Festivals and Traditions in Europe

Images of traditional festivals in Europe, highlighting illuminated events, processions, and cultural customs in a festive atmosphere.

Saint Michael Monastery, Night traffic, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Michael's is a functioning Greek Orthodox Monastery in Kiev.

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: 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

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: 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

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: 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

A wedding procession passes in front of the Lima Cathedral as it circles the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru.

Holy Week procession next to Murcia Cathedral

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Saint Michael Monastery, Night traffic, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Michael's is a functioning Greek Orthodox Monastery in Kiev.

horsemen at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run at church Traunkirchen: 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. Traunkirchen Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: 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

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

The church of San Francisco and a crucifix monument in Largo Cruziero de San Fancisco, in the Pelourinho historic centre; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Jaleo, traditional dance with horses, originally from the 14th century, fiestas de Sant Lluís, Iglesia Parroquial de Sant Lluís, estilo neoclásico, re...

Christmas light projections on the Calvary of Plougastel-Daoulas next to the church of Saint Pierre, the projections simulate the original coloured setting of the figures, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Angel statue and the Cathedral of Puebla city, Mexico

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

A Tiliche figure (a character full of party, color, hubbub, dance and identity) on a balcony of a house during the Guelaguetza in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

village and church Obermauern, Virgental Valley Virgen Osttirol, East Tyrol Tirol, Tyrol Austria

Traditional horse dance "Jaleo", originating in the 14th century, Sant Lluís festivities, in front of the Parish Church of Sant Lluís, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Night view of crucifix and cathedral

Notre Dame du Rosaire de Lourdes at night

Zaragoza, 10/12/2015. Offering of Flowers to the Virgin of Pilar. Photo: Fabián Simón Archdc.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Catholic church, Parroquia de Nuestra Sanora de Guadalupe

Lantern set Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

horsemen and musicians at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Portugal, Azores, Sao Miguel Island, Ponta Delgada. Festa Santo Christo dos Milagres festival, Igreja Nossa Senhora da Esperanca church lit for the festival

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Procession of the Nazarenes with sculpture of Jesus Christ. Holy Week

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Rosary Basilica. Golden crown. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

Toledo, 12/13/2015. Opening of the Jubilee Year of Mercy in the Primate Cathedral of Toledo. Photo: Luna Revenga ARCHDC.

Europe, Malta, Vittoriosa; The Parish Church decorated for the feast of the patron, St. Lawrence

The main church and the procession of the Holy Christ festivities at Ponta Delgada in twilight. Sao Miguel, Azores islands, Portugal

Faith Statue with the Holy Graal - located in front of Gran Madre Church

Cathedral And Cross On Cathedral Square, San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Festive crowd gathers around a majestic Christmas pyramid at twilight.

Church Door Decorations In Chaipas Mexico Floral decorations suround the wooden church door in San Cristobal, Chaipas Mexico Copyright: xZoonar.com/TimxHesterx 11948213

Heiligtum der Muttergottes von Lourdes, Frankreich, Europa Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PeterxMocsonokyx 23405012

St. Nicholas' Church seen from the Easter Market at the old town market square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Wise Men Statues in the foreground, Church of Santa Maria de la Natividad, 1644, Atlixco, Pueblos Magicos, Puebla State, Mexico, North America

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Rosary Basilica. Golden crown. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

Christmas light projections on the Calvary of Plougastel-Daoulas next to the church of Saint Pierre, the projections simulate the original coloured setting of the figures, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Christmas Lights in Munich Pedestrian zone in front of St. Michaels Church Christmas Lights in Munich Pedestrian Zone in Front of St. Michaels Church

LOURDES, FRANKREICH - 14. SEPTEMBER 2019: Kreuz vor der nächtlichen Kerzenprozession in Lourdes, Frankreich, Europa LOURDES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 14 2019: Cross in front of the candle procession, every night in Lourdes, France LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PeterxMocsonokyx 23404994

Shrine, pilgrims in front of the Basilica, Basilica of the Rosary and Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

North America, Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, La Parroquia de San Miguel Church, with its Neo-Gothic facade floodlit at night, and streamers of tissue paper flags, known as Papel Picado. People in costume for Day of the Dead parade stand in front.

Dresden Christmas market Church of Our Lady, Dresden christmas market church of our lady 01

100th celebration of Mary's appearance. Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary Bell Tower, Fatima, Portugal. Church created where three Portuguese shepherd children saw Virgin Mary of the Rosary. Banners are based on old pictures of the two children.

