Masked Dancers in Cultural Festivals

Vibrant masked dancers in traditional attire from Bhutan, Mali, the Philippines, and Thailand, showcasing colorful costumes and festive atmospheres.

Masked Dogon dancers perform a traditional ceremony, in the village of Nombori, Mali, Africa (MR)

Bhutan, Festivals, Bhutanese masked dancers.

Masked Dogon dancers perform a traditional ceremony, in the village of Nombori, Mali, Africa (MR)

Philippines, Marinduque, Boac, Moriones Festival Passion Play Re-Enactment Of The Story Of The Roman Soldier Longinus And The Crucifixtion Of Jesus On Good Friday.

Thailand, North, Chiang Mai, Chinese New Year. Figures of Gods carried to temple in processional float with man and woman holding a red umbrella above them.

Peru, Cusco Department, Cusco, Emperor Pachacuti Being Carried In A Golden Throne At Inti Raymi.

China, Guizhou, Tongren, Tibetan Festival At A Temple With Rows Of Girls In Traditional Costume Standing Before Steps

Decorated elephants with umbrellas on Pooram Festival day Kerala, India.

Mongolia, Ulan Bator. Lamas performing morning prayer at Ganden Monastery.

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Dancers wearing the buffalo mask performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

Bhutan, Thimphu. There are a large variety of Mask Dances in Thimphu, Bhutan. (Editorial Usage Only)

Huli wigmen beating kundu drum and dancing at Sing Sing Festival, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, Meskel religious holiday's demerar ceremony around building a bonfire for the next morning, priests under umbrellas, seen past umbrellas (Editorial Usage Only)

Inti Raymi Festival performance celebrating winter solstice, Sacsayhuaman ruins, Cuzco, Peru

Indian dances

Balinese celebrate with a festive parade at the Sanur Village Festival in Bali

Kuromori Kabuki farmers' kabuki performance, Sakata, Japan

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Shwedagon Pagoda,Rangoon,Myanmar;Ceremonial parasols

Christ on Calvary in Villajoyosa

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A mask dance at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is performed at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

Monks dance with ribbons representing deity powers at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

MASKED DANCERS representing GHOULS, with horrific expressions, TIKSE Monastery Masked Dances - LADAKH, INDIA

Samba Parade at Sambadrome during Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Large format sizes available)

BALI APRIL 2024 - Kecak Dance , Uluwatu Temple, Bali, Indonesia

Guatemala, Chichicastenango. Mayan woman carrying sugar cane on her head.

Japan, Chiba, Narita, Girls Aged 8-12 Years Old In Traditional Edo-Era Costumes Lead Their Neighborhood'S Dashi Or Wagon Through The Streets During Gion Matsuri. Radial Blur.

Dancers performing in the Paro Festival, Bhutan.

Traditional Dogon dances being performed in a Dogon village at the Bandiagara Escarpment in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.

Huaorani Indian men with spears in a protest march. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America.

India, Jaipur. Balancing dance performance at Dera Amer.

Mewang Festival celebrating the Fire God driving away evil spirts, Bumthang, Bhutan

Canada, Ontario, Ottawa. Huun-Huur-Tu throat singer performs indigenous Tuvan folk music at Bluesfest.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

Journey of Little Amal. A 3.5 metre-tall puppet representing Amal, a young Syrian refugee, is seen at its arrival in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Vatican.

Thailand: Young Thai men in a procession during the Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods Festival) in Phuket Town, ecstatically passing through the haze emanating from exploding firecrackers. Having firecrackers thrown at them is part of the penance participants of the processions undergo. The Vegetarian Festival is a religious festival annually held on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand. It attracts crowds of spectators because of many of the unusual religious rituals that are performed.

Traditional Dance of South Korea at Kyongju

Roman guards during the Good Friday celebrations. La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes Ecuador, South America

South America, Peru, La Libertad, Trujillo, a model dressed as a Chimu priest with a headdress and a wooden mace at the UNESCO World Heritage listed Chan Chan archaeological site

Indonesia, Bali, Children Performing Legong Dance

Small girls with hijab in a big mosque

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

SPAIN - Tarragonès (district) - Catalonia - TARRAGONA. Holy week; romans parade

Khampas, the warrior horseman of old Tibet, compete at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

MALI, DOGON COUNTRY, SANGA VILLAGE, DOGON DANCERS WITH TRADITIONAL MASKS

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Masked dancer with fan performs the traditional Barong dance at Ubud Palace. (Editorial Usage Only)

A group of Dogon dancers in traditional costumes in a Dogon village at the Bandiagara Escarpment in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.

India, Goa, Margao, Easter Procession. Men Carrying Statue Of Christ At Calvary Through Street And Watching Crowd.

