Cultural Religious Festivals

Festive gatherings featuring participants in traditional attire, highlighting rituals and reenactments from various religious and cultural ceremonies across regions.

Asia, Bhutan, Bumthang. Costumed men participate in Domkhar Tshechu festival.

Asia, Bhutan, Bumthang. Costumed men participate in Domkhar Tshechu festival.

The high priests and scribes, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

EWAN MCGREGOR in ANGELS & DEMONS (2009), directed by RON HOWARD.

The Christmas Story, Y.M.C.A. tableaux The Tidings to the Shepherds III 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Religious painting on church wall; Florence, Tuscany, Italy

BOTAFUMEIRO. Author: JOSE LOSADA (1817-1887). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Monks in a Monastery.

Trip to Europe: Vatican City: President Kennedy at the Vatican. Jean Kennedy Smith, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, 10:00AM. Members of the Swiss Guard stand at attention inside Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, during President John F. Kennedy's visit to the Vatican to meet with Pope Paul VI. Vatican City.

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Caiaphas and Jesus, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay State, Popa Mount, Mahagiri sanctuary, detail of the 37 nats (spirits) of the Burmese pantheon, a very popular place of worship in Myanmar

High priests, high council, scribes, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Armenia, Etchmiadzin, Easter Procession.

Close up Christ of humility in old monastery doors. Holy Week

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim The high priest eating with staff in hand 1900, West Bank

South America, Peru, Cusco. Participants in annual Inti Raimi festival that celebrates ancient Inca ritual.

Card game at the court of Marie Antoinette

PABLO VI ORDENA 33 CARDENALES. Location: BASILICA DE SAN PEDRO-INTERIOR. VATICANO. PAUL VI POPE.

Anefo photo collection. General rehearsal of the passion games in Tegelen, Jesus and Kajafas. May 16, 1960. Limburg, Tegelen

TROMPETISTAS CRISTIANOS - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: MOROS Y CRISTIANOS. Alcoy. Alicante. SPANIEN.

Ecce Homo Antonio Ciseri (1821-1891/Italian) Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

Young priests perform Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat which starts just after sunset at Varanasi, or banaras, also known as Kashi, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Pope John Paul II holds a cross in his hand and raises an arm keeping open hand, on the occasion of his trip to Poland. Poland, 1983.

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

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Prince Carlos Jr. Lignieres, France. February 11, 1970. France

Group of girls standing and holding burning candles on Lucia Day

Bethlehem Christmas at the Church of the Nativity

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

stanbrook abbey by feilden clegg bradley studios, nuns in walkway after chapel

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Belgium, Bruges, Procession of the Holy Blood, people,

PROCESION DE CRISTIANOS. Location: EXTERIOR. LACIO. ITALIA.

Japan, celebration

During the easter festival of Semana Santa.

Anefo photo collection. Throne change 30 April: inauguration church; Princess Beatrix Prince Claus sitting, ample overview. August 30, 1980

Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, polychrome terracotta statues by Dionigi Bussola (1615-1687), 20th Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy, 17th century.

Leningrad St. Petersburg

Tripoli, Libya, During the celebrations of Mawlid, commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed at the Old City of Tripoli

three kings procession, milan, Italy

BOTAFUMEIRO. Author: JOSE LOSADA (1817-1887). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

France, French Riviera, Cote d'Azur, St.Paul de Vence, The Local History Museum, Tableau depicting a Scene from The History of St.Paul de Vence

Church of Saints Ambrogio & Carlo, Rome, Italy. Nativity scene.

Greek Orthodox Easter, Easter, Orthodox, tradition, faith, religion, service, Greek, Greece, Künzelsau, Hohenlohe, Germany, Europe

SPAIN - Anoia (district) - Catalonia - Barcelona. Pastorets de Calaf, Calaf, l'Anoia, Barcelona

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; "La Macarena "nazarens" (father and son) returning home after a all night procession) (53)

Palermo, Sicily, Italy A young woman art restorer works on a bust of Christ inside the Carmine Maggiore Church.

