Cultural Festivals

Colorful events and dances from various cultures, showcasing traditional costumes and masks during religious festivals.

Mask Dance at Paro Tsechu in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Tshechus are religious festivals of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

South America, Bolivia, Oruro, Oruro Carnival, Men in costume

Mask Dance at Paro Tsechu in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Tshechus are religious festivals of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Mask Dance at Paro Tsechu in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Tshechus are religious festivals of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Dance of the Little Bull, "Torito dance" 17th century syncretic dance with traditional costumes, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Loei, Thailand - June17 2018 : Phi Ta Khon festival Ghost mask and colorful costume Fun Traditional Tradition Very famous There are tourists around the world at Dan Sai Loei halloween of Thailand

Morenada Dancer Wearing An Elaborate Mask And Costume In The Procession Of The Carnaval De Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia

Dancer at Ati-Atihan Festival, Kalibo, Philippines

Bolivia, Oruro, La Diablada Carnival procession and spectators.

Protector deities dance at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Tinkus Los Tolkas Dancers In The Procession Of The Carnaval De Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia

Traditional Nepalese masks and costumes at a parade in Kathmandu.

Dance of the Little Bull Dance of the Little Bull, Torito dance 17th century syncretic dance with traditional costumes, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22071092

Buddhist monk wearing colourful carved wooden mask at the Tamshing Phala Choepa Tsechu, near Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Hanuman, the monkey god. Bali, Indonesia

Elaborate costume at the Jember Fashion Festival, East Java, Indonesia, Asia

Hallia Venezia masks costumes carnival costume carnival travel photo travel photography worth seeing sight atmosphere atmospheric historical carnival Schwaebisch Hall colourful colourful

USA, California, San Francisco. Holding up a dragon at the Chinese New Year parade.

Cebu City, Philippines - 18 January 2026: View of a vibrant Sinulog festival dancer, adorned in a dazzling costume with intricate details and brilliant colors, radiating energy and joy.

Chinese Dragons Dancing at Chinese New Year festival, Chingay Parade, Singapore

A stag dancer at the Tamshingphala Choepa festival in Bumthang.

Tanzgruppe mit traditionellen Trachten und Musikinstrumenten in Peru Colorful decor on carnaval dressing in Peru, South America Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 21422664

Danza del Torito, danza del siglo XVII, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Asia, bhutan, Phobjikhavalley, Tsechu festival at GangteyGompaMonastery

Italy, Sicily, San Fratello. I Gudei or the Jews who in their grotesque costume go around the village to interrupt the processions on Good Friday.

Vietnam, Hue, Citadel, Imperial City, Tet, Lunar New Year, celebration

Hawaii, Chinatown, Closeup of Chinese Lion Dance Dragon w/ blurred action

Elaborate costume at the Jember Fashion Festival, East Java, Indonesia, Asia

Jember Fashion Festival, East Java, Indonesia, Asia

Carnival of Blacks and Whites, Colombian traditional festival. It's celebrated from 2 to 7 January of each year.Choreographic Collectives Parade. It's celebrated the January 3.

Dancer at Mask Dance, Religious Tsechu Monastery Festival, Gasa District Tshechu Festival, Gasa, Himalaya Region, Kingdom of Bhutan

Monks performing traditional masked dance at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Wangdi, Bhutan, Asia

Mask Dance at Paro Tsechu in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Tshechus are religious festivals of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Morenada Dancers Wearing Elaborate Masks And Costumes In The Procession Of The Carnaval De Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia

Protector deity tames demons & negativity at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Carnival of Blacks and Whites, Colombian traditional festival. It's celebrated from 2 to 7 January of each year. Great Parade, It's celebrated the January 6.

Iloilo City, Philippines - 25 January 2026: View of vibrant dancers in feathered costumes, a tapestry of color and movement embodying the city's rich cultural heritage.

Iloilo City, Philippines - 25 January 2026: View of a vibrant Ati-Atihan festival dancer, face painted with bold strokes, amidst a swirl of feathered costumes and rhythmic revelry.

Jember Fashion Festival, Fashion Festival, East Java, Indonesia, Asia

2005 Chinatown Parade. Vancouver BC Canada. Year of the Rooster. Dragon Dance. NO RELEASE No Property Release

Dancer with a mask at the world's biggest Indian carnival festival, living UNESCO World Heritage Site, Diablada, Oruro, Bolivia, South America

Chinese New Year, is celebrated with great events and shows

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Chinese New Year, fesrtivities, people,

Giant mask / giant thai monster of dance performance based on drama

Dance of the Little Bull Dance of the Little Bull, Torito dance 17th century syncretic dance with traditional costumes, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22071684

Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia Copyright: JulioxEtchart 1188-1039 Editorial Use Only

China, Hong Kong, Annual New Years Day Festival Parade, Chinese Dragon

Chileans participating in traditional festival costumes, Valparaiso, Chile.

Mask dance performance at Tshechu Festival, Thimphu Dzong, Bhutan

Iloilo City, Philippines - 25 January 2026: View of vibrant performers parade in dazzling costumes, a kaleidoscope of colors against a backdrop of painted figures.

