Cultural Rituals and Traditions

Scenes from diverse cultural rituals including healing practices and tea ceremonies, reflecting rich traditions and vibrant clothing.

Participants prepare for the Tamshingphala Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan.

Ancient HEALING RITUAL is preformed in the village of KATSEL near Medrogungkar - CENTRAL TIBET

Mongolia, Ulan Bator. Young Lama pouring tea for pilgrims at Ganden Monastery.

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, A cofrade or Catholic religious society leader in his distinctive clothing walks through the market on his way to the Church of Santo Tomas.

Nepal, Mustang, prayer

Participants prepare for the Tamshingphala Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan.

TIBETAN nuns haul firewood into the Thuptencholing Gompa as part of their daily work - SOLU VALLEY, NEPAL

India, Ladakh, Thikse Gompa, Monks At The Monastery Blowing Horns

Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim reading texts and holding prayer wheel, Jokhang monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Guatemala, Antigua

Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja. Graves, wooden effigies

Three old Tibetan women sitting in front of the large prayer wheels of the Lhagang monastery, Lhagang Gompa, Tagong, Sichuan, China, Asia

LAMAYURU, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2011: Tibetan Buddhists in Lamayuru gompa (monastery), Ladakh, India

Locals celebrating at the Leh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, North West India

Pilgrims gather at Sera Monastery - Lhasa, Tibet

Guatemala, Chichicastenango. People and steps of Santo Tomas Church in Chichicastenango Guatemala on market day.

Snake charmers, Rajasthan, India.

Ceremony, praying Tibetan pilgrims the Namtso or Lake Nam or Heavenly Lake, Tibet, China, Asia

China, Tibet, Woman praying whilst moving around a temple at Labrang Monastery.

Nuns, cooking area, Chim-puk Hermitage near Tsethang close to Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

ladakhi woman , ladakh , jammu and kashmir , india

pilgrims, sales people, stalls, porter, Xixiang Chi monastery and temple, Elephant Bathing Pool, Emei Shan mountains, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

Child bride and bridegroom Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Canada, Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows. Norstead Viking Village, replica of Chieftain's Hall.

Ourga, Mongolia of Lamas of all ranks assistant to prayer under the entrance porch of the Megjid-Janraiseg temple in the Gandantegchinlin monastery , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Des lamas de tous rangs assistant à la prière sous le porche dentrée du temple Megjid-Janraiseg dans le monastère de Gandantegchinlin). Buddhism, costume, temple, Buddhism of Tibetan rite, bonzerie, tent, religious practice, crowd, monastery, prayer mill, religious or votive inscription, religious architecture, man, Religion, clothing, registration , information, housing , architecture, human beings

Effigies of dead people (Tau Tau) buried at Londa caves, near Rantepao city, Londa, Rantepao, Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pilgrim spinning prayer wheel at Jambay Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan

Nyaungshwe ( YAUNGHWE) city; Inle lake Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia ; monks and Ethnic Minority In Traditional Costume,

Buddhist pilgrim couple, Drepung monastery, literally Rice Heap monastery, Tibet

An elderly man at Spituk Monastery (Gompa), Ladakh, India, Asia

Two woman and a child in traditional Kyrgyz traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional costume, dough making for flat bread, in front of her a teakettle on a fireplace, yurt, bozai gumbaz, wakhan corridor, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Asia

Change of authorities in the Wixarica Community. San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán, Jalisco. Mexico.

A KALLAWAYAS (Shaman) preforms a KOADA (Offering) to PANCHA MAMA (Mother Earth) - ISLE DEL SOL, BOLIVIA

Nepalese monks dancing outside the village of Lo-Manthang, at the end of the 'Duk chu' festival. Upper Mustang, Nepal

Chakamas traditional hut, Diyun, Arunachal Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Veena making in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Monk doing laundry and cat at a foutain Burma

Casting of Buddha images with lost wax method, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist, pilgrims dressed in traditional costume near the Zutul Puk Gompa monastery, pilgrimage route around the sacred Mount Kailash, writing on rock, Gang Rinpoche, Kora, Ngari, Gang-Tise Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayan, West Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Traditional weaving, Cuzco, Peru

MUSLIM KASHMIRI MEN smoke a HUKKAH (hookah) in front of a small STORE - KASHMIR, INDIA

The Naxi or Nakhi are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Naxi are thought to have come originally from Tibet and, until recently, maintained overland trading links with Lhasa and India. The Naxi form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Naxi are traditionally followers of the Dongba religion. Through both Han Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, they adopted Tibetan Buddhism and, to a lesser extent, Taoism, in the 10th century. The Old Town of Lijiang dates back more than 800 years and was once an important town on the old Tea Horse Road.

