Festivals of Celebration

Vibrant scenes depicting crowds celebrating various cultural festivals, showcasing lively festivities, colorful attire, and energetic moods in historical settings.

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

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

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

People from the Pnar community move around a Rot themed stop women harrasment as they celebrate an event organised to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is a vibrant annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of beautifully decorated bamboo structures called rots, which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

Moors and Christians, finale, Pollensa, Sierra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

Oaxaca, Mexico - 02 November 2023: View of a street transformed into a vibrant altar for Dia de los Muertos, skulls and marigolds juxtaposed against the dark cobblestone, bathed in soft light.

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event in various events. Memorial on the Altmarkt, Dresdeners put up candles

Es Firo Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21774991

National flag in front of the dome of the Church of St. Nicholas, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Peruvian people look at a floor painting in the Plaza de Armas, Ayacucho, Huamanga province, Peru, South America

In Dresden, about 3, 000 people gathered on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. On posters and banners they demanded, among other things, Stop the War and Freedom for Ukraine and expressed their solidarity with the people in Ukraine

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

In Dresden, about 3, 000 people gathered on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. On posters and banners they demanded, among other things, Stop the War and Freedom for Ukraine and expressed their solidarity with the people in Ukraine

Moros y cristianos. Pollenca.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. Espana

celebration of the patron saint celebration of the patron saint, Moors and Christians, Pollensa, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21875094

08/16/2011. Madrid. Spain. Ciibeles Square Jmj. World Youth Day. Official Mass by the Archbishop of Madrid Rouco Varela. Photo: of Saint Bernard. Archdc.

People at night dancing in front of the church Sangre De Cristo in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Moors and Christians, "Es Firó" of Soller, Christian troops gathered on Luna Street, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the attack on Israel. The rally was followed by a candlelight march from Neumarkt to the Jewish Community, during which the names of those murdered and abducted in the massacre of 7 October 2023 were read out., Memorial march, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

The consecration of the Church of Our Lady began with a procession led by children from the Dresden International School, marking the completion of the reconstruction work

Moors and Christians of Soller, "Es Firó", Battle of Repic Beach, Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Spain, Santiago de Compostela. Scouts arriving at church

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event in various events. Memorial on the Altmarkt, Dresdeners put up candles

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

People from the Pnar community march in a circle as they celebrate an event organized to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is a vibrant annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of beautifully decorated bamboo structures called rots, which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

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

Zaragoza October 12, 2014 Offering of Flowers to the Virgin of Pilar Photo Fabián Simón archdc.

World Youth Day 2023. Pope Francis welcoming mass at Tagus Park. Lisbon. Portugal.

Germany, Berlin, 09. 05. 2022, Victory Day, rally at the Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park, flags Russia, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union, Asia

Flag, Ukrainian, Rally, Ukraine, Peace, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Europe

Free Tibet campaigners demonstrating against the Olympic Torch Relay in Paris

In Dresden, about 3, 000 people gathered on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. On posters and banners they demanded, among other things, Stop the War and Freedom for Ukraine and expressed their solidarity with the people in Ukraine

Italy, Campania, Nola, Festa dei Gigli

Pooram Festival in Thrissur Trichur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

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

Good Friday procession, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Good Friday parade, Good Friday procession, Europe

Welcome ceremony for pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day 2011

09.06.2007 Manifestación vecinos del Barrio de la Sagrada Família por el paso del AVE por debajo de sus viviendas. Barcelona.

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

Funeral of Oleg Yashchishin, Kirilo Vishivaniy, Sergey Melnik and Rostislav Romanchuk in the Jesuit Church of St. Peter and Paul, the four officers killed in a Russian missile attack two days earlier in a military camp near the border with Poland in Yavoriv, at least 35 people died, Lviv, Ukraine, Europe

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

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.

Ceremony of the Holy Light Jerusalem

Germany, Berlin, 18.03.2023, The World Needs Jesus, Action of the Alliance, The Essential, Members from Free Churches, Brandenburg Gate, Europe

World Youth Day 2023. Pope Francis welcoming mass at Tagus Park. Lisbon. Portugal.

