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Religious Art and Cultural Rituals

A collection of religious figures, puppetry, and traditional attire from various cultures. Captures the essence of spirituality and cultural heritage through vibrant colors and diverse styles.

Puppeteer. Bagan. Myanmar.

Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Priest with cross

Jesus raising the tax coin and throws it on the floor, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week: "La Macarena" at the "La Madrugá" procession

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Sep. 30, 2022) Evarista Irby represents Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota during the Damas del Rosario coronation ceremony in Rota, Spain, Sep. 30, 2022. Naval Station Rota sustains the fleet, enables the fighter and supports the family by conducting air operations, port operations, ensuring security and safety, assuring quality of life and providing the core services of power, water, fuel and information technology.

Saudi Arabia, Tabuk Province, Tayma. Historical reenactors at the ancient oasis town. (Editorial Use Only)

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Young Uzbek woman in traditional black dress and gold veil. (Editorial Use Only)

Malta, Qormi; A man dressed as a Roman General during the Good Friday processions.

Jordan, Ancient Nabataean city of Petra. Guards dressed in ancient attire, costume detail.

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Gers(32) Valence-sur-Baise, Flaran abbey

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Lalibela, eastern group of rock-hewn churches, priest at Bet Emmanuel, Emmanuel Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Baile des Cossiers. Pollença.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Azerbaijan, Near Baku, Atashgah Temple (Zoroastrian Temple), Women In Traditional Clothing

Monastery of the Order of the Hospitallers, Acre

Swiss Guard, Vatican City

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; "cofradía" de Monte-Sión brotherhood procession; child with cross

Living procession of princes at the Fuerstenzug in Dresden

PHOTO:JEFF GILBERT 06th May 2023 King Charles III Coronation inside Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; "La Madrugada"(friday early morning); "La Esperanza de Triana" brotherhood procession; "Cristo de las 3 caídas" sculpture

adoracion de Cristo y ofrenda de cirios, Iglesia de la Sang, Iglesia del Hospital General de Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, España.

MEXICAN woman with black mantilla during EASTER PROCESSION - TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Blood and elaborate make-up are used to add realism to parishioners playing the role of Jesus Christ during the annual Good Friday Pageant at St. Francis Assisi in Toronto, Ontario

Bride and groom, bridal couple kneeling before the alter and the minister at their wedding in Douala, Cameroon, Africa

A member of the Swiss Guard unlocks a door leading to the Sistine Chapel as Chief of Protocol Monsignor Jose Bettancourt gives U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a tour of the Vatican during a visit to Vatican City and Rome, Italy, on January 14, 2014.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Renaissance Fair

Zombie girl in the ancient house

King, Europe, e, costume, procession, holy three kings, Epiphany, Christianity, customs, Altea, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Purim festival in Jerusalem

Costumed tour guides explain exhibits in the Brothers Grimm House Museum, Steinau an der Straße, Spessart-Mainland, Hesse, Germany

Deranged bride with a doll in abandoned place. Inspired by the traditional American legend of la llorona (the weeping woman)

An Orthodox priest blesses the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for April 20 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Duomo, Santa Maria del Fiore, Florenz, Toscana, Italien Pferd und die Droschke vor Baptisterium Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgnacyxPILCHx 21641792

The nun and the little monk

Archbishop Wichmann from Magdeburg at the inauguration of Monument for the Magdeburg Law on 17 12 2024 in Magdeburg 108915278

Incense waving altar boy (Boswellia sacra)

Boy Wearing Purple As A Sign Of Mourning At The Procession Of The Holy Cross On Good Friday In Antigua Guatemala, Sacatep

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, collegiate church Stams, prince's crypt

Swiss Guard at the Vatican gates, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Back from Sinterklaas Back side from Dutch Sinterklaas isolated over white ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7227001 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; "cofradía" de Las Cigarreras brotherhood procession

Circumcision day, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Swami shri gopal sharan devacharya ji maharaj with cow, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Man Depicting A Bible Character

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week (saturday); "Los Servitas" brotherhood procession; acolytes

Clergyman, Athens, Greece , Clergy. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

MEXICAN GIRL throws flowers during EASTER PROCESSION commencing at TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Europe, Malta; Christ lying on his mother,during a street peagant, Good Friday week. Tarxien, Malta

Dimonis - devils -, Blessed festivals, linked to the beatification of Sister Caterina Tomàs, Santa Margalida town, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

A priest performing mass in front of a gold alter inside the Catedral Metropolitana located on the central square, the zocalo, Mexico.

