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Cultural Pilgrimages and Worship

Images of diverse worshippers and pilgrims in traditional attire, captured in ancient and modern settings, highlighting religious rituals and cultural heritage.

Reading of the tables of the divination of the fox in Dogon

Worshipper leaving the main entrance of the Grand Mosque

Pilgrims during the Easter Orthodox Christian religious celebrations in the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

KSAR OULED SOLTANE TUNISIA BERBER MAN ON STEPS OF GHORFA

Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from an ancient rock-hewn Church.

Taroudannt , murallas de adobe.Valle del Sous.Antiatlas.Marruecos.

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

Pan-Islamic conference gathers at Shunet Nimrin, Transjordan. Pots of rice and meat, preparations for the dinner. 1931, Jordan

Reading of the tables of the divination of the fox in Dogon

Niger, Tribal People, Group Of Tuareg Women With Basket Of Grain.

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

A Nubian woman stands at the entrance to her home. The aeroplanes on these doorposts have been put there because the owner of the house has been to Mecca.

The altar of the royal city at Meroe depicting Nile god Habei binding together two lotus flowers.; Meroe, Sudan, Africa.

Ethiopian ORthodox Christian pilgrim looking at a rock-cut church on a hilltop; Lalibela, Ethiopia

MALI, Dogon Country. Dogon handicrafts stall (RF)

Ethiopia, Axum, priests

Holy Man shrine, Skoura oasis, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Argungu, Nigeria - 13 February 2026: View of silhouetted figures atop camels against a bright sky, capturing the essence of a traditional caravan journey.

MALI, Djenne A pilgrim emerges from prayers at a traditional mud mosque near Djenne in Mali.

Djenne, Mali. A pilgrim emerges from prayers at a traditional mud mosque near Djenne in Mali. Andrew Watson

Memorial park in Old Dacca, Bangladesh.

Siwa Oasis, Egypt; A local Siwan young man in traditional dress at the Temple of the Oracle

Old Priest, Southern Cluster, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Ethiopia, Near Bahar Dar, Man Draped In Cloth

India, Rajasthan, Shekawati.Village life

Details Of Nighttime Worship Celebrations Taking Place In The Rock-Hewn Churches During Orthodox Easter; Lalibela, Ethiopia

West African woman in red, carrying a pot on her head, Sanga, Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa (Editorial Usage Only)

Dogon hunter, Mopti Region, Mali

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A mask dance at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

Mauritania, Adrar, Chinguetti, library Ehel Hamoni, Opening the library

Tribal wood carving

Africa, Ethiopian Highlands, Eastern Amhara, Lalibela, St. George, Bet Giyorgis, rock-hewn church. Priest holding icons in the doorway of the Church of St. George.

ksur Mezguida, Rissani, Tafilalet, Marruecos, Africa.

Niger, People, Men, Two Tuareg Men Dressed In Loose Cotton Robes And Head Coverings Suitable For Desert Heat.

BEDUINOS EN EL DESIERTO. Location: EXTERIOR. QUSEIR AMRA.

Two Berber women dressed in traditional costume in a cave dwelling, Matmata, Tunisia, Southern Tunisia, Maghreb, North Africa, Africa

Pakistan, Afghan Refugees

India - worship of Vishnu

Berber cameliers, Matmata, Southern Tunisia.

Bolivia, La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Aymara Indians On Reed Island.

Rock churches of Lalibela, pilgrims in front of the Bete Golgata, Golgotha Church, Ethiopia, Africa

A temple guardian stands in front of the facade of Abu Simbel. The entire site was moved 200m in the 1960s in order to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.

Lybia, Fezzan, Al Uwaynat

Aymara Elders Kneeling In Front Of The Santiago De Curahuara De Carangas Church During Carnival, Curahuara De Carangas, Oruro, Bolivia

Minjibir, Nigeria - 27 May 2025: View of a bustling village scene unfolds with rustic, thatched structures casting shadows on the sandy ground, where people gather.

Qatari in traditional clothing with gutra, in front of Khor Al Udeid Beach, Khor El Deid, Inland Sea, desert miracle of Qatar, Emirate of Qatar, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Asia

Sunset prayers to Mecca was a routine for the camel herders leading a caravan, Sahara Desert, northern Sudan.

Pentecostalism in Latin America -- Bolivia

Senior man in front of the Toguna (House of Words) in Sangha, Mali

A Hindu pilgrim walking in fog, Vrindavan, India.

