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Cultural Traditions and Ceremonies

A collection of historical images depicting rituals and processions, highlighting cultural practices and beliefs from various regions, captured in sepia tones.

1930S Women Children Walking Under Torii Gate Arch At Minatogawa Shinto Shrine Religion Gateway Kobe Japan

Tomb For Father Of Judo ... The tomb erection ceremony was held for lato professor Jigoro Kano, Father of Judo and member of the international Olympic Committee, 40day at ***** Chiba Prefecture. Extreme left is seen Mr. Soma ***** wife of late Professor Kano. May 9, 1938. (Photo by The Domain News Photos Service).

Angkor Thom

Funeral Procession Of Late King Of Thailand - The Maha Pichai Royal Funeral carriage bearing the Urn Containing the remains of the late King Phra Paramendr Maha Ananda Mahidol Sayamindradiraj of Thailand - who died in 1946 - moves slowly through the streets of Bangkok, 29 March, on its way to the Phra Meru (Royal Cremation stand). Two hundred members of the Army, Navy and Air Force draw the carriage. Such funeral carriages as seen here are Heavy and Bulky vehicles, weighing some 40 tons. March 31, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photograph of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl of Mountbatten of Burma and President Thakin Nu in Burma. Dated 20th Century

The Karen or Kayin people (Pwa Ka Nyaw Poe or Kanyaw in Sgaw Karen and Ploan in Poe Karen; Kariang or Yang in Thai), are a Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic group which resides primarily in southern and southeastern Burma (Myanmar). The Karen make up approximately 7 percent of the total Burmese population of approximately 50 million people. A large number of Karen also reside in Thailand, mostly on the Thai-Burmese border. The Karen are often confused with the Red Karen (or Karenni). One subgroup of the Karenni, the Padaung tribe from the border region of Burma and Thailand, are best known for the neck rings worn by the women of this group of people. Karen legends refer to a 'river of running sand' which ancestors reputedly crossed. Many Karen think this refers to the Gobi Desert, although they have lived in Burma for centuries. The Karen constitute the biggest ethnic population in Burma after the Bamars and Shans.

Festival Day - Rawalpindi - Pakistan Date: circa 1910s

The Japanase Ambassadors, First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the United States.

Group of Buddhist Monks (Pongyi) , Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

DA-SN-85-06173. Country: Unknown

It is noticed as something different from the Japanese No-Dance. It is seen at the time as neither a sophisticated dance nor a spectacular drama, but only a rustic entertainment with full of old jokes and primitive interest.

Nagasaki. Adults and children in traditional clothes on the steps to the entrance of the Asura templeAloved

China - Agents and colporteurs of the American Bible Society

RUAD, Burma. Shwedagon-pagode

Entrance to Navaho Blanket Collection, Albuquerque, N. M. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Rangonn (Burma). Buddhist monk (or priest) With clamped screen

Located in the northeast of the country, Shan State covers one-quarter of Burmas land mass. It was traditionally separated into principalities and is mostly comprised of ethnic Shan, Burman Pa-O, Intha, Taungyo, Danu, Palaung and Kachin peoples.

Nara. Holy lanterns at a small shrine with Torii next to sculpture of a holy deer in Nara Park

Tomb of Ieyasu, Nikko, c. 1895 - c. 1915 photograph Nikko photographic support. cardboard salted paper print Nikko

Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina Dancer of the Royal Ballet carrying the costume of the King of the Monkeys (Haknuma, Aide de Camp du Roi Rama) , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Palais royal , Phnom Penh , Cambodge , Indochine Danseuse du ballet royal portant le costume du roi des singes ( Haknuma , aide de camp du roi Rama )). Dance, spectacle costume, costume, mask, portrait, accessory, jewelry, palace , castle, Art, clothing, human beings, Habitat , Architecture, Indochina, actress

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bali. Offers are displayed in a temple. April 1948. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Japanese Temple. Unknown

Ourga, Mongolia STERES OF FIRST WOOD near the Megjid-Janraiseg temple in the Gandantegchinlin monastery , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Stères de bois de chauffe près du temple Megjid-Janraiseg dans le monastère de Gandantegchinlin). Buddhism, sacred animal, temple, Tibetan rite Buddhism, represented animal , fantastic animal, monastery, religious architecture, Religion , Animal , Habitat , Architecture

Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochine An exhibition of votive paper objects at the entrance of a temple, in the "rue des Chapeaux , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Une exposition d' objets votifs en papier à l' entrée d' un temple , dans la «rue des Chapeaux»). Horse, Buddhism, Temple, Pet represented , Fantastic Animal, Elephant, Roofing, Share , Umbrella , Parasol, Object of worship, Religious or Votive inscription, banner , banner, flower, street , neighborhood, door, flag, religious architecture, Religion , Animal , Inscription , information , Habitat , Architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi, Votive objects rue des Chapeaux

Inari Temple, Suwayama Kobe.. Postcards. 1907 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Kōbe-shi (Japan), Torii, Shinto shrines,Japan, Stone lanterns, Japanese, Clothing & dress , Japan

Massacre Ghat in Kanpur

Interior with door of the Rinnoji temple in Nikko; The by or Chapel Buddest Temple Nikko. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Japan.