England, London, Soho, Chinatown, Chinese New Year Festival Parade, Dragon Dance

Man dressed as a red devil parading in the Diablada Pillarena

Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Balinese dancer using codified hand positions and gestures during a Kecak dance performance, Ulu Watu, Bali, Indonesia

Venetian Carnival masks and costumes at the Venetian Fair on the historic market square, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

China, Hong Kong, Parade Participants Dresssed as Taoist God

Low angle view of a dragon dance during Chinese New Year, Hong Kong, China

Traditional Bolivian Carnival, which takes place in the Bom Retiro neighborhood, in the center of Sao Paulo, where the largest Bolivian community outside of Bolivia resides. This Sunday (08).

The Miao are a linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China as one of the 55 official minority groups. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect the self-designations of the component sub-groups, which include (with some variant spellings) Hmong, Hmu, A Hmao, and Kho (Qho) Xiong. The Miao live primarily in southern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, and Hubei. Some members of the Miao sub-groups, most notably Hmong people, have migrated out of China into Southeast Asia (northern Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand). Following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975, a large group of Hmong refugees resettled in several Western nations (United States, France, Australia, and elsewhere.).

Carnival of Cultures, annual, colorful, internationally renowned Pentecost street parade with 100 groups and floats through Kreuzberg district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Typical Chinese dragon doll in Chinese New Year celebration

Dance of the Little Bull, "Torito dance" 17th century syncretic dance with traditional costumes, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Deer dancer represents the animal world at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Colourfully decorated and painted tribesmen celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the highlands, Enga, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Ati warriors in costume, Ati-Atihan Festival, Kalibo, Philippines

Barong and Kris dance, traditional Balinese dance, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Indonesia, Bali Province, Uluwatu. Kecak & Fire Dance at Uluwatu Temple near Southern Tip of Bali. Incorporates Ramayana & Sanghyang (Trance Dance).

Ogoh Ogohs, wooden carvings, colorful, holiday, New Year celebration, traditional ceremony, Nyepi, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Cham dance (mask dance), Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Phi Ta Khon or Pee Ta Khon (the Ghost Festival) is the name for a festival held annually in Dan Sai, Northeast Thailand. The events take place over three days some time between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the towns mediums. The Ghost Festival is also called Wan Ruam (assembly day). The towns residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit of the Mun River. They then hold a series of games and take part in a procession wearing masks made of rice husks or coconut leaves with hats made from rice steamers, plus patchwork clothing. They also wear bells and wave wooden phalluses. Loei (Thai: ???) Province is located in Thailand's upper North-East. Neighboring provinces are (from east clockwise) Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nongbua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok. In the north it borders Xaignabouli and Vientiane Provinces of Laos. The province is covered with low mountains, while the capital Loei is located in a fertile basin. The Loei River, which f

Masked dancers (protector deities) at the Monlam Chenmo or Cham Dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Dragon dance on streets of Singapore during Chinese New Year

Theyyam fire dance ritualistic art form, Kerala, India MR 744 Copyright: xPxKarunakaran/DinodiaxPhotox

Cebu City, Philippines - 18 January 2026: View of a vibrant Sinulog Festival procession, a sea of dancers in elaborate costumes, their faces radiant under the tropical sun.

China, Hong Kong, Chinese Dragon

Member of a tribe in a colourfully decorated costume with face paint at the traditional sing-sing gathering, Hochland, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Decorated women on pageant waggon. Carnival. Mindelo. Cabo Verde. Africa

Dancer at Mask Dance, Religious Tsechu Monastery Festival, Gasa Tshechu Festival, Gasa District, Himalaya Region, Kingdom of Bhutan

The Barong character is the magical protector of Balinese villages, here during the Barong and Kris dance, which tells a battle between good and evil spirit, performed in Batubulan, Bali Indonesia.

Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Elaborate costume at the Jember Fashion Festival, East Java, Indonesia, Asia

Narrensprung Ravensburg, Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

SKULL MASK DANCERS, representing non-attachment, and used as comic relief, TIKSE Monastery Masked Dances - LADAKH, INDIA

Tortugas Pueblo, New Mexico, USA. Traditional Chichimecca dancers dance in celebration of the Virgin Guadalupe. The tribe can be Mexican and/or a mix of Native American.

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Hemis, Hemis Tsechu Buddhist Festival

Indigenous Female, Aztec Dancer at the Indigenous Legacy Gathering, on November 4, 2021 in Toronto, Canada

Bhutan. Participants at the tsechu in Wangdue Phodrang doing a performance.

Mask dance performance at Ladakh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, India

Maschkara parade in Mittenwald

Dancers at traditional Mexican street wedding celebration (Calenda)

Peruvian dance Authentic peruvian dance Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 11711388

Dance of the Little Bull, "Torito dance" 17th century syncretic dance with traditional costumes, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Dancer performs traditional Barong dance in Bali, Indonesia, Asia

The dragon and lion dance is performed during celebrations marking the Chinese Lunar New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Horse, in the Liberdade district of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 31, 2026.

Moors and Christians at the Fiesta de la Santisima Cruz in the town of Granja de Rocamora in the Costa Blanca region of southern Spain.

Large cat King of the Band float at the Junior Caribana children's carnival Parade in Toronto 2008

Barong dance performance, Batubulan, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

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

Africa, Sao Tome, Principe, Actors perform a play called Ferrabras - the play is an annual event and is performed in Santa Antonio, Principés only town, in August.

Mexico City, Mexico - 04 November 2023: View of elaborately costumed figures, vibrant with floral headdresses and painted faces, parade through the streets during the Day of the Dead celebration.

Mask dancer, Hemis, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India Copyright: xJatinxAcharya/DinodiaxPhotox

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