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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.

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

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

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

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

Festively decorated street with banners for St Augustine Feast in the old town of Valletta, Malta. Flaming, arrow pierced heart - symbol of St Augustine. St Augustine Feast of Valletta, Malta

Pilgrimage basilica of the Holy Trinity of the Franciscan monastery in Gößweinstein, district of Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Helium balloons, children's balloons, Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine, church, Scigli, baroque town, baroque corner, southeast, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Heiligtum der Muttergottes von Lourdes, Frankreich, Europa Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PeterxMocsonokyx 23404923

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

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

Santa Cruz catholic cathedral Cochin Kochi Kerala India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Rund 13.000 handbemalte Eier zählt der Osterbrunnen in Schechingen im Ostalbkreis. Damit zählt er zu den größten und schönsten in ganz Ostwürttemberg. Rund 50.000 Besucher bewundern Jahr für Jahr den geschmückten Dorfbrunnen. Zu sehen ist der Osterbrunnen bis zum 27. April 2025. // 11.04.2025: Schechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, Europa *** The Easter fountain in Schechingen in the Ostalbkreis district has around 13,000 hand-painted eggs, making it one of the largest and most beautiful in the whole of East Württemberg Around 50,000 visitors admire the decorated village fountain every year The Easter fountain can be seen until April 27, 2025 11 04 2025 Schechingen, Baden Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Palace guards at the entrance to the Government Palace, Quito, Ecuador, South America

Framed Devotion in the church of Villajoyosa

Small simple colonial-style chapel decorated with ribbons for a religious celebration in the small town of Lavras Novas, Ouro Preto district in Minas Gerais, Brasil

Mexico, Yucatan, Valladolid, La Parraquia de San Servacio church on Plaza Mayor, with colorful flags fluttering in wind

Evening, Illumination, Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda, High Cathedral of Fulda, Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Fulda and Church of the Holy Sepulchre of St. Boniface, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Caodaism religious group, Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Covadonga Catholic sanctuary Basilica church in Asturias at Cangas de Onis

St Augustine Feast of Valletta, Malta. Festively decorated street with banners for St Augustine Feast in the old town of Valletta, Malta. Flaming, arrow pierced heart - symbol of St Augustine

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

Portugal, Azores, Sao Miguel Island, Ponta Delgada. Festa Santo Christo dos Milagres festival, street designs for the holy procession made with templates and dyed wood shavings

Gravestones at the cemetery of Sankt Ulrich, Val Gardena, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

The way of Saint James by Santo Domingo de la Calzada La Rioja

Fireworks at the Church of Our Lady for the Dresden City Festival

Large Christmas tree decorated in front of a church at night, ahaus, münsterland, germany

Religious faithful, Calvary Church, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

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

flower market,. Chichicastenango, municipality of the department of El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Tration Architecture Folk Festival Christmas 07 12 2024 Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg Dutz Quarter Mittelstrasse Sinterklaasfest in the Dutch Quarter Demand Orgel de Anton Piek with Dutch Music Potsdam Brandenurg Ger

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

Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Christmas Angels And Blue Lights At Notre Dame Cathedral; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ribeira Brava, the church Igreja de Sao Bento, flower garlands on the church square in front of the church, Madeira

Spain, Andalucia, Cordoba, Tiled image of the Virgin Mary on Calle Rosaria Cordoba.

In Dresden, about 3, 000 people gathered on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. In the evening, the Church of Our Lady was illuminated in the Ukrainian national colours

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

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

Christmas Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

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

Vatican City, Cortile San Damaso September 30, 2020: Pope Francis meets with worshippers upon arrival for a limited public audience during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Mexico, Mexico City. The Basilica of Guadalupe, considered to be the second most important sanctuary of Catholicism after the Vatican City.

Pigeon flying away in front of Primate Cathedral, Bogota, Colombia.

Dancers at a wedding ceremony, Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima. World Youth Day 2023. Portugal.

View of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state, Mexico with Papel picado, a traditional Mexican decorative craft made by cutting elaborate designs into sheets of tissue paper in the foreground.

Rund 13.000 handbemalte Eier zählt der Osterbrunnen in Schechingen im Ostalbkreis. Damit zählt er zu den größten und schönsten in ganz Ostwürttemberg. Rund 50.000 Besucher bewundern Jahr für Jahr den geschmückten Dorfbrunnen. Zu sehen ist der Osterbrunnen bis zum 27. April 2025. // 11.04.2025: Schechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, Europa *** The Easter fountain in Schechingen in the Ostalbkreis district has around 13,000 hand-painted eggs, making it one of the largest and most beautiful in the whole of East Württemberg Around 50,000 visitors admire the decorated village fountain every year The Easter fountain can be seen until April 27, 2025 11 04 2025 Schechingen, Baden Württemberg, Germany, Europe

A young woman visiting the Sanctuary of Loyola, Baroque church of Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, shrine

Nighttime shot, angel statue in front of the Mariensaeule (Marian Column) with the town hall in the background, Marienplatz (Marian Square), Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Basilica Our Lady of Guadalupe.Mexico City. Domes of old Basilica.

extras, the magician of Christmas, Christmas market, Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.