Photographic print of a Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki. Dated 19th Century

Black and white photograph of the funeral of Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) who was assassinated on 30 January 1948. His ashes were interred in Allahabad on 12 February 1948.

Nagasaki. Father and son in front of "uma", the holy horse

Anefo photo collection. Bali (Indonesia), ceremony on Temple of Besakih (Bali). September 9, 1971. Bali, Indonesia, Indonesia

Group portrait of the "Kalianda" understands by a Pasanggrahan in Lampong; Sub-detachment 'Kalianda' with face on the Pasanggrahan.Part or Reminder Album for F.J. Junius, Departing Resident of Lampong (South Sumatra).

Buddhist monks performing the Gumpa or Devil Dance in Sikkim, now a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas, but until 1975 (and at the time of this photograph in 1903) an independent Buddhist kingdom ruled by a hereditary ruler called the chogyal.

SkiopT icon with motifs from Mariekirche with the 100-year rose bush, Hildesheim.The image has been stored in cardboard marked: Spring Travel 1909. Hildesheim 9. V. Text on image: "Kreuzgana und 1000 Jähn Rose".

Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay-Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era. Members of this community in Malaysia identify themselves as 'Nyonya-Baba' or 'Baba-Nyonya'. Nyonya is the term for the females and Baba for males. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who adopted partially or in full Malay-Indonesian customs to become partially assimilated into the local communities. While the term Peranakan is most commonly used among the ethnic Chinese for those of Chinese descent also known as Straits Chinese, it may also be applied to the Baba-Yaya community in Phuket and other provinces of southern Thailand.

Turkish Carpet Bazaar, Cairo ca. 1880 Unknown. Turkish Carpet Bazaar, Cairo 283699

Man at a bronze bell in Japan, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Japan. Japan cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print church bell (+ variant) Japan

India Mathura Stations Unpublished image 1. Swaan, Wim. 1968 or earlier Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Del

Daibutsu, Bronzu Image at Kamakura. Photographs. 1880 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Japan, Buddhas , Japan, Sculpture , Japan

Thai culture is highly regarded. February 19, 1949. (Photo by Horace Bristol, East-West Photographic Agency).

A mandarin (Chinese: ; pinyin: guān; Vietnamese: quan) was a bureaucrat in imperial China, and also in the monarchist days of Vietnam where the system of Imperial examinations and scholar-bureaucrats was adopted under Chinese influence.

Rangonn, Burma. Buddhist monks in front of the Shwedagon pagoda

Japan's Pacific Mandate -- A Catholic Church on Saipan's side street. There are some twenty Christian Churches and over a hundred preaching stations scattered over the islands, with a host of priests, ministers, missionaries, nuns, even evangelists, of various races, most of them receiving subsidies from the Japanese Government. May 01, 1939. (Photo by JPL Photo).

Group of ascetict displaying meditation-related actions. Pasir-Sinala Ciampea, Bogor distric- West Java province 14th - 16th century, 1863 photograph Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina Dancer of the royal ballet in young prince costume (under the age of 17) , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Palais Royal , Phnom Penh , Cambodge , Indochine Danseuse du ballet royal en costume de jeune prince ( gé de moins de 17 ans )). Woman, dance, spectacle costume, costume, snake, staircase, makeup, sculpture, portrait, lion, jewel, sculpted decor, palace , castle, Human beings, art, clothing, housing , architecture, Indochina, actress

From Hebert Geddes "Life in Japan" Collection: Vintage Hand Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era. Yokohama, Japan late 19th century work,. These images from various Japanese artists were sold to visitors.