Camp in Erg Chegaga of 'Sahara Services'

Mali, Pays Dogon, Bongo, A Dogon Sand Diviner Indicating Fox Paw Prints For Telling Fortunes.

Pilgrims outside Bieta Ghiorghis (Saint George's House) church in Lalibela on a sunday

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Dancer wearing the 15ft high Sirige mask leaps in the air at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile Bandiagara escarpment.

Africa, Egypt, Cairo, Re-enactors demonstrate daily life of ancient Pharonic times in Egypt.

Arab man and a donkey Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia, Tabuk Province, Tayma. Historical reenactors at the ancient oasis town. (Editorial Use Only)

Mali, Douentza. A Bella man wearing a turban and leather amulets. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.

The Samaritan passover on Mt. Gerizim. High Priest exposing the scroll to the congregation 1900, West Bank, Israel

Ethiopia, Lalibela, Unesco World Heritage Site, Church Carved Into Rock, Local People

ETHIOPIA,TIGRAY-CIRCA JANUARY 2018--unidentified little muslim girl in her village

1990s BERBER WOMAN MOROCCO

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

Hemis, Ladakh, circa November 2011: Photo of monks playing cricket at Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Hemis, Ladakh. Documentary editorial

Drought water crisis, Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman at Tomb of Lihyan, son of Kuza (Qasr al-Farid), carved into sandstone outcrop in Hegra, UNESCO, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Chapel on the summit of Mt. Sinai. 1950, Egypt, Sinai

Tibetan monks praying during a burial ceremony at Sacred sky burial grounds, Langmusi, Gansu province, China. Apr 2002

A Nubian man displays his sword at an oasis in the Nubian Desert north of Old Dongola.

Campesinas hindúes cargando un montón de hierba. Al fondo, la FORTIFICACION DE GINGEE (s. XVI). Alrededores de Tiruvannamalai. Estado de Tamil Nadú. India.

Africa, Madagascar, Belu sur Tsiribihina. Famadihana is a festivity to renew the shrouds.

Ura Kedane Meheriet church, Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa

Black man of the Afar tribe and towers and pinnacles composed of salt, potassium and magnesium in the Danakil Desert, Ethiopia, Africa

The ten commandments on a stone tablet

Thailand, Hua Hin, Anantara Spa

A berber man pours mint tea in an elaborate, timeless ritual.

Village near Jaiselmere, Rajasthan, India.

Traditional Dogon dances being performed in a Dogon village at the Bandiagara Escarpment in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.

Arab tribe, Bahar el Gazal, Chad

Ethiopia

Crowd in front of a mosque, Djenne, Mali

Dogon tribesman in front of mosque, Mali

Sangomas (Diviners) at Saltpetre Cave. Near Clarence. Eastern Free State. South Africa.

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

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Antandroy Tomb. Prominent tombs usually decorated with 'aloalo' (sculptured wooden posts set upright on top of the tomb - often depicting scenes from the person's life). Spiny forest area. Madagascar

South America, Peru, La Libertad, Trujillo, clay mannequin models of Chimu people tending a hearth in the Chan Chan museum, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Chan Chan archeological complex

A nun of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church rests outside the entrance to the ancient rock hewn church of Debre Selam Mikael near Atsbi in Ethiopia's most northerly region of Tigray. This church has a white washed facade and was built into a sandstone ridge at a height of 8,780 feet above sea level.

Taos, New Mexico, United States. Native American workers repairing the main church.

Northward from Jerusalem. Nob. Home of the Priests. I Sam. 211. 1950, Israel

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A mask dance at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

Pilgrim At The Orthodox Easter Celebrations; Lalibela, Ethiopia

Navajo Weaver Monument Valley Arizona USA

Benin, Alibori County, Kandi, Abdoul Yagou Rider Of Bariba Ethnic Group Pledging Allegiance To King Kandi Saka Vafia Iii

Pilgrims gather around Bet Giorgis (St. George) church during Timkat festival in Lalibela, Ethiopia

A decorated escarpment at the Dogon village of Songho. Magic symbols spread the wall where circumcision of boys takes place each year. Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa

Mali, People, Dogon, Members Of Ancient Dogon Society Performing Rooftop Dance Holding Carved Staffs With View Over Surrounding Village And Landscape.

Man with yellow cloth warming up fire Jodhpur Rajasthan India NOMR Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Saudi Arabia, Tabuk Province, Tayma. Historical reenactors at the ancient oasis town. (Editorial Use Only)

Tiebele, the royal court made by painted kassena houses, Burkina Faso

Jordan, Ancient Nabataean city of Petra. Guards dressed in ancient attire.

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