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Cultural Festival Performances

Images of traditional dance and cultural festivities showcasing traditional attire, lively movements, and community gatherings during celebrations.

Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Troyanda from Selkirk, Canada during the 48th International Folklore Festival in Zagreb

traditional parade of giants and big heads, Llucmajor, Migjorn, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Latvians in traditional dress dancing at a music festival in the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum near Riga, Latvia.

Battle of Pont den Barona, Moors and Christians, "Es Firó", Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain.

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Folk dances in front of the Iglesias de la Asunción church, Zugarramurdi, Navarra, Spain

A group of traditionally dressed people walk through the streets in Gonnesa during the Madonna di Montserrat procession. Gonnesa Sardinia Italy FB_2024_1900

Fiestas de Santa Càndida. Llucmajor. Migjorn. Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Turkey, Cappadocia, whirling dervishes

A regal lineup in period costumes at a historical event

Vatican, Vatican. 01st Apr, 2022. Italy, Rome, Vatican, 2022/04/01 An Indigenous artist from Canada performs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican Pope Francis on the day apologised to representatives of Canadian Indigenous peoples for the suffering they endured in Catholic residential schools in the North American country Photograph by Alessia Giuliani /Catholic Press PhotoRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Credit: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News

detail of a traditional dress during a folkloric dance in the center of the city of Oaxaca

Santa Maria del Popolo basilica, Rome, Italy. Neapolitan nativity scene detail.

Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. Many children with balloons at hands stay outdoor church Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. Many children with balloons at hands stay outdoor church ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 9856477 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

giants of Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Dance of the Eagles and Sant Joan Pelos, Corpus Christi procession, Pollensa, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Everyday life in 1470 at Kriebstein Castle

Africa, Egypt, Cairo. The Tanoura dancers, an Egyptian Sufi Muslim. Similar to the Whirling Dervishes but the difference is that the Tanoura Performers wear colorful clothing and skirts.

Dimonis - devils -, Blessed festivals, linked to the beatification of Sister Caterina Tomàs, Santa Margalida town, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

procesión de los pescadores portando la imagen de Sant Pere, Port d'Alcúdia ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

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

struggles and temptations of demons to san antonio for the blessing of the animals in Sant Antoni, pattern pets, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands...

Dancing dervishes from the Sufi Mevlevi Order, Sema-Zerimonie, dervish dance, Sema, Mevlevihanesi Muezesi, Istanbul, Tuerkei

Moors and Christians Moors and Christians, festival of La Patrona, Pollença, ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21728833

India, Nagaland, People, Naga Warrior tribe performing bamboo dance.

Eglise Evangelique de Polynese Francaise. First Protestant church in Papeete built in 1818. Sunday service with women dressed in all white. Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia

celebration of the patron saint, Moors and Christians, Pollensa, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

BRUGES, BELGIUM, MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, Europe

Argentina; Buenos Aires. A young girl 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.

Alloro feast. Forza d'Agrò. Sicily. Italy

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Uzbek dancer in traditional clothing. (Editorial Use Only)

White embroiderer in Bad Muskau traditional costume

Aboriginal performers recreate traditional dances by their ancestors on the Rocky Point Pier on National Indigenous People's Day 2018, Port Moody, BC

France, Religion, Christmas Santons Display

Coro Rociero Virgen Rosario. Monasterio de Santa Ana, Jumilla, Murcia, 2006.

Start of the Palmesel procession, tradition since the 18th century, Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Thaur, Innsbruck district, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Luther's wedding in Luther city Wittenberg

Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 9856441 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Whirling Dervish Performing A Sufi Dance At The Al-Ghouri Mausoleum At Night, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Final Battle, Moors and Christians. Pollença. Tramuntana Mountains. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

England, East Sussex, Brighton, Hare Krishna Taking Part In A Parade On Brighton Seafront

National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month program in Exhibit Hall, featuring performance by Chinese traditional dance group

Prayer vigil. European Meeting of Taize Community. St Perter's square. Rome. Italy.

Madrid, 01/05/2024. Parade of the Three Wise Men. Photo: Tania Sieira. Archdc.

Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. Many children with balloons at hands stay outdoor church Mukyluntsi , Ukraine - 26 june, 2016: First holy communion. Many children with balloons at hands stay outdoor church ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 9856474 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

18.08-2013, Konya,Turkye. Dancing dervishes

Holy Thursday procession, Processione del Giovedi Santo, Marsala, Sicily, Italy

Turkey, Marmara, Bursa, Village of Cumalikizik. Traditional dress, clothing styles from the region.

Beneïdes de Sant Antoni, Muro, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Maundy Thursday Procession, Procession del Giovedi Santo, Marsala, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Fallas always on 19 March, on San Jose, with procession and offering of flowers to Maria, here in Denia and in Valencia, province of Valencia, Spain

Dancing dervishes from the Sufi Mevlevi Order, Sema-Zerimonie, dervish dance, Sema, Mevlevihanesi Muezesi, Istanbul, Tuerkei

Festival in castle ruin Botenlauben, Bodenlaube, Bad Kissingen, Rhoen, Franconia, Germany, Europe

A blessing

Corpus Christi procession, Pollensa, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Romania, Maramures, Botiza. Congregation departing after the Sunday morning service.

Es Firo Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21769446

Zaragoza October 12, 2014 Offering of Flowers to the Virgin of Pilar Photo Fabián Simón archdc.

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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.

Morocco, Fes. Jalledine Julien Weiss and his Al Kindi Ensemble, with Sheikh Hamza Shakour perform on the Bab Makina stage during the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.

Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Tigis Bennett heats an Ethiopian coffee pot, known as a jebena, over a fire during an Ethiopian coffee ceremony during a culture day at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, May 5, 2022. U.S. Airmen with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron participated in the ceremony, which is considered to be the most important social occasion in many Ethiopian villages and a sign of respect and friendship.

Andujar, Jaen Province, Andalusia, Spain. People at the annual pilgrimage for the Virgen de la Cabeza, Our Lady of Cabeza. (Editorial Use Only)

Moors and Christians, "Es Firó" of Soller, final battle staged in the main square, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Colourful dressed traditional men, Al Janadriyah Festival, Riadh, Saudi Arabia, Asia

Festival tent, national costume association, Schöffau village, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany,

blessing of the animals in Sant Antoni, pattern pets, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Muted Canada Day celebration with a focus on First Nations and reconciliation. After various sites with unmarked graves from the Residential School Sy

Stollen girl Lisa Strassberger presents the giant stollen knife in front of the Church of Our Lady

Dekoration an einem Haus mit Schriftzug Willkommen in der Hölle in der Bergstradt von Bamberg, Bayern, Deutschland *** Decoration on a house with the lettering Welcome to Hell in the Bergstradt of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

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