Portugal, Azores, Sao Miguel Island, Ponta Delgada. Festa Santo Christo dos Milagres festival, Igreja Nossa Senhora da Esperanca church lit for the festival

Salamanca Old Cathedral Catedral Vieja altarpiece painting of Judgement Day painted in 1445 shows Judgement Day with pictures of Heaven and Hell Salamanca Spain Espana Europe EU

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. semana santa, La Macarena entrando al arco al mediodía del viernes

passing of a processional brotherhood, Holy Week procession, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

horsemen at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Parish church St. Bartholomäus and Thomas and Trinity pillar, Austria, Lower Austria, forest quarter, Bad Großpertholz

horsemen at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

LOURDES, FRANKREICH - 14. SEPTEMBER 2019: Das Heiligtum der Muttergottes von Lourdes in Lourdes, Frankreich LOURDES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 14 2019: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, Europe LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PeterxMocsonokyx 23404987

Women dressed in a regional costume and giant puppets dressed as a bride and groom during a Calenda, a procession on the Plaza Santo Domingo, celebrating a wedding in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Spain, Andalucia, Seville, Tiled ceramic image of St Anne on the wall of Iglesia de Santa Ana in the Triana district.

Italy, southern Italy, Sicily, Sicilia, Palermo, cathedral Maria Santissima Assunta (the holiest Maria in heaven)

Europe, Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Exterior of the Cathedral Holy Virgin Mary assumed into heaven view at day. In the crypt are buried all the bishops of the city and some of the greatest rulers of Europe.

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run at church Traunkirchen: 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. Traunkirchen Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run at church Traunkirchen: 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. Traunkirchen Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

St. Volodymyr's Cathedral, King Vladimir Mosaic, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Volodymyr built between 1882 and 1896. It is the mother church of the Ukrainian Orthodox church.

Germany, Saxony, Dresden, Katholische Hofkirche and group of figures

During the rehearsal for the audiovisual installation Les Monuments vivants, the Basilica of St Castor in Koblenz shines in the glow of the lights by artist Ingo Bracke. Large-format, colourful light paintings illuminate both the exterior and interior of St. Castor's Basilica. Bracke uses unique hand-painted images, which he scales onto the architecture using an anachronistic, archaic large-format projection technique

The old town of Pirna decorated for Easter. Since reunification, numerous historically valuable buildings have been renovated in an exemplary manner

Moors and Christians, "Es Firó", Plaza De Sa Constitució final celebration, Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, Nazzarenos carrying a statue of the Madonna in front of the Cathedral during Semana Santa

Main square with parish church of St. Martin, Schwyz, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland

Neo-Romanesque St. John's Church and market fountain with Madonna figure, floral decoration, halo, market square, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Europe, Romania. Sapanta, Joy Cemetery. Painted church steeple.

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

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

South America, Bolivia, near La Paz. Native dancer in elaborate mask and costume in front of church. (MR)

Moros y cristianos

Easter procession outside the church Iglesia Matriz de El Salvador, Plaza de Espana, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Lightshow, Imperial city Festival, Market Square, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Procession of princes

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

Spain, Rioja, Medieval Days of Briones (festival declared of national tourist interest), troubadours in front of the church of Our Lady of the Assumption (16th century) (Saint James Way)

Pleyben, Saint Germain Church and Calvary, Calvarie, Calvary, Enclosed Parish, Brittany, France, Europe

Evening, Illumination, Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda, High Cathedral of Fulda, Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Fulda and Church of the Holy Sepulchre o...

cementerio de Palma,Conmemoracion de los Fieles Difuntos, popularmente llamada Dia de Muertos o Dia de Difuntos, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral - Winnipeg; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Nepal, Kathmandu, Annapurna Temple, hindu, religion,

Evening shot of San Felipe de Neri Church with luminarias on Christmas Eve in Old Town, Albuquerque, NM.

Semana Santa, procession with Nazarenos and tourists, celebrations in Cadiz, Spain, Europe

Moors and Christians, "Es Firó", Plaza De Sa Constitució final celebration, Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Munich, Theresienwiese, Tollwood winter festival and church of St Paul

Calvaire in Saint-Thégonnec, Brittany

The Virgin of Solitude and the Women in Mantillas

The Sanctuary of Fatima at the night, Fatima, Portugal

La Parroquia During Day of the Dead, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Church of the Holy Spirit, Pyramid Gluhwein booth, Christmas market, Heidelberg, Germany

Old Town Square with Christmas tree and fairy tale Church of our Lady Tyn in the magical city of Prague at moonlight night, Czech Republic

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

Traditional horse dance "Jaleo", originating in the 14th century, Sant Lluís festivities, in front of the Parish Church of Sant Lluís, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

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