Masked dancers performing at the Dogon village of Nombori, in Mali, Africa.

Man wearing renaissance costume holding feather vertical

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, Horse Dancer At The Jaipur Heritage Festival

Bihu dancers standing back to back

Khon, Is a classical Thai dance masked in Ramayana literature and this is a group of giant Khon, Is a classical Thai dance masked in Ramayana literature and this is a group of giant characters from the Tosakan side. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21993313 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Jakar Dzong, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of masked dancers in vibrant red robes gracefully move across the stone courtyard, framed by the ornate architecture of the dzong.

India, Sikkim, Pemayangste Monastery, Buddhist Lama Standing At A Window With Drapes Hanging From The Open Window Frames.

Meskel ceremony in Lalibela, Ethiopia

Glimpses of mahatma gandhi break the nefarious salt law, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Artists gets ready backstage to perform in an Assamese Bhaona, in Guwahati, Assam, India on 15 December 2023. Bhaona is a traditional form of play in Assam, created by Srimanta Sankerdeva in several centuries back.

Male and female Chinese opera actors Light a candle to pray homage to the gods to enhance the prosperity for yourself on the occasion Male and female Chinese opera actors Light a candle to pray homage to the gods to enhance the prosperity for yourself on the occasion of the Chinese New Year festival. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21898535 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, USA. Summer Feast Day Celebration. Tewa tribe.

Trincheras, small Sonoran town

folk dance, kutch, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

SA, Peru, Sacsayhuaman. Performers at Inti Raymi festival. (MR)

Black hat dancer at the Monlam Chenpo honoring Padmasambhava, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Tibetan woman praying in Bodh Gaya

Madrid, 12/12/2014. Nativity scene in the Royal palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Puppets hanging outside a shop in Kathmandu in Nepal.

Festival of Native Arts, Aleutian Region School District Unangax Dancers, Native dance and art celebration in Fairbanks, Alaska

El Rocio, Huelva, Southern Spain. Women in traditional clothes participating in night celebrations on the eve of the feast of El Rocio

Sri Lanka, Kandy, 'Esala Perahera Festival Parade With Decorated Maligawa Tusker Elephant Carrying Replica Of The Golden Relic Casket, Dancers And Musicians.'

A first nation dancer performs for an audience during aboriginal days at the Komok's bighouse, Comox, The Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Colu...

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Kondou. Dogon men wearing traditional colored grass clothes and wooden masks perform a traditional mask dance.

Traditional Costumes, National Festival Parade, Latvian Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia

Tibetan men performing a traditional dance at the annual horserace festival in Litang, Sichuan province, China. Aug 2003

Guatemala, El Quiche, San Andres De Sajcabaja, Quiche Indian Men Kneeling In Prayer Outside The 16Th Century Church During San Andres Festival On December 8Th

Peru, Cusco Department, Sacsayhuaman, Parade Of Women Offering Food At Inti Raymi. Inca Walls Behind.

Mali, West Africa, Kondou Village. Dogon men wearing traditional colored grass clothes and wooden masks, perform a traditional mask dance.

SA, Peru, Sacsayhuaman. Performers at Inti Raymi Festival (MR)

Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Sanga. Sanga village dancers re-enact aspects of the Dogon people's creation story through dances, with masks being an important element of this ritual.

Moomal - Mahendra Competition , Desert Festival 2004 , Jaisalmer , Rajasthan , India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

Naga baba Hindu saint shiv das giri in Kumbh mela, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India MR 707A Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

The Matachines Dances Preformed By Both Pueblo Indians And Hispanos Of New Mexico.

Oceania, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Legong Dance. (Editorial Usage Only)

Thailand, Bangkok, Thai boys in Chinese character costume in dance troupe with firecrackers exploding at local temple.

The holiday Northern aboriginal Koryak was Hololo

Indian, Anishinabe Days, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Canada, British Columbia, Kwakiutl, Bird Dance Of The Native Indian Kwakiutl Tribe

Asia, China, Tibet, Lhasa. Tibetan prayer

Toba Batak ceremony, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Quechua dancers and musicians

Altar servers wearing red clothing and pointed hoods talking during Easter Week celebrations in Baeza, Jaen Province, Andalusia, Spain

North American Indian Days, Pow Wow, Montana, USA, 1986 PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Tibetan dance performance. Zhongdian. Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Yunnan Province. CHINA

Fresno el Viejo (Valladolid), 03/29/2018. Youth Living Via Crucis will celebrate the 32nd performance in which its young people perform "The Way to the Cross." Photo: Heras. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/12/2014. Nativity scene in the Royal palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik. Folk dancers in traditional costumes.

Bengali Women Performing Dhunuchi Dance On The Occasion Of Durga Puja

Priests dousing worshippers with alcohol.

Local Temple, Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, North West India

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