Festivals and Fire Celebrations

Dramatic representations of fire festivals across Europe, highlighting communal gatherings around fires, celebrating traditional rituals and customs.

French Polynesia

Witches' bonfire, Walpurgis Night bonfire

fallas fest fire burning figures in Valencia Spain in march 19th

SPAIN - Berguedá (district) - Catalonia - Barcelona. Fia Faia de Bagà, festa del foc Bagà, Berguedà, Barcelona

Witch combustion in the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht Witch burning at the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht

French Polynesia

Huge bonfire burning wood fire ignited to celebrate Holi festival, Borivali, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Witches' bonfire, Walpurgis Night bonfire

Fire, candles lighted or ignited outside Church for celebrating Christmas festival Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

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Foguerons, fiestas de Sant Antoni,Sa Pobla, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Witches' bonfire, Walpurgis Night bonfire

Tibet, Drepung Monastery, votive candles,

Witches' bonfire, Walpurgis Night bonfire

Easter fire

Easter, fire, burning hanging doll, Judas, Kissamos, Chania province, Crete, Greece, Europe

Sacred-Heart-fire, bonfire on the hill of the Little Penegal above Kaltern am See, city of Bozen, Bolzano, at back at night, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Fire, Midsummer Festival, Muensing, Bavaria, Germany

Neustaedter Markt is home to one of Dresden's alternative Christmas markets. Visitors warm their hands at a fire barrel

Asia, Laos, Chum Chang, Flames from funeral pyre during young woman's cremation near Vientiane

The burning of the vanities. Imitation of an ancient treatise on parchment The burning of the vanities, bonfires of the vanities or burning of idols Baalism. Fantasy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Yrax 14372705

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People performing some ritual with sticks Jodhpur Rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Christmas Eve Fia-Faia Festival in Baga.

Crowded food market at night in Al Magrib, Morocco, Africa

Scotland, Shetland Islands, Lerwick. The spectacular burning of the Galley after the night torch procession

Religious Fire, Chauragarh, Shivratri Fair Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xAjitxParekh/DinodiaxPhotox

Burning ghost money for good luck at the Buddhist temple, Zhong Xiao Pagoda, Tainan, Taiwan

Candle at buddhist temple

Burning sparks on Spark Sunday in Weingarten Württ. Burning spark on Spark Sunday in Weingarten Württ. The Spark Sunday was given its name from the custom of the spark fire, which is committed in the Swabian-Alemannic area that day. A large wooden tower or pile of straw is burned out of sparks, into which a spark fir is inserted with a witch doll attached to it.

Bali Cremation Ceremony

El Rocio, Huelva, Southern Spain. Members of brotherhoods in traditional clothes participating in the celebrations on the eve of the feast of El Rocio held at the small village in the Huelva region

Holy week. Celebration of the Easter Vigil. The newly blessed Easter fire outside is the first sign of Christ's triumph over this darkness, Annecy. France.

Buddhists religious followers are lighting fire sparks to celebrate Prabarana Purnima 2023 at Buddhist temples in Sylhet. Buddhists wish for happiness, peace, and welfare along with spreading Buddha's message of non-violence by lighting lamps or lanterns in the sky on Prabarana Purnima. Lanterns symbolise the call for peace. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Tamsweg: Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators in Lungau, Salzburg, Austria Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria

Lahore, Pakistan - 24 December 2025: View of incense smoke swirling around a flower garland and metallic oil lamps, creating an ethereal atmosphere near a sacred space.

Europe, Romania, Agapia Monastery. Candles

El Devallament,descenso de la cruz, Calvario, Pollença.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

Statue of Tripurasura Statue of Tripurasura, Tripurasura is a collective name given to the three Hindu demons Vidyunmali, Tarakaksha and Viryavana, who were sons of the demon Tarakasur. Copyright: xZoonar.com/yogeshxmorex 6911833

Close-up of the flame of a tiki torch

Horse riding through bonfire in a purification ritual

CHINA, Chongqing Province, Chongqing City. Ciqikou Ancient Town- Baolun Si Temple (b.556 AD) -Wish Candles.

Festival of St. Antonio Fire, Castelletto di Cuggiono (Milan, Italy)

Pagan festival of Walpurgis night

Dry grass got fire around the Jejuri temple situated, pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Tamsweg: Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators in Lungau, Salzburg, Austria Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria

Tamsweg: Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators in Lungau, Salzburg, Austria Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria

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Smoking incense in the temple Chua Thien Hau Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Tamsweg: Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators, church St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg far away on hill in Lungau, Salzburg, Austria Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria

Alicante, 06/24/2008. Cremá Bonfires of San Juan.

Portrait of a man riding a straw horse, walking on coals during fire dancing at night, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Statue of Tripurasura, Tripurasura is a collective name given to the three Hindu demons Vidyunmali, Tarakaksha and Viryavana, who were sons of the demon Tarakasur.

