Cultural Religious Moments

Images capturing personal and communal moments of devotion, revealing diverse spiritual practices in various cultural contexts.

Beduin praying in the Sahara Douz. Tunisia.

Coptic priest on a rock ledge at the entrance to Abuna Yemata monolithic church, Gheralta Region, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa

Nepal, Mustang, Women Spinning Thread With One Wearing Head Dress Displaying Turquoise Heirloom

Pilgrims resting Badrinath Joshimath Garhwal Uttarakhand India 1978 Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Tuareg in Vallee du Draa, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

A Tuareg dressed for celebrations at the entrance of the Dar Sahara tented camp in the Fezzan desert, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Patient labour, Moki Pueblos, Hopi Indian woman, Arizona, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. A Borana woman kneels during a song and dance routine at the annual Kalacha Festival.

Young Moslem, mosque, Kuttichera district, Kozhikode or Calicut, Kerala, Malabar Coast, southern India, Asia

Rock churches of Lalibela, woman, pilgrim sitting in front of the Bete Golgata, Golgotha Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Egypt, Sinai, St Catherine''s monastery. Arab boy.

Eritrea

Rock churches of Lalibela, pilgrims in front of the entrance to Bete Maskal, Chapel of the Cross, Ethiopia, Africa

The history of Algiers from 1815 to 1962 is bound to the larger history of Algeria and its relationship to France. On July 4, 1830, under the pretext of an affront to the French consul-whom the dey had hit with a fly-whisk when the consul said the French government was not prepared to pay its large outstanding debts to two Algerian merchants-a French army under General de Bourmont attacked the city in the 1830 invasion of Algiers. The city capitulated the following day. Algiers became the capital of French Algeria. In 1962, after a bloody independence struggle in which hundreds of thousands (estimates range between 500,000 to 1,500,000) died (mostly Algerians but also French and Pieds-Noirs) at the hands of the French Army and the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, Algeria finally gained its independence, with Algiers as its capital.

Nigeria, North, Tribal People, Hausa Man.

Snake charmer with an Egyptian Cobra Morocco

Musician playing musical instrument, Ladakh Hemis Festival, Jammu and Kashmir, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahouts chit chat Pooram festival in Thrissur Trichur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Rock churches of Lalibela, pilgrims, Ethiopia, Africa

Man holding up a carpet, Berber carpet shop, Boulmane Dades, Morocco

Surroundings of Thessaloniki, religious Greece Bektashi , 1913 - Balkans - Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon - (April 23 - June 9) (French - Environs de Thessalonique , Grèce Religieux Bektashi). Religious habit, religious personality, Islam, portrait, hairstyle , headgear, man, Clothing, personality, religion, human beings, Greece, surroundings of Salonica, a Bektashi druid

A priest at the monastery of Kebran Gabriel, on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II. (Editorial Use Only)

Rear view of man wearing traditional clothing stepping into door, Essaouira, Morocco

People in front of the mosque of Djenna, Mali, Africa

Man sitting on a carpet in his house, a beam of light falls through a skylight, Khas Dej, Wakhan corridor, Afghanistan, Asia

folk musician, rajasthan, india, MR. NO. 657 Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox

Kairo, Beduine reitet auf Kamel vor der Pyramide, Ägypten, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, Bedouin riding camel infront of pyramid, Egypt, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated

Delhis great Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, commonly known as the Jama Masjid or Friday Mosque is the largest in the country, with a courtyard capable of holding 25,000 worshippers. It was built in 1644, the last in a series of magnificent architectural achievements by Shah Jahan, the Moghul emperor who also built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort. The elaborately decorated mosque has three great gateways, four towers and two 40m (131ft) high minarets constructed of alternating bands of red sandstone and white marble. Non-Muslims are welcome to visit the mosque but preferably not during prayer times; revealing clothing is not permitted within the precincts.

Tunisia, Sahara, Tozeur, 'Head And Shoulders Portrait Of Tunisian Bride Wearing Traditional Dress, Gold Jewelry And Decorated Head Dress In Preparation For Her Wedding Held On The Edge Of The Sahara Desert.'

