Cultural Dance Performances

Vibrant dance scenes featuring traditional costumes and rituals from different cultures, highlighting festive celebrations.

Japan, Kyoto, Gion. Performers at the Yatuko Nomae Festival at the Yasaka Shrine.

Elephant festival in Surin, Surin, Surin Province, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

USA, Washington, Seattle. Japanese Bon Odon festival, drummer (Editorial Usage Only)

Panchayathar a local village judge for kodava people, Karnataka, India, Asia

China, Beijing. Beiputuo temple and film studio. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - Dragon Dance performers.

USA, Washington, Seattle. Ceremonial greeting of Pacific Northwest Coastal Indian tribes in traditional cedar canoes. Annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration. (Editorial Usage Only)

Maori display, Polynesian Cultural Centre, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, 1979.

ladakh festival, Archery participants, leh, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, india Copyright: xHxPoladia/DinodiaxPhotox

Nyangatom tribe, ceremony, folk dance, folk tribe, Bume, Buma, Bumi, tribe, dance festival, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Japan, Kumano Hongu Taisha, annual festival, people,

Musicians at the Puning Temple

Turkey, Cappadocia. Whirling Dervishes (Mevlevi Order, Sunni sect of Islam) perform a trance ceremony of ritual whirling dance (Sema), an act of love and faith. Induces feeling of soaring and ecstasy.

Russian types of Tartar; (i.e.; Tatar); women of the Caucasus; Russia between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Mongolian women dressed in historic costume in front of the wall with stupas surrounding the Erdene Zuu monastery in Kharakhorum (Karakorum), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mongolia.

Sagami Kite Festival which boasts the largest kite in Japan at over 14 meters square and 1000 kg in weight, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, Asia

Shinto priests carrying scepters and wearing hats, Nashinoki Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia

Folk dancers from punjab, india NO MR Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox

KUNDUN (1997), directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.

Phi ta khon festival ghost mask and colorful costume fun traditional thailand mask the show art and culture loei province Dan Sai thailand festival / phi ta khon or halloween of Thailand

Pre fight sumo wrestling ceremony of competitors parading around ring or dohyo in traditional costume

Museum model of a Hopi pueblo gathering and ceremonial dance

Archer with bow and arrow, dressed in armour of the Heian period, during a ritual Shinto equestrian competition, Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Traditional throwing of darts, Bhutan, Himalaya, Asia

Ecuador, Cotopaxi, new year's celebration.

The Priestly Blessing ceremony by the Western Wall at Succot, Old City, Jerudalem, Israel, Middle East&10,

concentracion de las tropas cristianas, batalla entre moros y cristianos, fiestas de la patrona, pollença, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

PROCESSION of monks to JAGLUNG MONASTERY at Tibetan Buddhist FESTIVAL in the DO TARAP VALLEY - DOLPO DISTRICT, NEPAL

Antigua, Guatemala. Holy Week processions.

Moros y cristianos

Archer performers in Daimyo procession, Himeji Castle Festival, Himeji, Japan. (Editorial Use Only)

Mongolian man dressed as Ghengis Khan during the Children´s Day festival, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Japan, Kumano Hongu Taisha, annual festival, people

Tibetan Monks with horns and drum at Amitabha Empowerment Buddhist Ceremony, Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Salasaca, Palm Sunday Celebrations.

Shavuot Celebration in Moshav Beth Yehoshua

Japan, Tokyo: Shrine festival, called Matsuri. The Shinto shrines are carried through the streets of the Shinto temple district. Local people carrying the shrine on their shoulders, dressed in happi-coats, religious festival, Asia

A Music Band Plays Funeral Marches During The Procession Of The Holy Cross On Good Friday In Antigua Guatemala, Sacatep

Japan, Honshu, Shimane, Izumo. Priests Striking Large Drum During Worship At Izumo-Taisha One Of The Oldest Shinto Shrines In The Country Dedicated To Okuninushi-No-Mikoto.

Palestinian band celebrates Theophany by the Jordan River

(French - Uskub ou Skopje , Macédoine Marchand de tapis).

China, Beijing. Changdian street fair - Chinese New Year Spring Festival - stilt walking performers.

