Cultural Religious Processions

Diverse processions featuring people in traditional attire, carrying crosses and banners, reflecting the rich cultural heritage of religious celebrations.

Andujar, Jaen Province, Andalusia, Spain. People at the annual pilgrimage for the Virgen de la Cabeza, Our Lady of Cabeza. (Editorial Use Only)

Whit Procession to Bad Koetzting, one of the largest mounted processions in Europe, Bad Koetzting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

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

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

A group of traditionally dressed people walk through the streets in Gonnesa during the Madonna di Montserrat procession. Gonnesa Sardinia Italy FB_2024_1890

Leonhardifahrt in Murnau to honour of the holy St. Leonhard, patron saint of the horses, with many decorated carriages and horses

Valencia, 10/19/2008. Detail of the Moors and Christians festivities.

Andujar, Jaen Province, Andalusia, Spain. People at the annual pilgrimage for the Virgen de la Cabeza, Our Lady of Cabeza. (Editorial Use Only)

Portugal, Tomar. The girls carry tabuleiros decorated with symbols of the Holy Spirit: a pigeon, the crown, 30 loaves of bread, paper flowers (generally field poppies) and corn. Each tabuleiro (tray) is the same height as the girl who carries it.

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

May Day Parade, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

Mountain Dispute Day Schnneberg 2013

Karfreitagsprozession in Barcelona, Spanien Barcelona Katalonien Spanien *** Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Catalonia Spain

The so-called Bergstreittag is a beautiful centuries-old tradition and is celebrated on 22 July, the church memorial day and former feast day of Mary Magdalene in Schneeberg. The four quarterly sermons introduced in 1649 remained in place until 1845. These sermons were then abolished in favour of a single day, 22 July, which fell on Mary Magdalene. The Freiberg Mining Office recommended that this day should be celebrated with a festival and a mountain parade. In 1846, the Royal Ministry of Finance issued a decree to celebrate St Mary Magdalene's Day with a sermon and a magnificent mountain procession. The last major procession took place in July 1913. The First World War put an end to these processions. The tradition was not revived until July 1933, 528th Bergstreittag, church service in St Wolfgang's Church, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Man in Roman soldier costume in Semana Santa parade through Seville, Andalucia, Spain

Blood ride, equestrian procession, horses, altar boy carrying wooden cross, Weingarten, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Nazarene in red, with bright lights in the background

Detroit, Michigan, The Stations of the Cross are portrayed, in Spanish, on Good Friday at the Catholic Basilica of Ste. Anne. Ste. Anne was founded by French colonists in 1701. The church now serves a mostly Mexican-American community

Good Friday Easter Parade in Santa Eulalia del Rio Ibiza They start from Puig de Missa church that gives name to an architectural ensemble situated situated on a hilltop and walk down through this coastal Mediterranean village

Peru, Cusco Department, Cusco, Male Figure In Traditional Costume And Feathered Headress At Inti Raymi.

Authentic peruvian dance

Return of the oranges from their winter quarters to the Dresden Zwinger

The Path of the Penitent

Second day of the conclave: Swiss guards in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, May 8, 2025.

Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, chapel, drummer,

Munich, Germany - 18 September 2022: View of a man in traditional attire, with a white cloak and ornate hat, amidst the Oktoberfest parade near the bustling streets.

Carnival procession in Donaueschingen Stadtkapelle Donaueschingen Black Forest-Baar. Bad. -Wuertt

Germany, Bavaria, traditions, Trachtler, to erect a maypole

Miners pay their respects on the Schlossplatz

Leonhardifahrt (pilgrimage) in Benediktbeuren, Upper Bavaria, Germany,

2nd Princes' Day at Rochlitz and Seelitz

Historic sword dance, Georgiritt, George's Ride, Easter Monday procession, town square with parish church in Traunstein, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ulmer Binder Dance in the monastery yard in Wiblingen, tradition, customs, cooper, cooper, Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

The pageant of the Golden Tree, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Valencia, 10/09/2004. Parade of Moors and Christians on the occasion of Community Day.

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

BRUGES, BELGIUM, MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, Europe

Nazarenes in the procession of silence in Villajoyosa

Traditional Hueter festival in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna area, Perchtoldsdorf

El Rancho De Las Golondrinas Is A Living History Museum Of 18Th Century Spanish Colonial New Mexico. South Of Santa Fe This Was The Last Stopping Place On The Camino Real From Mexico City To Old Santa Fe. In The Fall The People Form A Procression To Retur

The traditional Vatican guards in St Peter's Square in Vatican City in their ornate yellow blue and red uniforms

BRUGES, BELGIUM, MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, Europe

BRUGES, BELGIUM - MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform dramatizations of Biblical events - arrested John the Baptist. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

Swiss Guards take part in a swearing-in ceremony in San Damaso Courtyard, Vatican city.