Brightly colored uniforms of Swiss Guard at Vatican City, center of Catholic Church, Rome, Italy, Europe

African American woman dressed in traditional clothing. isolated on white background.

King with a red beard wearing a crown, Epiphany, Three Wise Men wearing costumes to celebrate a religious festival, Albir, Altea, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Guard at the Ceremonial changing of the guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Man in an Arabian costume

Living image, tableaux vivants, the Burning Bush, Oberammergau Passion Play 2010, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

Palermo, Sicily, Italy A young woman art restorer works on a bust of Christ inside the Carmine Maggiore Church.

Tac Say Church, also known as Father Diep Church. Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep was a famous Vietnamese Catholic priest killed in 1946. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

Man In Temple

Oversized figures, Parade of the Giants, Giants and Cabezudos, Fiesta, Festival de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Hondarribia, near Irun, Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

canto de La Sibila, Carmen Jaime, iglesia del Convent de Sant Bonaventura, llucmajor, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

A character dressed in Roman costume reads from a scroll before a gigantic book

Passion Play Oberammergau 2022, Crucified Jesus and the criminals Dysmas and Gestas, Jesus performer Rochus Rueckel, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The ritual of the Good friday covens, Cilento, Campania, Italy

Sengedorj, N., throat singer (MR)

Sultan of Agadez on his throne in his palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agadez, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Figure of a Crusader Knight. The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Islamic rule.

Men taking a rest during the Good Friday processions in the streets of Erice, province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe

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

Kneeling monk in front of a nun

Telephone apparatus, 1890. Vaggapparat delivered to Christiania telephone society. The device is equipped with the foreman islands patented microphone with shaking device.

Greece, Patmos, Chora, Monastery of Saint John. Three Greek Orthodox monks gather in quiet discussion.

Marshal of Order of Templars at banquet

Madrid. 05/22/2004. The Princes being received by a band of pipers to the sound of the Anthem of Asturias.

Italy, Tuscany. Siena. Palio Of Siena. Display Of Flags. Contada Of The Shell.

State of Vatican City, Holy See, 2022-04-15. Easter Ceremony in St Peter's Square in the presence of Pope Francis. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Etat de la Cite du Vatican, Saint-Siege, le 2022-04-15. Ceremonie de Paques sur la Place Saint-Pierre en presence du Pape Francois. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Elk203-1677v Canada, British Columbia, Castlegar, Doukhobor Museum, exhibit

Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Anthony. Viking actor in traditional attire.

Patriarch Pavle performs liturgy at Holy Mother of God Church in Zemun, Belgrade.

Pentecostes Festival held annually in May, Ollantaytambo, Peru. (Editorial Usage Only)

Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Como, Baradello castle historical reenactment.

Genie

Jesus and his mother Mary, scene, performance, Passion Plays, Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

guard of honor, Festa De L'Estandart, civic-religious festival in the Christian conquest of the city is commemorated by King Jaume I on December 31, 1229. Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe.

Sicily, Trapani, Good Friday mystery procession La Processione dei Misteri, groups accompany the procession with the mysteries

Monk in frock

Georgia, Mtskheta City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sveti Tskhoveli Cathedral, priest,

Passion Play Oberammergau 2022, Deposition of Jesus and Lamentation, Jesus actor Rochus Rueckel, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tableau Vivant, Italian Procession, July, Clerkenwell, London, Uk

A nun kneels in front of a monk and asks for forgiveness

The Samaritan Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim

Living image, the Ten Commandments and the dance around the golden calf, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sicily, Trapani, Good Friday mystery procession La Processione dei Misteri, groups accompany the procession with the mysteries, boy with a red pillow on the nails of the cross of Christ, symbolic

A parishioner dressed for the role of Jesus during the annual Good Friday Pageant at St. Francis Assisi in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A traditional Moroccan carpet salesman shows off his wares in the souq in the old medina of Tangier.

WE HAVE A POPE (2011) -Original title: HABEMUS PAPAM-, directed by NANNI MORETTI.

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