Festivals and Cultural Performances

Celebratory images depicting traditional performances and attire during culturally significant festivals from around the world.

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Men dressed a Roman soldiers during the Semana Santa Holy Week Easter procession. (Editorial Use Only)
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Men dressed a Roman soldiers during the Semana Santa Holy Week Easter procession. (Editorial Use Only)
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Swiss Guard, Vatican City
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kashmiri women celebrating Chandigam, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox
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Myanmar. Bagan. Family preparing for a novitiation ceremony.
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Morocco, Fes. Two dervishes wearing the traditional 'tombstone' hats, wait to perform during the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.
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SPAIN - Baix Camp (district) - Catalonia - TARRAGONA. Via Crucis, Divendres Sant, Setmana Santa, la Selva del Camp, Baix Camp, Tarragona
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A blessing
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Italy, Rome, Swiss Guard sentry in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican
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Kazakh ethnicity in Mongolia
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Oceania, Indonesia, Yogyakarta. End of Ramadan.
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SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. semana santa / Holy week; "romans" at a procession
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Mexico, San Miguel de Allende. Roman soldiers in Good Friday procession.
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Russian Orthodox Priest, Father Sergei, left, blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station.
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Nyingma monks with khatok at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan Province, China
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An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media shortly after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, May 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineers; Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Karen Nyberg of NASA, is scheduled for Wednesday May 29, Kazakh time. Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
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Boy scout at catholic mass.
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Traditional, ceremonial eagle dance, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
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Italy, Piedmont, Asti, Palio, festival, people, historical costumes,
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Belgium, Bruges, Procession of the Holy Blood, people,
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Asia, Thailand, Chiang Mai Lahu men with instruments at Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center (MR)
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Pindaya Cave Festival, Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
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Equestrian Statues of the Mongol Hordes of Genghis Khan, Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex,Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia
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Changing of the guards at Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, October 23, 2010.
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Royal Guard Gyeongbokgung Palace Seoul, South Korea
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Flag display at World Youth Day
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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.
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Woman in traditional traditional costume, Moors and Christians festival, Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain, traditional costume, Europe
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Mass outside Holy Trinity church, Pinterville, France. Chariton (member of a confraternity)
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Swiss Guards take part in a swearing-in ceremony in San Damaso Courtyard, Vatican city.
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Galilee, Circassians village Kafr Kama, museum and cultural centre, Circassian in traditional clothes, Israel
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Mexico, San Miguel de Allende. Roman soldier in Good Friday procession.
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Musician wearing traditional dress playing the morin khuur, matouqin or horse-head fiddle, Mongolia, Asia
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Traditionally dressed woman in the historic center of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, Asia
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Guard soldier of the Swiss Guard, San Pietro, St Peter's Basilica, Vatican State, Vatican, Rome, Italy, Member of the Swiss Guard stands guard in traditional uniform, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media shortly after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, May 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineers; Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Karen Nyberg of NASA, is scheduled for Wednesday May 29, Kazakh time. Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
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USA, Alaska, Yakutat, Tlingit village, Portrait of St Elias Dancers in carved cedar canoe. Fourth of July, 1991, (Please note: Licensing of this photograph requires a small extra fee be paid that goes to help support the St. Elias Dancers. Contact Fred Hirschmann for information - 907-373-3750)
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PROCESION DE SEMANA SANTA. Location: EXTERIOR. BRAGA. PORTUGAL.
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Man praying on a mobile praying rug, Abha, Saudi Arabia, Asia
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Thailand, Bangkok. A Royal guard outside the Chakri Mahaprasad Hall in the King of Thailands Royal Grand Palace complex in Bangkok.
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Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov is seen in a gift of traditional Kazakhstan dress during a welcome ceremony at the Kostanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.
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A Church member carries a banner during a reenactment the MEDIEVAL TRADITION during the CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL - CARMEL MISSION, CALIFORNIA
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Guard at the Wat Phra Kaew temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia
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The arrival of Sinterklaas caused fear but also joy among many children in the Netherlands, not so among some citizens who see racism in his servant, Zwarte Piet, NLD, Netherlands
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State yurt of Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, President of Mongolia. Ulan Bator, 30.06.2023., Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Asia
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Guard in traditional uniform at the gate of the Mausoleum Mohammed V and Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Africa
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An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, and flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 17.
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Believer, Santuario de Fatima, Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, Sanctuary, Fatima, Ourem, Santarem, Portugal, Europe