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

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

Sikh devotees in queues during celebration of consecration of perpetual Guru Granth Sahib in compound of Sachkhand Saheb gurudwara Nanded Maharashtra India 30- October-2008 Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Welcome ceremony for pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day 2011 . Madrid. Spain.

Mumbai, India, 6 November: The ancient Hindu Chhath Puja Festival being celebrated on Juhu Beach in Mumbai on 6th November 2016, Asia

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

baile de las Aguilas y de Sant Joan Pelos, baile medieval originario de cataluña y el pais valenciano, procesion del Corpus, Pollença. Mallorca. Islas Baleares. Spain.

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

Gopala or govinda dancing in janmashtami gokulashtami festival Maharashtra India NOMR Copyright: xAngeloxD Silva/DinodiaxPhotox

Rose Monday procession in Düsseldorf, theme car by wagon manufacturer Jacques Tilly, theme woman's rights in Afghanistan, Miss Afghanistan, in burqa and chains, against the Taliban regime, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Monument to Pope John Paul II with faithful, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Welcome ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day 2011, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Italy, Piedmont, Oropa Sanctuary (Santuario di Oropa).

Getafe (Community of Madrid), 06/30/2019. Mass on the Cerro de los Ángeles, officiated by the Archbishop of Madrid Carlos Osoro, on the occasion of the centenary of the consecration of Spain to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Person touching a saint's depiction, Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

Dahi Hundie, Human Pyramid, Janmashtami Janmashtami Gokul Ashtami Govinda Festival, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Church service on Kappellplatz Square, pilgrimage in traditional costume, Gnadenkappelle chapel, Altoetting, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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

Funeral of Oleg Yashchishin, Kirilo Vishivaniy, Sergey Melnik and Rostislav Romanchuk in the Jesuit Church of St. Peter and Paul, the four officers killed in a Russian missile attack two days earlier in a military camp near the border with Poland in Yavoriv, at least 35 people died, Lviv, Ukraine, Europe

celebration of the patron saint, Moors and Christians, Pollensa, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

public gathering of rss and vhp, kolkata, west bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xGoutamxRoy/DinodiaxPhotox

England, London, Clerkenwell. A banner held aloft during the Procession in Honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as it makes its way along Clerkenwell Road.

Pomorie, Bulgaria - January 06, 2020: Epiphany in the town of Pomorie. Epiphany is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. Pomorie, Bulgaria - January 06, 2020: Epiphany in the town of Pomorie. Epiphany is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. Copyright: xZoonar.com/VladimirxNenovx 14875709

World Youth Day 2011 . Madrid. Spain.

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. semana santa / Holy week (friday);"El Cachorro" brotherhood procession crossing the Triana bridge; Torre de Oro / tower at the background

Germany, Berlin, 09. 05. 2020, Victory Day (over Hitler's fascism), Soviet Memorial Berlin-Treptow, woman, flags, Europe

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

A picture of the Vatican flag

Papal visit of Benedikt XVI, Altoetting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

09.06.2007 Manifestación vecinos del Barrio de la Sagrada Família por el paso del AVE por debajo de sus viviendas. Barcelona.

Pope Francis delivers his speech to the crowd, from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square, during the weekly Angelus prayer in The Vatican on March 10, 2024.

Good Friday Procession

Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña), (1950 CA.). Day of the Apostle Santiago. Celebration in the Plaza del Obradoiro with fireworks on the night of the eve of the Patron Saint.

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

The Toelzer Knabenchor sings at the memorial service, funeral service of FC Bayern Munich for Franz Beckenbauer, Allianz Arena, Froettmaning, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

Ticketshop, Oberammergau Passion Play 2022

German Protestant Church Congress 2007, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Festa dei Gigli, Nola, Campania, Italy

A street artist paints the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, a Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in Saint Petersburg on March 1881.

Cuba: Pope-Visit in Havanna

33rd German Protestant Church Congress in Dresden

Criticism of the financing of the Catholic Church Congress by the state, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Banner with Franz Beckenbauer and flower wreaths, behind the speaker's stage at the end of the event, funeral service of FC Bayern Munich for Franz Beckenbauer, Allianz Arena, Froettmaning, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder speaks to the mourners, FC Bayern Munich funeral service for Franz Beckenbauer, Allianz Arena, Froettmaning, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria

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