Historical Attire Across Ages

Chromolithographs illustrating historical clothing from various cultures and eras, depicting the attire of priests, nobles, and everyday citizens.

After the dance performance the dancers throwing gifts to the public during the celebrations at the Guelaguetza festival, in the arena of San Antonino Castillo Velasco near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Pilgrims lighting fire celebrating Meskel Festival, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Mayan ceremony at the entrance of the church of Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

Crowd waiting for the aarti ceremony on Har_ki_Pauri ghat in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Crowd of pilgrims trying to enter a train at Runecha near Ramdevra fair, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Crowd of Hindu pilgrims at temple Shiva Ratri Nepal

Nepal, Kathmandu, Pashupatinath, cremation funeral

After the dance performance the dancers throwing gifts to the public during the celebrations at the Guelaguetza festival, in the arena of San Antonino Castillo Velasco near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Aerial view of colorful textiles and people congregated on mats, creating a vibrant mosaic of daily life, Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Aerial view of people at local market in Minar Moshjid Tabling for the Global Muslims Congregation in Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ladakh

Muslim devotees offer prayers at the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during the Biswa Ijtema 2nd phase, an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Idol of Goddess Durga Durga Pooja dassera Vijayadasami Festival Calcutta Kolkata West Bengal India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Meskel ceremony in Lalibela, Ethiopia

A group of women roll to a gravesite, as penitence for their sins in Espinoza, Mexico.

Voters show their voting card or slip at polling station Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NO MR 30-April-2009 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Benghazi, Libya: Crowds gather for Friday prayer in the city's main square.

Buguma, Nigeria - 29 March 2025: Aerial view of a gathering of people in vibrant attire, their colorful clothes contrasting with the neutral tones of the surrounding buildings.

mercado del centro historico, y antiguas gradas del templo maya, Chichicastenango ,municipio del departamento de El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Transit camp for Zairean refugees, Kigoova, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Ritian Celebrations. Cascia. Umbria. Italy

Dahi Hundie ; Human Pyramid ; Janmashtami janmashtami gokul ashtami govinda Festival ; Bombay Mumbai ; maharashtra ; india NO MR ;NO PR

Benghazi, Libya: Friday prayer in the main square of the city.

Yamabushi use water to control the fire and smoke development, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Indonesia, Sulawesi,Toraja. Funeral

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore.

Pilgrims lighting fire celebrating Meskel Festival, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Moros y cristianos. Pollença.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Holy week procession, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America.

A displaced Haitians woman worships in a tent city near, the Presidential Palace in Port au Prince, Haiti on Jan. 24, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010

Devotees for mahamasthakabhisheka Jain festival of bhagwan saint gomateshwara bahubali Shravanabelagola Karnataka India February-2006 Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Qingming Festival when Chinese people honour their ancestors and deceased family members by visiting their graves or burial grounds to make offerings of fake bank notes and gold ingots, which are then burned, As the burning of offerings in not allowed inside most cemetries for safety reasons they are burned in the gutter outside.

Mayan ceremony at the entrance of the church of Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

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

Burning ghats with ongoing cremations, Kathmandu, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, Asia

Thailand, Phang Nga District, 'Takua Pa,', 'Tsunami. Thai'S Look At The Pictures Of The Unidentifeid Dead Posted Up Outside The Temple, Wat Yan Yao. On The 31St Dec'

Sylhet, Bangladesh. 21st June 2023. Thousands of voters came to the polling station of Rashidiya Dakhil Madrasa, word number 38, which was newly added to Sylhet City Corporation. Ansar members are standing in line and showing how to vote at EVM machines.

Dahi Hundie ; Human Pyramid ; Janmashtami janmashtami gokul ashtami govinda Festival ; Bombay Mumbai ; maharashtra ; india NO MR ;NO PR

People attend holding umbrellas at 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.

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

kashmiri Muslim protester, baramulla, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCHE DES CONSULATSA Hong Kong, le mouvement pro-democratie manifeste de consulat en consulat pour demander le soutien de la communauté internationale.HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCH OF THE CONSULATESIn Hong Kong, the pro-democracy movement is demonstrating from consulate to consulate asking for support from the international community.

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

China, TibetJokhang Temple, Barkhor Square - Situated in the heart of Lhasa's Old Quarter and first built in the 7th century, the Jokhang is Tibet's most sacred shrine.

Male dancers preparing for a traditional Javanese dance, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Muslims praying, Eid Al Fitr festival, Bandra Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

highly stretched hands, participants in a ceremony on the banks of Ganges river, India, Uttarakhand, pilgrimage city Rishikesh,

Sunday mass at two Catholic churches of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/UIG)

People from the Pnar community perform rituals as they using a tree to 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.

A sculpture of the Good Thief sits in the grass during Easter Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

The 'Hajrha Bhasan' ritual is part of the rural Bengal Gajan festival where at midnight (1:27 AM) a devoted monk would try to escape by jumping to the Jalangi river without safety according to the ritual and the rest of the monks would catch him and take him along the banks of the river and run straight to his destination in the split second. Tehatta, West Bengal, India.