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

View of a man in traditional Bhutanese clothing stands against a textured wall, light and shadow painting a portrait of heritage, Trongsa, Trongsa, Bhutan.

Painting of Belly (A.A.León) 1827-1877, pilgrims going to Mecca.desert.

The 'Lion of Judah' motif, here decorating a saddle cloth, is a common one. Emperor Haile Selaisse, who kept many lions, made them a kind of national emblem.

Morocco, Ouarzazate Province. Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Berber serving tea. (MR)

Bhil indigenous men praying, Barjarsar, Rajasthan Desert, India.

Majdel village & its primitive weaving. Majdel market showing town mosque. the town of al-Majdal (al-Majdal Asqalan). 1934, Israel, Ashḳelon

Mercado de la medina. Taza.Marruecos.

Salt Production, India, Tamil Nadu

A caretaker stands outside the main mosque on Ilha do Mozambique

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

Woman praying in Judean desert during pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel, Middle East

Africa, Ethiopian Highlands, Eastern Amhara, Lalibela, Bet Maryam. A pilgrim waiting to be blessed by the priest.

India, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Tsarap Valley Phugtal. A monk stands in his simple lodgings at Phugtal Gompa, or Monastery, which is one of the remotest in Zanskar and Ladakh.

Hilandera.D'alt Vila.Feria de Eívíssa Medieval.Ibiza.Illes Balears.España.

Kolam a decorative drawing of dots and lines, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Pilgrims At The Orthodox Easter Celebrations; Lalibela, Ethiopia

Viking Village reconstrucation, York.

North Africa, Tunisia, Kebili province, Sahara, Sidi Ben Mokhtar desert, nomad settlement, Fatima Essid lives three months in the desert before going back to her village

Hilandera.D'alt Vila.Feria de Eívíssa Medieval.Ibiza.Illes Balears.España.

Local woman wearing traditional burka, Oman, Arabia, Arabic Peninsula, Middle Asia, Asia

Sri Lanka, Nrityagram.Man playing tabla

Egypt, Wadi Natroun. Monk in black habit of a Coptic monk demonstates an ancient mill at the monastery of St. Bishoy, Wadi Natroun, Egypt. (MR)

Performance, traditional sword dance, Fort Nizwa, Nizwa, Ad Dakhiliyah, Oman, Asia

Pastor. Año 1971.

A Muslim woman offering namaz infront of mogul monument Taj Mahal seven wonder of the world constructed by emperor Shah Jahan, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India MR 707 D Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

SARA ANNE in THE CHOSEN (2017), directed by DALLAS JENKINS.

Old man turning prayer wheels in Lamayuru Gompa, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Africa, Morocco, Telouet. Close-up of man in traditional garb.

Bedouin at market, Bou Saada, Algeria.

Maasai woman elder wearing traditional clothing stands at entrance to her mud hut in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area; Tanzania

View of a lone figure guiding a herd of white cattle across the sun-baked earth towards the ancient temples silhouetted against the hazy dawn, Old Bagan, Myanmar.

Rear view of priest walking on access trail to the rock-hewn Abuna Yemata Guh church, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray region, Ethiopia, Africa

Africa, Ethiopia, Gondar. Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Orthodox monk with prayer staff (MR)

Turkey, Paphlagonia region, Sinop (aka Sinope). Ethnological Museum, typical 18th-19th century wooden Anatolian home (aka Konak). Display of traditional room.

Middle East Turkey Villiage below Mount Nemrut with Arab Women hearding Goats that have been up in the hills

Rock hewn Emmanuel church at Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Man pointing at rock carvings, Unesco site Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

New Mexico. Santa Fe. El Rancho De Las Golondrinas Living Museum. Hide Scraping.

Woman reading scripture on the ground outside Debre Birhan Selassie Church in rural Ethiopia; Ethiopia

A Berber tribesman is silhouetted as he leads his two camels along the top of sand dune in the Erg Chegaga, in the Sahara region of Morocco.