Kitchen or cooking area inside of a Tibetan house. Zhongdian. Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Yunnan Province. China

Bhumtang valley, Bhutan

Medieval, ruined castle, St. Hilarion Castle, popularly known as the Castle of 1000 Chambers, located in Northern Cyprus not far from Kyrenia, Girne o...

Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Doi Lan, New Year. Shaman Performing Ceremony To Cure Villagers Afflictions

Vintage Photograph. Tibetan monk playing a traditional long horn outside a temple.

Bru tribeswoman carrying water pots on her head at sunrise, Tripura , North East States , India . The Bru Tribe is also known as the Reang tribe.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) team members wash their hands before praying at the Houman Shrine, the third, and final, shrine in a traditional San-ja Mairi, or Three Shrine Pilgrimage, where the team prays for a successful launch, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, Tanegashima Island, Japan. A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-JAXA, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory is planned for launch from the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) on Feb. 28, 2014. Once launched, the GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

Japan, Honshu, Kii Peninsula, Mount Koya-San. Venerated Shingon-Buddhist Site. Novice Nuns Climbing Steps In Heavy Snow.

India, West Bengal, Ghum, Two Yellow Sect Buddhist monks at Choling monastery near Darjeeling playing long horns.

INDIA UTTARAKHAND HARIDWAR GANGES RIVER Hindi Pilgrim on a ceremony at the Ganges River in the city of Haridwar in the Province Uttarakhand in India. India, Haridwar, February, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21891480

Palestinian village Yabrud

Pentecostalism in Latin America -- Bolivia

Marcellano. Municipality of Gualdo Cattaneo. Province of Perugia. Umbria. Living Nativity Scene

Devotee in Saint Thomas church

The Lahu (Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; La Hủ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia and China. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where about 450,000 live in Yunnan province. An estimated 150,000 live in Burma. In Thailand, Lahu are one of the six main hill tribes; their population is estimated at around 100,000. The Tai often refer to them by the exonym 'Mussur' or hunter. About 10,000 live in Laos. They are one of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, where about 1,500 live in Lai Chau province. The Lahu divide themselves into a number of subgroups, such as the Lahu Na (Black Lahu), Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu), Lahu Hpu (White Lahu), Lahu Shi (Yellow Lahu) and the Lahu Shehleh. Where a subgroup name refers to a color, it refers to the traditional color of their dress.

Candle maker at Authentic Native Indian Village, Saint-Marie among the Hurons, Midland, Ontario, Canada, North America

INDONESIA, BALI, GAMELAN ORCHESTRA

Asia, Tibet, Lhasa, Jokhang Temple. Old woman Pilgrim in traditional attire praying in front of the holiest temple in Tibet. (Editorial Usage Only)

Myanmar. Mandalay. Sagaing Hill. Aung Myae Oo Monastic Education School. Young Buddhist nuns walk to school.

China, Xizang, Tibet, Nun standing behind gate and stone walls at Drepung Monastery

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja region. Tongkonan (traditional house) blessing ceremony, sacrificial deer in bamboo cage. (Editorial Usage Only)

Asia, China, small village on tributary of Daning River. Inside local home, city slowly dying because of salt mine closure

Drummer at the Changu Narayan Temple near Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

Old woman turning the prayer wheels in the kingdom of Guge, Western Tibet, Asia

A Konso woman walking through a small path lined with sticks and a rock wall in a village in the Omo region of Ethiopia, Africa.

Ancient well. The water is drawn from underground springs and some of these wells are still in use today. Jianshui. Yunnan Province. China

Kazakh man in his yurt (MR)

Jokhang 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. Pilgrims still prostrate themselves daily before the main entrance whose flagstones have over the centuries, been worn smooth

TIBETAN PILGRIMS at LAKE MANASAROVAR (4550M), gather sacred herbs - KAILASH, TIBET

Greece, Dodecanese, Karpathos, Olymbos, woman in traditional traditional costume carrying firewood on her back, Europe

Pilgrims on the Kailash Kora, Western Tibet, Asia

Colca valley,Church of Maca,Arequipa,Peru,South America.

