Magical Bonfire Celebrations

Dramatic scenes of nighttime bonfires during festival celebrations, with flames lighting up the darkness and silhouettes of people gathered around.

Flames of Holika Dahan fire festival, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox
Flames of Holika Dahan fire festival, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Easter fire at Omodos monastery, Omodos, Troodos mountains, South Cyprus, Cyprus
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Lit candles arranged on an altar
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BALI APRIL 2024 - Kecak Dance , Uluwatu Temple, Bali, Indonesia
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Silhouette monk on the mountain prayer moses faith god
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Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Corpse burning in sarcophagus during cremation ceremony.
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Pilgrims burning incense as an offering, Dakshinkali Temple or Dakshin Kali Temple, Kathmandu Valley, Dakshinkali, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, Asia
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Bonfire of Coconuts, Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala, Kerala, South India, India, Asia
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South Tyrol custom, flaming disc launching, Vinschgau, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy
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Ganga Aarti at Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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Los Escobazos” is a festival held every December 7th in Jarandilla de la Vera, on the eve of the celebration of the Immaculate Conception. Literally The Big Brooming” (as in broom used for sweeping), the festival re-enacts the descent of goat shepherds from the nearby Gredos mountains down to the village, lighting their way through the pitch dark night with broom torches.
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Ouro Preto Processions
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pooja in Kumbh Mela Festival at uttar pradesh India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Easter fire, wooden towers made from spruce trunks and filled with brushwood, cross on top, spectators, tower at inflammation, church St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg far away on hill Tamsweg Lungau Salzburg Austria
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Pilgrims burning incense as an offering, Dakshinkali Temple or Dakshin Kali Temple, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, Asia
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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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Hindu worshippers, India, Asia
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Perchtenlauf traditional festival with demon characters in Bad Heilbrunn, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Burning pyres with visible body in a traditional funeral, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia
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Smoking traditional cremation pyre, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia
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Holy Week, Antigua, Guatemala.
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Pashupatinath, cremation, riverside Bagmathi, tributary of the Ganges, Nepal sacred river for Hindus, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
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Togo, Nyamassila, Sokode fire dande
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braising txistorra, patron saint festivities, Salvatierra, Álava, autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain.
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Sri Srinivasa Perumal hindu temple. Hindu priest ( Brahmin ) performing puja ceremony and rituals. Singapore.
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Amperpers from Fürstenfeldbruck at Perchtenlauf 2025 in Kirchseeon in Upper Bavaria in Germany
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Aarathy Ritual On Vishram Ghat . Mathurai. India.
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Armay Chishi, ritual bath, San Juan Chapel
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Asia, India, Monks whirling lights, Leh
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Salisbury, NC, 1965: Klansmen light a cross which had been erected earlier that day. The grand dragon had told the crowd that the klan would protect textile jobs for the whites. This was at a time when African Americans were being hired for the first time in the mills.
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People lighting candles outside Taj Mahal hotel paying victims terrorist attack Deccan Mujahedeen 26th November 2008 Bombay Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox
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For a fire-Matsuri in Autumn torches are lit in each district and carried through the streets to the Shinto shrine, Iwakura in Kyoto, Japan, Asia
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The Boeoeg, a doll symbolizing winter, is burned at the Sechselaeuten, traditional festival; the various guilds stand and ride around the fire, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
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Kowloon, Temple Of Wong Tai Sin
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Fire coming out of a monument
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A Yamabushi master of ceremonies preaches in front of the fire mound and the ready lit torches, Kyoto, Japan, Asia
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Ama women in traditional clothing swimming in the sea holding torches at night celebrating Shirahama Ama Festival, Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, Japan (Large format sizes available)
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Pachamama, Fiesta Nacional a la Madre Tierra, Tolar Grande, Province of Salta, Argentina, South America
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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. A human chain, here on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady, was intended to send a signal against the war
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Israel the Baba Sali Festival at Netivot
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Onisube, Japan - 07 January 2020: View of the Onisube Fire Festival in Dazaifu, where blazing torches light up the night, casting an eerie glow on the masked participants near the wooden torii gate.
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yellow thai buddha candle is burning
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Feuerwehr entzuendet das Osterfeuer auf der Halde Haniel vor dem Gipfelkreuz, Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhrgebiet, Bottrop fire brigade lights the Easter fire on the Haniel spoil tip in front of the summit cross, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Bottrop BLWS708175 *** Fire department ignited the Easter fire at the Dump Haniel before the Summit cross, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Bottrop Fire Brigade Lights The Easter Fire ON The Haniel spoil Tip in Front of The Summit cross, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Bottrop BLWS708175 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex
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Ritual ceremony, fire dance, night shot, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean, Oceania
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Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, Meskal ceremony of burning the bonfire (Editorial Usage Only)
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Ritual ceremony, fire dance, night shot, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean, Oceania
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Anefo photo collection. Bhagwan movement Amsterdam burn book Rajneeshis commissioned Bhagwan. September 30, 1985. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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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
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For a fire-Matsuri in Autumn torches are lit in each district and carried through the streets to the Shinto shrine, Iwakura in Kyoto, Japan, Asia
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People lighting joss sticks, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia
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Japan - Namahage Shinto Festival
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Night vigil, traditionalist Catholic pilgrimage, La Ferte Choisel, Yvelines, France, Europe