Monastic Life and Festivals

Images capturing the spirit of monastic life, including young monks and traditional cultural festivals, highlighting vibrant attire and community participation.

Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala. Indigenous Guatemalans in the city market
Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala. Indigenous Guatemalans in the city market
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Myanmar/Burma, Mandalay Region, Mandalay, Inwa. A young novice monk studies religious texts at Bagaya Kyaung, a monastery built entirely of teak in the 1830s.
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Kosrae, Micronesia (FSM). Micronesian women dressed in white lace singing four part choral harmony during church service. (Editorial Use Only)
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Funeral, death or child with family or flower for farewell service, mourning person or grief. Cemetery, goodbye or kid grieving with sorrow or mother in graveyard for burial, memorial or ceremony
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Cuba, Sancti Spiritus Province, Trinidad, Casa Templo de Santeria Yemaya, Santeria temple with religious doll
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Young child behind lit candle
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Sri Lanka, Arambegama, Portrait of young novice monk after having had his head shaved during ordination ceremony.
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Yakushi-ji is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan
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Traditional dressed boy at a church service in Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific
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NAGA or snake washing fountain. Legend is that the Newars came from Naga People - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL
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Mother Teresa with East Pakistani now Bangladesh refugee at Tripura, India December 1971 NO MR Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox
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India, Varanasi, Sarnath temple, archaeological site, pilgrims
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A Mezuzah at the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron
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Portrait of asian muslim girl taking selfies on rubber forest
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A little girl is ringing a bell (part of the prayer ritual) at the 2,500 years old Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon), the largest city in Myanmar.
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Sanctuary of Fatima. Portugal. 70's.
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1960s SMILING AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITTLE GIRL IN CHURCH PRAYING WEARING WHITE GLOVES KNEELING STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN BACKGROUND
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South Asian Indian bald boy in thread ceremony, India MR 515 Copyright: xSanghamitra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Young Buddhist monk, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Burma, Myanmar, Asia
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Hari Raya Eid Al-Fitr concept. Muslim family, children received money packet as blessing, Hari Raya Eid Al-Fitr concept. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 15307520 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released
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Mexico, Oaxaca Family posed in front of altar (Editorial Usage Only)
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Nuns in a nunnery, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia
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San Lorenzo in Lucina basilica, Rome, Italy. Nativity, newborn Jesus.
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Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Boy dressed in purple robes carrying incense during the Semana Santa Holy Week Easter procession. (Editorial Use Only)
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Lighting incense, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
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A young MEXICAN girl visits a grave during the DEAD OF THE DEAD - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO
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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,
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Hunayun's tomb, New Delhi, India
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Guatemala, Antiqua, In observance of Lent the Catholic celebrations leading to Holy Week images of Jesus and the Holy Virgin are carried from their churches through the city.
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Girl holding a crucifix
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Franciscan sister holding an orphan at nursery and kindergarten run by Catholic nuns, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa
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Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay. A father and son apply gold leaf to the Maha Muni Buddha.
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Smiling boy in Saint George's abbey . Saint Martin de Boscherville. France.
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South Asian Indian bald boy in thread ceremony, India MR 515 Copyright: xSanghamitra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Good Friday Easter Parade in Santa Eulalia del Rio Ibiza They start from Puig de Missa church that gives name to an architectural ensemble situated situated on a hilltop and walk down through this coastal Mediterranean village
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little blonde boy praying
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Little angel praying
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Phuoc Hue buddhist pagoda. Giant gold reclining sleeping Buddha statue with children. Vietnam.
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The Capuchin Crypt of Palermo, Le Catacombe dei Cappuccini, extensive crypt complex under the Capuchin monastery in Palermo and, with its natural mummies, one of the most famous burial sites in the world, public domain Photo of the mummy of Rosalia Lombardo, 1820, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century master copy, Europe
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Little Asian boy prays holding a cross and a religious book, Christian concept, 4K resolution.
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Antigua Guatemala, departamento de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, Central America.
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Girl lighting a devotional candle at Notre-Dame de Paris or Notre-Dame Cathedral, Ile de la Cite, 4th Arrondissement, Paris, France, Europe
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Macae Garcia, 2, looks at the citation for his father's Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, memorial ceremony at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay chapel Jan. 14, 2011. Macae's father, Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman gave his life trying to save an Afghan policeman drowning in Afghanistans Helmand River July 18, 2010. The memorial ceremony honored the lives of Wrightsman and 1st Lt. Scott J. Fleming, who both died supporting combat operations during 3/3's recent Afghanistan deployment.
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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,
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First Holy Communion of Little Girl
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Eastern religious person walking across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California
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little girl in baptism dress
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Simchat Torah Bnei Brak Israel
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Semana Santa Holy Week celebrations, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, Europe
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Seated woman wearing a mask in Saint Nicholas catholic church, Brussels, Belgium.
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Holy Communion Bible
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Angels at christmas christmastime
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Little Guest in the Moon Palace, Chinese Communist Propaganda
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Child as a christmas angel
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Baby girl dressed as an angel
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Lighting a candle, The Good Death procession, Cathedral of Jaen, Spain, Europe
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South Asian Indian girl dressed as sunflower performing fancy dress competition on stage in nursery school MR Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotox
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Ouro Preto Processions
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mahakaleshwar shiva temple 12 jyotirlinga, ujjain, madhya pradesh, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox