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Cultural Festivals and Attire

Vibrant images showcasing traditional costumes, dance, and rituals from various cultural festivals around the world, highlighting celebratory colors and craftsmanship.

Pentecostes Festival held annually in May, Ollantaytambo, Peru.

Authentic peruvian dance

Europe, Portugal, Aveiro. Portuguese man hand painting the prow of a colorful, hand-painted Moliceiro boat used for sightseeing trips along the canals of Aveiro, Beira Litoral, Portugal.

Vanessa Arthur, 60th Inpatient Squadron psychiatric technician and early intervention substance abuse counselor, takes a pinch of corn pollen at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 19, 2022. Corn symbolizes fertility for life for Navajo people. It is used not just as food but also as a blessing in ceremonies and offered in prayers.

A man from a Berber village walks along the ornate tile inside Erfoud's mausoleum of Moulay Ali al-Sharif; Erfoud, Morocco

Peruvian dance Authentic peruvian dance Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 11114581

Ojibway Jingle Dress

Indian dances

Thailand, Chiangmai, Hmong Hilltribe Costumes, Headress

Colorful traditional Japanese kimono, blue obi, Kiyomizu Buddhist Temple, Kyoto, Japan.

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 3864703

USA, Arizona, Tucson. Mission San Xavier del Bac (aka White Dove of the Desert). Mission museum, display of native American Indian baskets.

China, TibetJokhang Temple, Barkhor Square - Situated in the heart of Lhasa's Old Quarter and first built in the 7th century, the Jokhang is Tibet's most sacred shrine.

Two people in traditional attire against a clear blue sky.

INDIA KERALA THRISSUR POORAM ELEPHANT FESTIVAL Farmers with their Elephants at the traditional Pooram or Elephant Festival and Temple Festival in the city of Thrissur or Trichur in the Province Kerala in India. India, Thrissur, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21825671

TURQUOISE, CORAL & GOLD decorate this TIBETAN WOMAN'S hair - LHASA, TIBET

Incense burner at temple at Laoshan near Qingdao Burning incense at Temple of Supreme Purity or Tai Qing Gong at Laoshan Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 13024404

Indian headgear called feta with brocade and gold thread straps called jari patti all over and broach of synthetic gem stones pearls known as 'kulgi' ; Pune; Maharashtra ; India

Artist using mask of animal face for ramleela on dussera dusera festival India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Colourful Tibetan dance Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Halifax, Canada. July 2023. Indigenous dancers in costumes performing a dance part of ceremony for the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG)

Tassel decoration of a scroll, Kasuga Taisha shrine, Nara, Japan

Traditional headdress on wooden log

Native American Memomini Dolls Artist: Unknown

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Dilabino (Hamar village near Turmi), Gado's necklaces, including the metal/mud one indicating she's married (binyeray) (Editorial Usage Only)

SARCHU, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 2, 2011: Indian man muffled in blanket on cold morning on Manali-Leh road in Himalayas in Ladakh, India

Colorful Japanese kimonos, Kiyomizu Buddhist Temple, Kyoto, Japan.

Monk praying with beads, Phyang Gompa, Ladakh, India

Indigenous woman in Guatemala. An Indigene Woman walking thorugh Antigua in Guatemala

Devotee of Lord Ganesh the elephant headed God playing a musical instrument Taasha on the occasion of the immersion procession of Lord Ganesh ganpati festival Pune Maharashtra India Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Fiji, Viti Levu, Viseise. Detail of a traditional grass skirt tied with cloth.

Decorated horse's tail during Leonhardifahrt, the feast day of Saint Leonard of Noblac, Kreuth, Tegernsee Valley, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Smoking with burning herbs for spiritual cleansing of people and the common place in Umbanda and Candomble ceremonies in Brazil Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerias, Brazil, South America

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

Close-up of stoles at a market stall, Sorrento, Sorrentine Peninsula, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Drums being played in a religious and popular festival in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Bhutan, Punakha Dzong. Punakha Drubchen Festival. Detail of traditional men's Bhutanese boots.

Mexico, Nayarit State, Bucerias. Close-up of person doing intricate beadwork on a cow skull.

Malta, Valletta, 15th century military flags, Triq il-Repubblika street, Republic Street

Close-up of Thurible and Incense Smoke

Ethiopia, Lower Omo Valley, Key Afir, Banner Woman Wearing A Necklace Know As A Bignere - An Metal Band With A Phallic Protuberance To Signify That She Is A First Wif

Traditional India decor at North American Plaims Native Indian in traditional dress at Pow Wow in the Indian Village at the Calgary Stampede

Figures of Squamish people wearing mountain goat wool clothes, Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre, Whistler British Columbia Canada

Man dance in traditional arabian costume on gray

GeschlosseneTempeltür, Gandan-Kloster, Ulan-Bator, Mongolei GeschlosseneTempeltür, Gandan-Kloster, Ulan-Bator, Mongolei / Closed door to a temple, Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Copyright: xZoonar.com/Mikex 9669046

West Africa, Niger, Agadez Province, Agharous village, the Aïr festival, Tuareg rider on his camel

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week (saturday); "Los Servitas" brotherhood procession; acolyte with censer

Mexico City, Zocalo, traditional aztec headdress at Metropolitan Cathedral

Woman holding prayer beads in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Osh Bazaar, Osh, Kirghizstan, Central Asia, Asia

Aboriginal dancers at the Grand Entrance ceremony are entering the Beaver Dome. Tsuut'ina Nations Powwow.

