costume, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Close up of a monk dancing in full traditional costume in monastery courtyard, Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, India, Asia

Thai folkloric mask, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Carnival in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Portrait of a person dressed in mask and costume taking part in Carnival, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Stone masons, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional dancers, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Masked dancers at Buddhist monastery, Ura, Bhutan, Asia

Bobo masks during festivities, Sikasso, Mali, Africa

Masked figure at festival, Japan, Asia

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Children in costume and with masks, Mardi Gras festival, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Gold mask of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Gold mask of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Colombian shaman,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Gays kissing in Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Craft market, Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Cairo Museum, Tut En Kamon Golden Mask, Egypt, Africa

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

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

A Buddhist monk wearing a face mask against the appalling Kathmandu air pollution at Boudanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Hospital doctor and nurses, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese Lucky God mask of the god of wealth, Shanghai, China, Asia

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Float in the Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Masks at Puerto Plata Carnival, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

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

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Shop selling carnival masks, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Man dressed in Tengu costume at Jidai Matsuri Festival held annually in November at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Display of souvenirs for sale, Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Africa, Gabon, Fang Antique Wooden Mask For Secret Ceremonies And Nigerian Religious Statues

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Carved mask souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Mondonovo, Guerrino Lovato, carnival mask maker, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival Masks, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Nepalese face masks for sale at a stall in Patan's Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Sculptor working on marble statue, Marble Mountain, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

BOLIVIA FUNDAWI factory in El Alto where the teas are put into tea-bags and packaged ready for market

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

The entrance of the main temple of Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young girl with Chinese Lucky God mask, Beijing, China, Asia

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

Masks for sale, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

Cambodia sunday in phnom penh. baloon and mask seller eating noodles

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems

Teatro due Mondi, annual Spraoi Street Festival, City of Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Teatro due Mondi, annual Spraoi Street Festival, City of Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Fruits Carnival Mask, Venice, Italy

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Eccentric street performer and girl in kimono at Harajuku, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Africa, Gabon, Close-Up On A Fang Antique Wooden Mask For Secret Ceremonies

First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Africa, Gabon, Punu Ancient Mask Painted With Kaolin For Secret Ceremonies

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Carnival Masks, Venice, Italy

Parade scene at Jidai Matsuri Festival held annually in November at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

East timor sebastian amin, fisherman, wearing his mask for diving, aosera village, oecussi-ambeno

Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Masked participant in the Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival, Europes largest Latin Street Festival, Southwark, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Parade participants dressed in Lucky God costumes, Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair, Hong Kong, China, Asia

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

Teatro due Mondi, annual Spraoi Street Festival, City of Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Indonesia, Bali, Batubulan, Barong Performance, Character Of Garuda The God Bird

Vietnam wearing a mask against pollution, saigon