Faithful reading outside a church in Lalibela

shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm 'My cup runneth over' 1946, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Bagpipe Player At The South Theatre In Gerasa, The Ancient City Of Jerash, Jordan, Middle East

Egypt, Upper Egypt, Luxor, Group Of Three Men Talking Inside The Temple Of Luxor Statues In Background

A man hand carves figurines; Bethlehem, Jerusalem

India, Ladakh, Religion, Tibetan Buddhist priest holding prayer wheel.

Asia, India, New Delhi, man at Hindu temple. (Editorial Use Only)

Rock churches in Lalibela, pilgrims visit the rock church of St George, Bete Kiddus Georiys, Bete Ghiorgis-Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Well of the Magi, traditional. 1950, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Woman Meditating, Mahabodi Temple, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India

Local shaman explaining how he interprets chicken bones that people bring to him for guidance, in the Lisu village of Sridongyen in rural Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

Faiyum, Egypt. Building decorated with murals. (Editorial Use Only)

Morocco, South, Medical, Doctor Visiting Oasis Comunity South Of Zagora To Give Post Natal Care And Advice To Women And Children.

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

Bethlehem, Juda, and Blue Galilee. 1925, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Rissani, Middle Atlas, Rissani, Morocco, A man sits smiling in traditional white clothes in front of richly decorated carpets, Rissani, Middle Atlas, Rissani, Morocco, Africa

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, St. Neakutoleab Monastery, priest playing antique metal drum (Editorial Usage Only)

Nativity scene, Adoration of the Shepards Nativity scene, Adoration of the Shepards Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtleticx 2108498

Grain cereal washing, Rumbak village, Hemis National Park, Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Young man in traditional dress on the island of Taquile in Lake Titicaca, Peru.

Rwandan nuns wait for a C-130 Hercules to take them to Goma, Zaire where they will assist in aiding refugees there. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Kigali Airport Country: Russia (RUS)

Mali, Senossa. A Peul man enters the beautiful mud-built Sudan-style mosque at Senossa, a short distance from Djenne .

Devotees sitting on the floor after the dasshera celebration at the famous jejuri temple, pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Old Sanaa is one of the worlds oldest inhabited cities. The suq or central market is located in a labyrinth of streets and alleyways in the centre of the old city. In this picture, a fine selection of jambiyas is offered for sale. The handles of the finest and most valued daggers are made from rhino horn, which resulted in serious poaching of the African rhino.

Sengedorj. N, ,throat singer. (MR)

(French - Quweira , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Fayz Bey el Azm , un compagnon de l' émir Fayçal).

The Royal Family Cemetery Next To The Tomb Of Nadir Khan In Kabul,, Afghanistan

View of a lone figure walks through a serene cemetery, its weathered tombs and sandy paths whispering tales of time, Kashgar Cemetery, Xinjiang, China.

The date of construction of the Svayambhunath stupa, its origins steeped in myth, is unknown. According to the inscriptions on an ancient and damaged stone tablet at Svayambhunath, King Vrishadeva (ca. 400 CE) was the first to build a place of worship on the site. His grandson, King Manadeva I (ca. 464-505) may have made some additions. The Muslim invasion of 1349 undid all the pious building work, the marauding Muslim warriors dismantling every kafir (infidel) sanctuary that they came across. An inscription at Svayambhunath records the date of the Muslim invasion as 20 November 1349, in all probability a very accurate account. After the raids Svayambhunath was restored, and most of the buildings seen today are from the post-invasion period. Swayambhunath (Devnagari: स्वयम्भूनाथ स्तुप) is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-wes

Haji Abul Anwar, is the voluntary guard, cleaner and general caretaker of the Bagha Mosque, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The mosque was built in 1523-1524 (930 AH) by Sultan Nusrat Shah, son of Alauddin Shah, the founder of the Husain Shahi dynasty. Later, the mosque was renovated at different times and when the domes of the mosque collapsed, the destroyed mosque was rebuilt in 1897. Bangladesh. (Photo by: Saiful Islam/Majority World/UIG)

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