Cultural Dances and Festivals

Colorful traditional costumes worn during festive dances. Celebrations from different cultures feature vibrant attire and dynamic movements.

SA, Peru, Sacsayhuaman, Performers at Inti Raymi festival (MR)

Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, USA. Summer Feast Day Celebration. Tewa tribe. Young male at the dances.

Black hat dancers at the Monlam Chenpo honoring Padmasambhava, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Dances at Jakar Festival, Bumthang, Bhutan.

Nepal, Annapurna Region, Larjung, Circuit Trek. Painted Animal Totem Representing The God Of The Sherchan Clan Of The Thakalis During The Lha Phewa Festival

SA, Peru, Sacsayhuaman, Performers at Inti Raymi festival (MR)

Monk dances in costume during annual Tiji festival, Mustang, Nepal

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

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Thailand, Loei Province, Dan Sai, Phi Ta Khon Or Spirit Festival. Person Wearing Spirit Mask

Men in ritual make-up and traditional clothing during a sing-sing, Goroka Show, Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Miao girls in traditional clothing, Zhenyuan, Guizhou Province, China.

India, Kumbh Fair. Women Drying Saris In The Wind

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the buffalo mask performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

Mayan girl dancing with a tray full of drinks on her head

Morocco, El Kelaa des Mgouna, Women dancers in traditional dress, Festival of Roses (held annually in May) (Editorial Usage Only)

Festival dancers, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

India, Himachal Pradesh, Spiti, Pin Valley, Gulling. A monk in brocade silk robes dances during a festival at Kungri Gompa, or Monastery.

Pentecostes Festival held annually in May, Ollantaytambo, Peru.

Hopi Indians Arizona USA

Native American dancers show their traditional dances of San Salvador

Asia, bhutan, Phobjikha valley, Tsechu festival at Gangtey Gompa Monastery

White Mountain Apache dancers at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

The colorful beaded anklets and decorated skirt of a Maasai woman at Magadi, Kenya

Asia, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, Folk dancers and musicians. (Editorial Use Only)

Huli wigmen beating kundu drum and dancing at Sing Sing Festival, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Monks with horns at a festival, Lo Manthang, Nepal.

GUATAMALAN MEN of MAYA descent wrapped traditonal brocade TEXTILES - CHICHICASTENANGO, GAUTAMALA

Participants prepare for the Tamshingphala Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan.

Buddhist monk performs masked dance at religious ceremony, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Mask dance performance at a Buddhist festival, Juli Temple, Xinduqiao, western Sichuan, China

India, Ladakh, Leh, Tibetan ceremony in Shanti Stupa with Tibetan monks and Tibetan traditional dances

Dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with Secretary Gale Norton, tribal representatives, and other political dignitaries participating

Thailand, Bangkok, The Grand Palace. Detail Of Figures Encircling Golden Spire Decorated With Brightly Coloured Mosaic.

Pentecostes Festival held annually in May, Ollantaytambo, Peru. (Editorial Usage Only)

CIUDAD DE MEXICO. Xcaret, (Riviera Maya), "voladores" de Papantia, músico

baile de las Aguilas y de Sant Joan Pelos, baile medieval originario de cataluña y el pais valenciano, procesion del Corpus, Pollença. Mallorca. Islas Baleares. Spain.

Africa, Mali, Dogon Region, Tireli village. Masked dancer (Editorial Usage Only)

Peru, Colca Canyon, Maca. Costumed Quechua dancers (Inca worriors leads Turks) the Annual Fiesta of San Joaquin, Maca, Colca Canyon.

Chang Naga Tribal Warriors; Nagaland India

Loy Kratong parade, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

MUJERES INDONESAS CON TRAJES TIPICOS SE PREPARAN PARA ACTUACION. Location: YOGYAKARTA-PALACIO S. Java. INDONESIA.

Local tribespeople in traditional costume come to Ladakh Festival, Leh, India (MR)

Mexico city

Puerto Rico, Ponce, Vejigantes Costumes (Used For Festivals), Mask

INDIA KERALA COCHIN KATHAKALI DANCE Artists of a Kathakali Dance Group at a authentic training in the city of Kochi or Cochin in the Province Kerala in India. India, Cochin, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21825662

Northern India, Ladakh, Leh. men at Dartse (archery) contest in gonchas (wool gowns) and gondas (stovepipe hats) (Editorial Usage Only)

A Lakota Native American Indian warrior in full traditional dress standing outdoors on a rock reciting a poem on Donner Summit near Truckee in California

Dancer dressed as a totem spirit performing traditional Haida dance at Old Massett, a Haida community on Graham Island; Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

Ecuador, Pinchincha Province, Quito. Procession during Holy Week (Semana Santa) on the Tuesday before Easter called Entrada de los Jocheros

Tibet, Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, Chief Lama Seated Saying Prayers Over A Fire At A Festival

Vintage Photograph. Traditional polynesian dancers showcasing vibrant cultural heritage.