Khadak horse race picking up Katag (used for religious greetings and respect) scarves, horse festival, Tagong, Tibetan area, Sichuan, China

Dancers at Native Zulu Tribe at Shakaland Center South Africa (MR)

Palestinian band celebrates Theophany by the Jordan River

Canada. British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Islands. Haida Pole-Raising. Day 6. Feast Eagle Masked Dancer.

The Shaolin Temple, martial arts training center. Henan, Song Shan Mountain, China

Chevak dancers at the Festival of Native Arts, a three day festival celebrating the culture and heritage of Alaska native peoples from around the state.

Saudi Arabia, Near Abha, Ben Hamasan Traditional Village, Dances

Puppets dressed in knights' armour, puppet theatre, Opera dei Pupi or Sicilian puppet theatre, museum Museo Internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Palestinian band at the annual Palestinian pilgrimage to Nabi Musa

Madrid, 12/09/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene installed in the Madrid town hall. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Traditional, ceremonial eagle dance, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

Archers, Trongsa, Trongsa District, Bhutan, Asia

CAESARS SOLDIERS leave TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO DE SAN FELIPE NERI during EASTER PROCESSION - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

A performer in a skeleton dress convey the ill effects of smoking, tobacco and alcohol at the annual Mumbai Police Tattoo show, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Nihangs sikh warriors in celebration of consecration of sikh guru granth sahib Nanded Maharashtra India 31-October-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Madrid, 12/09/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene installed in the Madrid town hall. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Standing Of Sikh man with Stick

Spain, Andalucia, Seville, Altar boys including the incense boat carrier in the Corpus Chrisit procession from Iglesia de la Magdelena.

Moros y cristianos. Pollença.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Japan, Takayama. Shrine Procession In Winter.

Italy, Sicily, Catania, man carrying candle during Sant'Agata Feast (the Patron Saint of the city)

Timkat ceremony of the orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Exclusive Entertainment -- The bandsmen who accompany the performers in the Bugaku, an exclusive Japanese form of entertainment, wear hooded robes and play on reed pipes and flutes. For the first time this entertainment was presented to others than the royal family and high ranking officials. It was shown to members of the Allied Forces and civilian personnel at the Imperial Gardens here. November 11, 1946. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

Muslim school girls admire a plane

concentracion de las tropas cristianas, batalla entre moros y cristianos, fiestas de la patrona, pollença, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

South Korea, Seoul, Ching Myo Temple Confucian Rites Ceremony With Worshippers Prostrating To The Ground.

Ceremonial drummers prepare to perform with painted drums and instruments on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia

Amerindian Community Center (Benab) Shulinab Savanna Rupununi, Guyana

SPAIN - Rías Altas - Galicia - A CORUÑA. Cedeira, "Vírgen de Agosto" procession / ferstivity; Rias Altas region

The central figure is a Manaschi, a traditional storyteller who has memorised the entire Manas epic legend. Public Domain image by Simon Garbutt.

Zen sesshin (retreat). France. Kito ceremony.

Moros y cristianos. Pollenca.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. Espana

Percht Schiachpercht Krampus Plus Kasperl at Manor Kalchofenut Unken Pinzgau Salzburg Austria Austria

Japan, Kumano Hongu Taisha, annual festival, people,

Miniature of Wayfarers, Palakhi, India Miniature of Wayfarers, Palakhi, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/yogeshxmorex 5730580

Argentina; Buenos Aires. Dancers at the festival of the Coro de A.S.R.A.U., Honor Umbandista, a Brazilian religion combining elements of Christianity, African, and other belief systems.

Japan, Kumano Hongu Taisha, annual festival, people,

Peru, Cusco, Sacsayhuaman, Inti Raymi the Inca Festival of the Winter solstice held on June 24. Crowds gathered along the Inca walls.

Tibetan people in traditional clothing with horses at Horse Race Festival, Litang, western Sichuan, China

Asia, Middle East, Turkey, Istanbul. Blue Mosque (Aghia Sophia)

The procession to celebrate the Herz-Jesu Festival enters a large meadow overlooked by the Karwendel mountain range.; Austria.

Kalash with Coconut , Desert Festival 2004 , Jaisalmer , Rajasthan , India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

jsc2018e097323 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (second from left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (second from right) and Drew Morgan of NASA (far right) enjoy a traditional Kazakh tea ceremony dressed in native attire Nov. 21 as part of pre-launch activities. They are backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Argentina, Jujuy, Tilcara, Indian musician during religious Easter procession.

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