Nepal, Mustang, traditional festival

People carrying large effigy through the streets during the Easter festival ritual, Ciudad de Santos, Mexico, North America

Carnival of Blacks and Whites, Colombian traditional festival. It's celebrated from 2 to 7 January of each year. Rainbow in the Asphalt, Pre-Carnival, drawings asphalt made ""with colored chalk.

Benghazi, Libya: Friday prayer in the main square of the city.

Aerial view of rows of people sitting on the ground with lights, creating a pattern of light and shadow, Narayanganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Gazipur, Bangladesh - 12 January 2020: Aerial view of a large congregation of people for a muslim festival along the railroad at train station in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Hindu pilgrimage Amar Nath Yatra - Kashmir

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

New Year's prayers, Wat Chana Songkhram Temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sikhs protesting for dera saccha sauda at Mulund Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Vietnamese people crowd the streets and burn votive offerings to their ancestors just after midnight at lunar new year (Tet) next to the ancient city gate O Quan Chuong in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Pilgrims waiting in the rain for Pope Benedict XVI at Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

Small royal boat decorated with flowers and lights for immersion of lord Ganesh Sangli Maharashtra India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 20 January 2023: Aerial view of people worshipping at Global Muslims Congregation in Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ganga Aarti in Varanasi

kashmiri Muslim protester, baramulla, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by U.S. Congress, Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2006

Sikhs blocking highway protesting for dera saccha sauda at Mulund Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NOMR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

People standing in a queue to enter Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, after the opening of most of the religious places as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 8, 2020. (Photo by: Majority World/Kuldeep Singh Rohilla/UIG)

Christian devotees takes part in a perform to re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during a procession on Good Friday, on March 29, 2024 in Guwahati, Assam, India. Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary

Old teahouse decorated with Cultural Revolution-era portrait of Chairman Mao, Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Myanmar Burma Yangon anarchic electric installation in a street

Fatima Church. Holy week. Palm sunday celebration in a catholic parish. Ho Chi Minh city. Vietnam.

The members of the women's wings of "TIPRA Motha'', in a massive demonstration called, "Raj Bhavan Abhiyan", demanded the adoption of the Roman script for Kokborok language, at Agartala. Tripura, India.

Dahi handi , Janmashtami janmashtmi gokul ashtami govinda festival , Mumbai , Maharashtra , India Copyright: xSubhashxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Khampas watch the Cham Masked Dances, a form of Buddhist opera, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Members of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) take part in a flaming torch rally and shout slogans to protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), on March 12, 2024 in Guwahati, Assam, India. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament in 2019, indeed grants expedited citizenship to specific religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014. These religious minorities include Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, Asia

Sikhs protesting for dera saccha sauda at Mulund Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay State, Bagan (Pagan), Old Bagan, Ananda Temple (Pahto Ananda, beginning 12th), highlight of the Ananda festival, the donation ceremony : each pilgrim make donate food or money to the monks

Devotees pouring water copper utensil Mahamasthakabhisheka important Jain festival Shravanabelagola Hassan Karnataka Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Gaza City. Palestine. 9th May 2023. Palestinians attend the funeral ceremony of Tariq Izzeddin, one of the leaders of the Jerusalem Brigades, and his two children killed in an Israeli raid. 13 people, including women and children were killed and 20 injured in Israeli airstrikes.

Sikhs protesting for dera saccha sauda at Mulund Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NOMR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

Palestinians attend the funeral of the Abu Hatab family in Gaza City.

Easter ceremony and torchlight procession at the foot of the hill in the presence of Pope Francis. Italy, Rome.

Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Western tourists lower legs and feet visible beneath a display of victims' photo portraits at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum S-21. Toul Sleng was a high school, taken over by the Khmer Rouge and turned into a prison, where people were tortured and murdered.

Crowded road for Ganesh procession, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Gaza City. Palestine. 9th May 2023. Palestinians attend the funeral ceremony of Tariq Izzeddin, one of the leaders of the Jerusalem Brigades, and his two children killed in an Israeli raid. 13 people, including women and children were killed and 20 injured in Israeli airstrikes.

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

At the Tichka Pass, Col du Tichka, 2260m, men praying on carpets in the middle of a road, Southern High Atlas, Morocco, Africa

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida sp) basket full, sold for sacrifice during Diwali festival, Kathmandu, Nepal

People from the Pnar community move around a Rot themed AI technology 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.

Ritual washing in front of the New Mosque, Yeni Cami, in Eminoenue, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Muslim prayer on Friday at PalaSharp, Milan, Italy, 2010

Congregation at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) Sylhet, Bangladesh mosque staff providing sanitizer to Muslims attending Friday prayers under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mosque authority also allowed Friday prayers to be held in congregation and five times prayers a day in congregation as well by social distance maintaining. (Photo by: Majority World/Md Rafayat Haque Khan/UIG)

Religious procession during the parish fair dedicated to Sao Izidoro in the village of Ribeira Afonso, Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

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