Mali, Near Bandiagara, Dogon Country, Bandiagara Escarpment, Traditonal Dogon Dance In Village

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Balinese Legong Dancers age 20-25 (MR)

INDIA KERALA COCHIN KATHAKALI DANCE a Artist of a Kathakali Dance Group at a authentic training in the city of Kochi or Cochin in the Province Kerala in India. India, Cochin, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21825704

A finished Effigy of the Goddess, Saraswati awaits delivery to a customer preparing for the Festival of Saraswati. Saraswati is regarded as the Goddess of learning, knowledge and the arts. Goddess Saraswati is the wife of Lord Brahma and possesses the powers of speech, wisdom and learning.

London, Canada - September 17, 2011: A First Nations Canadian wearing traditional clothing participates in a Pow Wow dance durin

Two Tibetan dancers performing a traditional dance at the annual horserace festival, Litang, Sichuan province, China. Aug 2003

Thailand, Chiang Mai, Baw Sang, Dancers In Traditional Northern Thai Attire Performing Traditional Thai Dance At The Umbrella Festival

A first nation dancer performs for an audience during aboriginal days at the Komok's bighouse. Comox, The Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Bali, Kecak Dancing

Africa, Malawi, The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals.

India, Sikkiim, Buddhist ritual object in a Losar New Year ceremony in a monastery.

A Mongolian woman 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.

Matachines dance, New Mexico. Traditional Spanish. Little girl is La Malinche. Symbolism

Folk artist dancing warli tribe, maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

INDONESIA, BALI, BARONG DANCE, BARONG (MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL) AND MONKEY

women performing folk dance, meghalaya, india Copyright: xJaishankarxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Indonesia, Bali, People Performing Frog Dance

Ecuador, Pinchincha Province, Quito. Procession during Holy Week (Semana Santa) on Good Friday.

Xhosa amaKwetha (young men who have just been circumcised as part of their initiation into manhood) outside their hut. Coffee Bay. Wild Coast. Eastern Cape. South Africa

A Mayan ball player poses for a portrait in Chapab village in Yucatan state in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

DANZA TIPICA DEL PAIS. Location: ESPECTACULO. BANGKOK. TAILANDIA.

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Child dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali. (Editorial Use Only)

French Polynesia, Moorea. Tiki Polynesian Village. Polynesian village chief (MR)

Tribes of plains indians - Sioux, Dakota, Cree and Dene First Nation People, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon, Canada

Timkat ceremony of the orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Colourful yellow doll on a stall in the market, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley of the Incas, near Cusco, Peru CAP/MEL MEL/ Copyright: xMelxLonghurst/CapitalxPicturesx

Africa, Ethiopia, Lalibela, 3 Magi, Epiphany Timkat Celebrants (MR)

Bhutan, Punakha Dzong. Punakha Drubchen Festival, female dancers in traditional colorful attire. (Editorial Use Only)

Glimpses of assassination of mahatma gandhi, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Kathakali dancer performing..

MEXICAN ANGELS with float leave TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO DE SAN FELIPE NERI during EASTER PROCESSION - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Kondou. Dogon men wearing traditional colored grass clothes and wooden masks perform a traditional mask dance.

Indonesia, Bali, Traditional Balinese dance performance in Ubud.

West Africa, Benin. Close-up shot of Gelede Mask during traditional dance performance.

TBILISI, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 9: Participants of Georgian Folk Autumn Festival - Tbilisoba, in adjarian traditional costume dancing Ajaruli dance, October 9, 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia. TBILISI, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 9: Participants of Georgian Folk Autumn Festival - Tbilisoba, in adjarian traditional costume dancing Ajaruli dance, October 9, 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/AnnaxBogushx 3864670

Installations for the Lemon Festival, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Hopi Kachina doll holding objects on beach with ocean in the background

Dance of the Mexicans in charro dresses, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America

Performance celebrating Inti Raymi Festival at Sacsayhuaman Ruins, Cuzco, Peru

China, Gansu, Labrang Monastery, buddhist festival

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Traditional Balinese Legong dancers performing.

Colourful Smiling Mask Goa Maharashtra India Asia March 2011 Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Coban, Roman Catholic Mission. Full Length Standing Portrait Of Two Quiche Indian Widows Who Run The Conavigua Association A Committee Of Guatemalan Indigenous Widows Of Men Killed During The Civil War.

South Korea, Religion, Shamanism, Female Shaman In A Trance At A Wedding Waving Cloth Above Her Head With People Looking On

Thailand: During the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Town, which features various forms of often gruesome self-punishment, a so-called Mah Song or spirit medium dances in a trance. The Vegetarian Festival is a religious festival annually held on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand. It attracts crowds of spectators because of many of the unusual religious rituals that are performed.

Indonesia, Bali, Candikuning. Women carry food offerings on heads after blessing at Odalan (Hindu Temple Ceremony) (Editorial Usage Only)

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