Mountain Dispute Day Schnneberg 2013

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

Miners pay their respects on the Schlossplatz

Medieval games during the Landshuter Hochzeit (festival) in Landshut, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany,

Germany, Bavaria, traditions, chapel, to erect a maypole

BRUGES, BELGIUM - MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

Traditional Hueter festival in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna area, Perchtoldsdorf

Every year at Easter there are about 5 processions in Lusatia, each with about 200 riders. The Catholic Church continues old Sorbian rites here. Thousands of spectators watch the impressive cavalcades

Every year at Easter there are about 5 processions in Lusatia, each with about 200 riders. The Catholic Church continues old Sorbian rites here. Thousands of spectators watch the impressive cavalcades

Ulmer Binder Dance in the monastery courtyard in Wiblingen, tradition, customs, cooper, cooper, Ulm-Wiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Miners pay their respects on the Schlossplatz

BRUGES, BELGIUM, MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, Europe

Traditionalist catholic pilgrimage

BRUGES, BELGIUM - MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

Altar servers pull the palm donkey for the palm procession, tradition since the 18th century, Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Thaur, Innsbruck district, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Prelude to the battle. Moors and Christians. Pollensa. Tramuntana mountains. Majorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Narcissus Festival, Bad Aussee, Ausseerland, Salzkammergut, Styria, Austria, Europe

Bluepshop on the blood Friday in Weingarten Württemberg annually takes place on Friday after Ascension Day in Weingarten Württemberg. It is the largest riding procession in Europe with up to 3000 riders.

Family festival at Albrechtsburg Meissen on the occasion of the premiere of the Histopads. The Saxon rulers acting in the illustrated epochs of the Histopads, embodied by the Fürstenzug e.V., Moritz of Saxony

Bulgaria, Central Mountains, Kazanlak, Kazanlak Rose Festival, town produces 60 percent of the world's rose oil, dancers in traditional costume at the rose harvest dance

Thanksgiving, public celebration in the village of Spitz, Wachau. Folk dance in traditional costumes. Wachau is a famous vineyard and listed as UNESCO World Heritage. Austria (Large format sizes available)

Sweden. Midsummer dancing around the Maypole in Skane (SkAne)

St. George´s Day Celebrations in 2010, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional Hueter festival in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna area, Perchtoldsdorf

Music band in a holy week procession in Baeza, Jaen, Spain, Europe

BRUGES, BELGIUM - MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

Traditional carnival masks of NZ Mittelbuch, carnival parade, Eberhardzell, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Blessing, Leonhardi procession to Froschhausen, Murnau am Staffelsee, Pfaffenwinkel, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Saint-Gervais traditional mountain guides festival, alphorn players, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Annual swearing-in ceremony for the new papal Swiss Guards, Vatican City.

Chariot of Caiphas, evening light, Vare, processional chariot, depiction of Christian scenes, life-size wooden figures, Easter procession, Maundy Thursday, Calatanisetta, Sicily, Italy, Europe

BRUGES, BELGIUM - MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

BAILE REGIONAL EL DIA DE SAN ISIDRO FRENTE A LA IGLESIA DE LA ASUNCION. Location: EXTERIOR. LIENDO. SPAIN.

Traditional Costumes, National Festival Parade, Latvian Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia

Ceremonial Changing of the Guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea

Blood ride, equestrian procession, horses, altar boys, Weingarten, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Leonhardifahrt (pilgrimage) in Benediktbeuren, Upper Bavaria, Germany,

Every year at Easter there are about 5 processions in Lusatia, each with about 200 riders. The Catholic Church continues old Sorbian rites here. Thousands of spectators watch the impressive cavalcades

Mountain Dispute Day Schnneberg 2013

Procession walking past cars on a wide road, leading to a subway, Matsuri shrine festival of the Matsuo Taisha Shrine, shintoism, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Music chapel festival parade during a shooting festival

Village fiesta musicians and villagers outside chapel church, Rubillon, Ourense province, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Altar servers pull the palm donkey for the palm procession, tradition since the 18th century, Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Thaur, Innsbruck district, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

The so-called Bergstreittag is a beautiful centuries-old tradition and is celebrated on 22 July, the church memorial day and former feast day of Mary Magdalene in Schneeberg. The four quarterly sermons introduced in 1649 remained in place until 1845. These sermons were then abolished in favour of a single day, 22 July, which fell on Mary Magdalene. The Freiberg Mining Office recommended that this day should be celebrated with a festival and a mountain parade. In 1846, the Royal Ministry of Finance issued a decree to celebrate St Mary Magdalene's Day with a sermon and a magnificent mountain procession. The last major procession took place in July 1913. The First World War put an end to these processions. The tradition was not revived until July 1933, 528th Bergstreittag, mountain parade, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Koetztinger Pfingstritt, one of the largest mounted religious processions in Europe, at Pentecost, Bad Koetzting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

procession in Filzmoos Filzmoos Pongau Salzburg Austria

BRUGES, BELGIUM, MAY 17: Annual Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day. Locals perform an historical reenactment and dramatizations of Biblical events. May 17, 2012 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, Europe

Corpus Christi procession in Waidhofen / Ybbs, Austria, Mostviertel-Region, Europe

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, Elevated view of procession on Good Friday in the historic center

SPAIN - Las Alpujarras (district) - ANDALUSIA - GRANADA. Laroles, "moros y cristianos" / moresque and christian "battles" / festivity (Las Alpujarras region)

Detail of original Scottish kilts, during Highlands games

Cowbell ringers in Traditional Alpine Costume at the Unspunnen Bicentenary Festival, Interlaken, Jungfrau Region, Switzerland

Sanjoaninas religious festival, the biggest festival in the Azores, Portugal. (Editorial Use Only)

Japan, Kumano Hongu Taisha, annual festival, people,

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

the annual royal barge ceremony in Bangkok

Historical procession, Rome, Italy, Europe

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