Christmas Tree at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral, Oaxaca, Juarez, Mexico.

Normandy. Manche. Coutances. Cathedral. Mapping show on the cathedral during the end of year celebrations. Public in the foreground.

Sound and light show at Sainte-Croix Cathedral

Poll photo collection. Travel to Lithuania. Vilnius. Chapel above the gate of the dawn, in which a much honored icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mater misericordiae) is located from the street on the city side. Believers kneel on the sidewalk in prayer. 1934. Lithuania, Vilnius

Christ crossing the Amadorio river bridge

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 23405040

LOURDES - JUNE 15, 2019: Place of pilgrimage Lourdes in southern France

On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a large solidarity rally of Dresdeners with numerous Ukrainian refugees took place on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. At the end, all participants came together to form a large chain of lights

Worshippers beneath a belltower of St Panteleimon Cathedral in the contested region of Abkhazia.

Retz, Perchtenlauf (Krampus run, mask procession) with Krampus in the main square in front of City Hall, Weinviertel region, Lower Austria, Austria

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, Nazarenos during Good Friday processions

Old and New Basilicas Our Lady of Guadalupe, from Gardens of Tepeyac, Mexico City, Mexico

Light festival procession in front of St. Johns Cathedral, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event at various events. A giant candle, into which citizens could place small candles, commemorates the event in front of the rebuilt Church of Our Lady, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Ganges River. Arti is a Hindu ritual, part of a puja, in which light from a flame is ritually waved for the veneration of deities.

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

The figure of the mother of Christ, who is enthroned on the Marienbrunnen on the market square of Schwäbisch Gmünd, the figure of the mother of Christ, Maria Magdalena, who is enthroned on the Marienbrunnen on the market square of Schwäbisch Gmünd, with a halo

Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, Flags flying for the Day of the Dead celebration

France, Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel.

Europe, Czech Republic, Prague. Street juggler in Knights of the Cross Square

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

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 23405008

Easter Procession, San Cristobal Totonicapan, Guatemala, Central America

St. Peter's church, rhododendron exhibition 'RHODO 2014' in Westerstede, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany,

Nuns at the Basilica de Covadonga, northwestern Spain.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, a life-sized nutcracker soldier on display during the Christmas holiday season in an alcove

Illuminated christmas tree at the historic Perlach church in Augsburg at night

In Dresden, about 3, 000 people gathered on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. In the evening, the Church of Our Lady was illuminated in the Ukrainian national colours

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

On the 69th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden, Dresdeners commemorate with candles at the Church of Our Lady

Holy Protection Monastery in Marinovka village, Ukraine Marinovka village, Ukraine 02.01.2021. Holy Protection Skete of the Holy Dormition Odessa Monastery of the Odessa Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on a sunny winter day Copyright: xZoonar.com/Multipediax 17305123

Procession outside Notre Dame de Paris cathedral

Luminaria prepared for the Feast of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy.

March 1956. Jesús de las Penas in the parish of San Roque - departure on Palm Sunday.

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

Fireworks at the illuminated Sankt Lukas church in Munich at night

To mark 13 February and the destruction of Dresden in the Second World War, the small right-wing extremist party Freie Sachsen organised a demonstration and marched through the centre of Dresden in front of the Church of Our Lady with revanchist and fantasy flags and loudspeakers. They distorted historical facts, voiced conspiracy theories and shouted slogans that jeopardised the rule of law, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Oaxaca, Mexico. Portrait of Day of the Dead celebrant dressed as alien standing before an ancient stone church. (Editorial Use Only)

Basilica at night Las Lajas Sanctuary at night, Colombia, South America Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 20698213

A postcard stand in front of the Basilica ot the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Fatima, Portugal - December 29, 2013, The pilgrims and visitors of Fatima in front of the Shrine of Our Lady, Portugal

Settlers' procession at Albrechtsburg Castle

Vigil in St Ann's Square, Manchester, during the days following the 22 May 2017, suicide bombing, carried out at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande.

Krampuslauf or Perchtenlauf during advent in Munich, an old tradition taking place during Christmas in the Bavarian Alps, Austria and South Tyrol, Germany. (Editorial Use Only)

Settlers' procession at Albrechtsburg Castle

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event at various events. A giant candle, into which citizens could place small candles, commemorates this event in front of the rebuilt Church of Our Lady, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Galo B. Ocampo, Paoay Church, 1946. Oil on canvas.

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

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