Burning oil lamps. India Burning oil lamps at religious temple. India Copyright: xZoonar.com/xImxPerfectxLazybonesx 5286967

Two Hereditary chiefs preside over a fire in the longhouse in Port Rupert. Port Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Log fire, Punakha Valley, Punakha District, Bhutan

people doing Ganga river arati on har-ki-pauri bathing ghat, haridwar, uttaranchal, india Copyright: xNxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Activists from Hindu Sena burn posters of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan during protest demanding actor leave country New Delhi India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox

Italy, Sicily, Catania, man carrying candle during Sant'Agata Feast (the Patron Saint of the city)

Lighting the straw, fire wheel, Easter wheel, burning wooden wheel at night, Easter festival, Easter wheel run, Luegde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Thailand, Chiang Mai. Temple Wat Suan Dok

Children hold Hannukah Festival on Massada, Israel.

Swayambhunat Tempel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Johannifeuer bonfire at midsummer, solstice, in Wolfratshausen, Bad Toelz - Wolfratshausen district, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Birning candles and offerings at Buddhist shrine Swayambhunath Stupa. Monkey Temple Nepal, Kathmandu Birning candles and offerings at Buddhist shrine Swayambhunath Stupa. Monkey Temple Nepal, Kathmandu Copyright: xZoonar.com/ xImxPerfectxLazybonesx 5322012

Onisube, Japan - 07 January 2020: View of the Onisube Fire Festival at Dazaifu, a mesmerizing dance of flames against the twilight sky, with people in traditional attire.

World champion Samoan fire dancer Pati Leva; Samoa

Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators, church St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg far away on hill Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria

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

Loy Krathong festival, People buy flowers and candle to light and float on water to celebrate the Loy Krathong festival in Thailand.

Srinagar, Kashmir. 28th May 2021. Relatives and volunteers look on while a Covid-19 victim is cremated at a cremation ground.

Pooja being performed of river Ganga Haridwar Uttarakhand India Asia Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

People flood the streets of Pasto, Narino as demonstrators commemorated the students who lost their lives during anti-government protests against president Ivan Duque's health and tax reform, police brutality and inequalities in the city on June 7, 2021 in Pasto, Narino.Sebastian Maya/Long Visual Press via Getty Images)

Christmas Eve Fia-Faia Festival in Baga.

Holy offering of flowers with agarbatti and diya in Ganga river, Rishikesh , Uttaranchal, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Sonargaon, Bangladesh - 10 November 2018: View of hundreds of people illuminated by the warm glow of candles in a smoky atmosphere, creating an ethereal scene.

Creating solar systems of movement, audience members dance around bonfires at annual June Torch Festival, commemorating story of Sani ethnic minority saving crops from locusts with buring torches, Shilin, Yunnan Province, China.

Sacrificial candles, former monastery of Wessobrunn with parish church of St. John the Baptist, Wessobrunn, Pfaffenwinkel, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sonargaon, Bangladesh - 16 November 2019: View of devotees bathed in a fiery glow, their silhouettes emerging from the vibrant orange haze near the ancient trees.

Barrels Of Burning Torches In Front Of People With Red Flares And Banners At 'bonfire Prayers' At The End Of Bonfire Night, Lewes, East Sussex, Uk

Cremation ceremony and funeral service in Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Santa Maria del Tule, Mexico - 03 November 2023: View of a man in a skull mask exhaling flames, a fiery spectacle against the dark night at Day of the Death cementary.

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Corpse burning in sarcophagus during cremation ceremony.

Thailand, Tiki torch, close up

Burning little house, Fiesta de Sant Juan, Joan, festival, traditional event, tradition, custom, Altea, Costa Blanca, Alicante, Spain, Europe

Olympic torch at night during the 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, UT

A picture of the burning Mor at the Ugavns event

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

Incense waving altar boys during the Corpus Christi procession, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A woman throwing paper money into a bonfire in Singapore during the Festival of the Hungry Ghost.

Close up of the offerings of Yajna at a Hindu wedding in Beau-Bassin, the republic of Mauritius

Incense burner which tourist light incense sticks for praying at the Kiyomizu-dera temple, Japan.

Johanni raft procession on the name day of St. John of Nepomuk, rafters celebrate a raft mass every three years and ask for protection and blessing, Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Folk festival bonfire of Saint John typical of folklore and Brazilian popular culture

Municipality worker performing last rites of a person, who died from COVID-10 coronavirus disease in Guwahati.

05/27/2012. Seville. 28.5.12. Departure of the Virgin of Rocio from her Hermitage. Simpecados parades after the Rosary Photo: JMSerrano. Archsev.

Rescue victims in riots Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Lahori Tola. Ghat with burning bodies being cremated. (Editorial Use Only)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, BAINING FIRE DANCERS

Amperpers from Fürstenfeldbruck at Perchtenlauf 2025 in Kirchseeon in Upper Bavaria in Germany

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