Tonkin, Indochina a mandarin officiating during a ceremony , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Tonkin , Indochine Un mandarin officiant lors d' une cérémonie). Party costume, costume, blacksmith , umbrella , parasol, crowd, Evening, banner , banner, hairstyle , headgear, man, Clothing, human beings, India, Tonkin

The Great Turtle, Quiriguá, Guatemala., 1880 - 1899. Quiriguá Site (Guatemala), Antiquities, Maya art, Albumen prints. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 14.9 cm)

A Canton Pawn Shop; Honam Temple, Canton; Temple of Five Hundred Gods, Canton; The Abbot of the Temple Made 1863-1873 Scotland. Collotype, pl. XVIII from the album Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I (1873) . John Thomson

In January 1867, the French Mekong Exploration Commission sidetracked its Mekong journey to visit the Siamese city of Ubon on the Mun River, one of the tributaries of the Mekong. Members of the French delegation were invited to attend the anointment of the new ruler. A French chronicle reads: The morning of the big day we were deafened by the noise of gongs [and drummers … Everyone gathered at the palace. Soon the retinue emerged and paraded on the great square. Mounted on a big elephant, which had gigantic tusks, the king of Oubon appeared, surrounded by guards on foot and horses, and followed by his highest dignitaries, mounted as he was.”.

Cairo, Egypt, Africa Prayer Salle of the Mosque of Sultan Muayyad , 1914 - Egypt - Auguste Léon - (January -February) (French - Le Caire , Egypte , Afrique Salle de prière de la mosquée du sultan Muayyad). Prayer, inner view, Islam, lamp, mosque, mihrab , minbar, religious architecture, Habitat , Architecture , Religion, Egypt, Cairo, mosque of Sultan Moulaïad.

Salvation Army school, Japan, c1900.

1954, Chinese Communist Party leadership including Left to right: Zhu De, Mao Zedong, Chen Yun and Zhou Enlai in Ziguang Pavilion, Zhongnanhai, Beijing.

Empress Dowager Cixi, Tzu-hsi (1835-1908) was a Chinese empress who unofficially but effectively controlled the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years, from 1861 to her death in 1908. The Empress Dowager, representing the Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin), supported by Li Lien-Ying (right) and two court ladies

Japanese Idols. Unknown, photographer 1860s-1870s Two Japanese men pose between two Buddhist statues in an outdoor setting. (Recto, mount) lower right, below image, in purple ink: "Japanese Idols";

A Hindu religious procession, Madras, 1902. Artist: Wiele & Klein.

A NEPALI woman sweeps grain in a courtyard - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

Chion-in Temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jodo Shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by Honen (1133-1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise (Pure Land) by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name.

Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Lourdes , Hautes-Pyrénées , France). Statue, woman, prayer, pilgrimage, palm , palm grove, Christianity, religious practice, sculpture, park , garden, man, Human beings, religion, art, housing , architecture, France, Lourdes, the faithful in prayers

Le tabis sacré,orientalist photography, Lékégian, G., Photog. Art. G. Lékégian and Co., 1905

Poelzig Hans (1869-1936), film decoration: living Buddhas (1922-1922): scenes in front of temple. Photo on cardboard, 30.7 x 39.1 cm (including scan edges)

Photography album, images of Japan, 19th-20th century, 9 x 13 x 1 1/2in. (22.9 x 33 x 3.8cm), Gelatin silver prints, hand-tinted, album, Japan, 19th-20th century

Native Funeral. John Edward Saché (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882)

Engraving depicting the feeding of silkworms and sorting of the cocoons in China. Dated 19th Century

The cemetery of Nagasaki. Wood engraving.

Description: Friday is the Moslem sabbath, when all Malay men must attend mosque. The religion of Mohammed forms an important cultural link between Malays of the East Indies and the other great Moslem races of the Near and Middle East. Location: Malaya, Borneo malaysia, asiathroughalens, asia

Bethlehem, Christmas Day 1898, West Bank, Israel

Korean Court officials wearing the Dallyeong. This was an officials daily uniform during the Joseon dynasty. The attire consisted of Dallyeong, Samo, Poomdae, and Hwa. Photograph 1890

Cordoba, Spain , 1914 - Spain - Auguste Léon - (June 15 -July 4) (French - Cordoue , Espagne). Woman, sculpture, child, street scene, domestic object, fountain, renaissance, sculpted decor, coat of arms , coat of arms, Human beings, art, daily life, Spain, Cordoba, a fountain with characters

Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s was troubled by powerful criminal gangs run by ruthless godfathers, the most powerful of who were Du Yuesheng, known as Zongshi or 'The Boss' of the Green Gang and the Shanghai underworld; Zhang Xiaolin, also a powerful Green Gang leader; and Huang Jingrong, the highest-ranking Chinese detective on the French Concession Police (FCP) and one of Shanghai's most important gangsters. Their empires included drugs, protection rackets, smuggling and prostitution.

Bronze statue of Sir Henry Ward stands on a tall plinth in front of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. A group of local men stand in the foreground, some shaded by umbrellas, and there is an ox-drawn cart beside the statue. Caption reads: Kandy Sir Henry Ware Temple containing Buddha's Tooth.