Dap-crumb, bac-ninh, tonkin, Indochina the threshing of rice after the harvest in front of the dap-cauu pagoda , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Dap-Cu , Bac-Ninh ,Tonkin , Indochine Le battage du riz après la moisson devant la pagode Dap-cu). Buddhism, rice, costume, agriculture , breeding, pagoda, child, rural architecture, hairstyle , headgear, court, religious architecture, Religion, clothing, economic activity, human beings, habitat , architecture, Indochina, tonkin, threshing: rice threshing

Pastor Bereber. Imilchil.Cordillera del Atlas. Marruecos.

China, Tibet, Lhasa, 'Monk Musicians, Two Of Which Are Playing Horns Made From Human Thigh Bones, Near The Potala Palace.'

A portrait of a cook in Hemis Monastary located 45 kilometres from Leh in Ladakh, Northern India.

Swing ceremony, a harvest festival ritual, three young Akha girls at a swing in traditional costume and headdress, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Malaxage of clay tiles in a Yunnan China

Gamelan Orchestra, Bali, Indonesia

Yak caravan ascending to Tengboche Monastery. Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal, Asia.

NEPAL, KATHMANDU, BOUDHNATH, TIBETAN TEMPLE, WORSHIPERS WALKING AROUND STUPA

Bhutan, Paro District (aka Dzongkhag). Khuru (darts) traditional Bhutanese sport of throwing large darts outdoors. Players in traditional attire, Gho, the male National dress of Bhutan.

KHM - SOCIÉTÉ - TOURISME AUX TEMPLES DE ANGKORAvant de devenir une attraction touristique, la cité dAngkor fut la capitale de lempire Khmer du IXème au XVème siècle. A son apogée, elle comptait un million dhabitant. Btie sur un système hydraulique unique, cest lorsque la cité perd le contrôle de leau que la civilisation connu son déclin.Même si des explorateurs lavait déjà remarquée, les Français revendique en 1860 la « découverte dAngkor », et cela connait un retentissement mondial.Aujourdhui, la beauté légendaire du site attire deux millions de visiteurs par an et ça ne cesse daugmenter. Ce symbole de la civilisation Khmer est omniprésent au Cambodge, drapeau du pays, bières nationales, enseignes, paquets de cigarette.La cité est devenue un véritable parc dattraction ou les rites ancestraux ne servent plus quà donné du contenu aux selfies.KHM - SOCIETY - TOURISM AT THE TEMPLES OF ANGKORBefore becoming a tourist attraction, the city of Angkor was the capital of the K

Colombia, People, Kogi, Ramonil And Juancho Two Kogi Priests From The Sierra De Santa Marta Against A Backdrop Of Misty Green Hills

Asia, Bhutan, Thimphu. Three men sit on a bench at the Memorial Chorten in Thimphu.

Villagers carry the offering to the temple. Java, Indonesia.

Monk boiling water with solar reflector, Lingshet Monastery, Ladakh, northwest India

Guatemala, Tecpan. Mayan medicine man performing ceremony, Guatemala.

Tau-Tau, Effiges of the Dead in Tana Toraja, rock tombs of the noble Torajas in Lemo, 1978, Torajaland, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia

Oceania, Indonesia, Bali, Gianyar. Musicians in gamelan orchestra at hindu cremation.

Men playing Carrom, Bhutan, Himalaya, Asia

Christmas Crib On The Re Stream. Sellero. Italy

Christians wearing white robes holding a colourful umbrella standing in front of a wall, Debre Berhan Selassie Trinity Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Asia, Myanmar, Mandalay. Sheets of gold beaten until gossamer-thin for gilding Buddha images or stupas

Funeral at Pashupatinath ghats by the Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Pottery making at Tsa-la-gi , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Traditional dance and house Batak Samosir Island Sumatra

Guatemala, Quiché Province, Chichicastenango. Pascal Abaj Mayan ritual.

Angkor, Cambodia, Indochina musicians , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Angkor , Cambodge , Indochine Des musiciens). Buddhism, dance, music, costume, temple, percussion, Hinduism, xylophone, portrait, bas-relief, religious architecture, man, Religion, art, clothing, human beings, habitat , architecture, Indochina

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