Exhibit, World Mission, Boston Garden , Exhibitions, Religious meetings, Exhibit booths. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Anefo photo collection. Christmas game in the big or St. Bavo church in Haarlem. December 17, 1945. Haarlem, Noord-Holland

Men crowd in the door to pray at the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

Novices studying to become cloistered nuns sing in the garden

Córdoba, 03/29/2018. Holy Week, Holy Thursday. The brotherhood of the Holy Supper. Photo: Álvaro Carmona Archcor.

Jesus is condemned to death on the Cross, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ceremony of the Holy Light Jerusalem

SPAIN - Campiñas de Lucena (district) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Lucena, Holy week procession

Russia, Religion, Patriarch Alexy II. Head of the Russian Orthodox Church untill his death in 2008. Outdoor service with ceremonial robes.

A convicted adulteress, who is to be stoned, falls to her knees in front of Jesus, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Paolo vi consistory for the creation of new cardinals, 70's

Madrid, 12/12/2014. Nativity scene in the Royal palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville; Christ on the cross in one of the churches in the historical centre

Taize Community, Church of the Reconciliation, Taize, Saone-et-Loire, Burgundy, France, Europe

Blessing after the receipt of the cross from the Archbishop, Epiphany Day, Tarpon Springs, Fla. , Spectators, Priests, Benedictions. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Italy. Sicily. Mussomeli. Men in ceremonial reds during the night procession.

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Turkey, Turkish Dancers in Cappadoccia

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Sardinian Woman in Traditional Costume.

Two altar boys during a break, The Two encounter procession, Cathedral of Jaen, Spain, Europe

Crucifixion scene with Frederik Mayet in the role of Jesus, Oberammergau Passion Play 2010, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Vatican, Vatican. 01st Apr, 2022. Italy, Rome, Vatican, 2022/04/01 Pope Francis receiving a delegation of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, in Vatican City, Vatican, 01 April 2022. 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 Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Credit: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News

Russian Orthodox worshipper lighting candles in church in Zagorsk, near Moscow, Russia

Girls with candles at Kungsholmen Church in Stockholm on Santa Lucia Day December 13

Jesus prays

Anefo photo collection. Throne change 30 April: inauguration church; Overview (6x6) Original. April 30, 1980

Middle Ages. Society and daily life in the city of Malmo. Model. City Museum. Malmo. Sweden.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Santa Maria In Trastevere Basilica With Crowds Gathered For Display Of Icon And Flower Petal Mosaic During Infiorata Di Gerano.

Alderman Michael Bear, the Lord Mayor of London wearing traditional costume waving from the golden state coach, Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Japan, Tokyo, Meiji Shrine, Autumn Festival

Participants in the Goya week festival in Ronda in Spain.

Anefo photo collection. Throne change 30 April: inauguration Nieuwe Kerk, Es Deeding; close (k.b.), original. 31, 1980

IMAGEN DE S ISIDRO. Location: ST. PETER'S CHURCH. MONTEJO DE LA SIERRA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR.

JESUS OF NAZARETH (1977), directed by FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI.

Passion Play Oberammergau 2022, Deposition of Jesus and Lamentation, Jesus actor Rochus Rueckel, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Close-up of three people participating in a traditional ceremony, Greek Orthodox Assumption Day Procession, Jerusalem, Israel

Messe à Lisieux

Sea of Galilee Scots Mission Hospital with crowd in front of entrance, Tiberius between 1932 and 1946

Interior of the Duomo of Milan by Giovanni Migliara, 1787-1837, Italy, Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera

Terracotta Army, sculptures of soldiers depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, first Emperor of China near Xi'an, Sian, Lintong District, Shaanxi

Rome, Italy may 1964: Young boy wearing a tunic praying with his hands joined in front of a marble altar decorated with flowers and a golden chalice in a church in the 70s

Nobles in the Royal chapel, courtship party (Fete galante) with participants wearing clothes from the Louis XIV period, Palace of Versailles, France. Historical reenactment.

Model of The Last Supper, Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa, Peru

Parade celebrating Tenji Matsuri Festival, Osaka, Japan (Large format sizes available)

ENTREGA DE LA ANTORCHA ENCENDIDA. Location: EXTERIOR. OLIMPIA. GREECE.

The high priests and scribes are observing the expulsion of the temple merchants, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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