The abdication of King Thibaw - Burma, November 1885

Chapel and hero graves, Siemikowcze. .

Old picture postcard jain temple Calcutta Kolkata West Bengal India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Carvings, Jagdish Temple, Udaipur, India

The women are not wearing Manchu style fashion and so are Han Chinese. They may be entertainers from the southern province of Guangdong.

View of Taiyuko's grave in Nikko; Tomb of Taiyuko (The Third Shogun of Rokugawa Family) at Nikko Japan.

Serpent Pagoda,Thayetmyo.. Postcards. 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Burma

Fetes dOrleans, Visit of Their Majesties the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie de Montijo at the agriculture Exhibition, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Nara / Japan: Before holy lantern at the temple. Tourist standing at stone holy lantern in a templeNara, Japan: prior to holy lantern at the temple. Tourist standing at stone holy lantern in a temple

Rangonn, Burma. Tourists in front of pagoda with Buddhastatuen

The politician Mao Tse Tung presiding over a meeting of his supporters held in the province of Kiangsi in 1933. -Approximate date.

A strolling Conjurer's stage arrangements, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Plain tales the tomb of his ancestors elephant rider India NO MR Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Waruga graves. Black album leaf with five photos of Waruga (tombstones) and the brothers visiting the cemetery of Minahasa on North Sulawesi. The photos are numbered 112-116. Part of the loose-leaf photo album over the brothers of Tilburg on Celebes and Sumatra.

Of this scene Ponting notes: The Chinese are not a religious people. Confucianism, which dominates the Chinaman's life, being, properly speaking, a code of ethics. Yet many religions exist in China, among which are Buddhism, Mahommedanism (Islam) and Taoism.

Two geishas, cherry blossom, Japan, Asia

Reflections, Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Priests, Missions , California, Fountains

The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially called Shwedagon Zedi Daw), also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98 metres (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon (Rangoon), Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese, with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koagamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha.

Martyr's mourning hall. The martyrs are those who died in Kunming, fight against the civil war.

Ravana Ka Kai

Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s was troubled by powerful criminal gangs run by ruthless godfathers, the most powerful of who were Du Yuesheng, known as Zongshi or 'The Boss' of the Green Gang and the Shanghai underworld; Zhang Xiaolin, also a powerful Green Gang leader; and Huang Jingrong, the highest-ranking Chinese detective on the French Concession Police (FCP) and one of Shanghai's most important gangsters. Their empires included drugs, protection rackets, smuggling and prostitution.

Funeral church of St. GeorgOschatz. Funeral church of St. Georg

Christ -Vlosserkathedral in Moscow, Anonymous, 1860 - 1890 photograph Moscow paper. cardboard albumen print Russian Orthodox Church Christ-Verslosskathedral

'Nara, the Heart of Old Japan', 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting.

This privately owned rail line, not part of the Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR), was used to ship tin from a nearby mine. The Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, attract about a million visitors, drawn from all faiths and traditions, each January or February when Thaipusam celebrations are held here.

Temple to the goddess Parvati, wife of Siva, south-west of Pune, Maharashtra, India, c1924. Artist: Unknown

T. Enami (Enami Nobukuni, 1859 - 1929) was the trade name of a celebrated Meiji period photographer. The T. of his trade name is thought to have stood for Toshi, though he never spelled it out on any personal or business document. Born in Edo (now Tokyo) during the Bakumatsu era, Enami was first a student of, and then an assistant to the well known photographer and collotypist, Ogawa Kazumasa. Enami relocated to Yokohama, and opened a studio on Benten-dori (Benten Street) in 1892. Just a few doors away from him was the studio of the already well known Tamamura Kozaburo. He and Enami would work together on at least three related projects over the years. Enami became quietly unique as the only photographer of that period known to work in all popular formats, including the production of large-format photographs compiled into what are commonly called 'Yokohama Albums'. Enami went on to become Japan's most prolific photographer of small-format images such as the stereoview and glass lantern

Thot Kathin is an important annual ceremony for Buddhists in Thailand and neighbouring countries. It takes place at the end of the monsoon season when monks are free to leave their monasteries and wander or go on pilgrimage. At this time, local devotees offer new robes and other essentials to the monks. Sponsoring a Kathin ceremony is considered a noble way of making merit in Thai society. Traditionally, the King of Thailand makes a donation to the monks at the temple of Wat Arun in Bangkok and travels down the Chao Phraya River in his royal barge to attend the ceremony.

Vintage Photograph. Sunday Service at the Anglican Cathedral.

Parsees worshipping before the new moon Bombay now Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

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