Holy water vase at the National Memorial Chortan in Thimpu, Bhutan

Saint near the wall in the church in Santiago de Atitlan in Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala: Crosses and decorations on sale during the observance of Lent, before Easter.

Backside of traditional dressed guard at Gongsanseong Castle, Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Turkish man and horseman ethnic clothes examples

First nation drum held by singer at Protest in Ottawa

Aboriginal dancer at the Grand Entrance ceremony into the Beaver Dome. Tsuut'ina Nations Powwow. Jingle dress close-up

Torah scrolls

Kippah jewish cap on a tallit prayer shawl.

Traditional Indian Dance Regalia.

Zuni White Buffalo Dance, Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico

Drummers playing their instruments during a musical performance in Brazil Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Cremation ceremony for a passed away Jain nun, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

Muslim man praying

Turkish man and horseman ethnic clothes examples

Native dancer's jingle dress displayed at the Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park. Siksika Nation Alberta Canada

A tiliche figure (a character full of party, color, hubbub, dance and identity) during the Guelaguetza festival displayed in a street of Barrio de Jalatlaco, in Oaxaca City, Mexico.

Djambija, man with traditional dagger, Highlands, Yemen

Marionette puppets, Myanmar, Myanmar, Asia

Devotee with pierced body in a religious procession at Thaipusam Festival, Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Little India, Singapore

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Powwow in Canim Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

Egyptians walking in front of Mosque with colorful Fabric Cairo, Egypt.

Mexico, San Miguel de Allende. Roman soldier holding whip in Good Friday procession.

Portrait of an Aztec dancer

Romania, Transylvania, Sibiu county. Gothic-style Evangelical Church (1495) in the village of Cristian. Samples of traditional clothing.

Sacred straw rope

Kathakali dancer, Kerala state, India, Asia

Canada, Ontario, Ottawa. Huun-Huur-Tu throat singer performs indigenous Tuvan folk music at Bluesfest.

Peasant woman second half 18th century Matteo Bottigheri In 1964, Loretta Hines Howard generously presented to the Museum over 140 Neapolitan crèche figures, dating from the second half of the eighteenth century. The varied assortment includes figures from the three traditional scenes of a complete Neapolitan presepio: the Nativity, with angels, shepherds, and sheep; the procession of the three Magi, with their colorful retinue of attendants; and the varied and gay crowd of country and town people thronging the tavern, or inn, of Bethlehem the diversorium mentioned by St. Luke, where on the Holy Night there was no place for Mary and Joseph. Averaging between twelve and fifteen inches in height, according to the position they were to take in perspective in the stage set, the figures are pliable and can be given poses at will, according to their facial expressions. Their bodies are made of tow and wire, their arms and legs are finely carved of wood, and their heads and shoulders are mo

TAMBOR USADO POR SANTA TERESA - SIGLO XVI. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN JOSE. Toledo. SPANIEN.

Kathakali dancer getting ready for his performance.

Kelabit girl from Sarawak, Malaysia.

Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.

Sri Lanka, Ambalangoda, Old Master Wood Carver Displaying Mask

Asia, Myanmar, Kyaiktiyo is a place of first pilgrimage to the Buddhist religion. The poised on the mountain rock is believed to be in perfect balance for the seven Buddha hats that are in the top stupa. The boulder is literally covered in gold by pilgrims crushed in gold leaf on the rock. A Buddhist monaco with the old hat

Ecuador, Quito area. Otavalo Handicraft Market. Wool textile blanket with Ecuador text.

Italy, Umbria, Perugia district, Gubbio.'race of the Candles' (la corsa dei ceri)

Man holding his traditional belt with both hands, Gauderfest festival with traditional costumes, Zell am Ziller, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Asia, Japan, Tokyo, Meiji Shrine, Yabusame Detail (Editorial Usage Only)

Typical Polynesian tattoo, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Penitent dressed in black penitential robe (nazareno) on their way to the Semana Santa, Holy Week Procession, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Old Sikh Man with Kirpan sword Sick People Baisakhi celebration held in Lecce, Italy, june 2011 Copyright: xZoonar.com/FlavioxMassarix 3211892

Statue at Grand Bassin Temple Great Sacred Hindu Temple in Mauritius

Japan, Jizo statues for children at Okunoin cemetery; Osaka

Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ. USA. Navajo Nation Fair. Miss Navajo Nation Beauty pageant. McKeon K Dempsey Miss Navajo Nation 2014/2015

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