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Spiritual Practices and Artisanship

Visuals depicting traditional crafts and spiritual practices, highlighting sacred sites, artisans creating religious carvings, and elements of animistic beliefs.

Inside Tent. Sami People. Laplander. North Cape. Honningsvag.

A kitchen decorated with the Our Lady of Guadalupe image in "Tepetlixpa Seed Bank", created by Tomas Villanueva Buendia "Tomaicito" to protect and rescue the original varieties of

Women in Matate, Moki Pueblos, Hopi Indian, Arizona, USA, Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Israel. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Calvary Chapel. Calvary's stone.

An Idol artist preparing a Durga Idol ahead of Durga puja festival. Durga Puja is the main religious and cultural festival for Hindus which is celebrated in Bangladesh with great enthusiasm, colour festivity, and religious attitude. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

People celebrating holi at Barpeta Satra Namghar, amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Barpeta, Assam, India on Monday, 29 March 2021. Barpeta Satra is a well-known sattra situated at Barpeta in the Indian state of Assam. It was established by vaishnavite saint Madhabdeva.

Teens praying

A monk works in the field at Our Lady of Solitude monastery in Atotonilco, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico's Guanajuato state.

Chouwara tanning and dyeing district, Fez El Bali, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco

Legba voodoo protection outside a house. Togoville. Togo.

Mexico, Yucatan. Colorful cemetery with statues, paintings, and family tombs.

MEDJUGORJE, LA PELICULA (2021), directed by JESUS GARCIA COLOMER and BORJA MARTINEZ-ECHEVARRIA.

lighting bundles of incense sticks with red candles, pilgrims, China, Asien

China, Xinjiang Province, Altai Region, Kazakh Baby In Crib Inside Kigizuy Or Yurt.

the Stone of Anointing Jerusalem

sacrificio de pollos, zoco de Marrakech, Marruecos, norte de Africa, continente africano.

Dani Mann lighting a fire in the traditional way, Baliem Valley, West Papua, Indonesia, Asia

Akodessewa fetish market, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Krampuslauf or Perchtenlauf during advent in Munich, an old tradition taking place during Christmas in the Bavarian Alps, Austria and South Tyrol, Germany.

A man preparing potatos in the manufacture of arra in Ura in the Bumthang, Valley of Bhutan

Ethiopia, Lalibela. A tourist explores one of the ancient passages carved into the solid rock of Lalibela. (MR)

Egyptian civilization. Model portraying everyday scene from tomb of Meketra at Deir el-Bahari

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina. Close-up shot of Abese Number Five, an Asafo Post that represents the role of the navy throughout Elmina's history.

Japan, Buddhism, Shoes Left Outside Steps Of Monastery.

Slaves, slave trade, city, old town, memorial cities, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Myanmar, Bagan, Mandalay Division, Little Buddhist monk sitting on ox carriage

Lalibelas rock_hewn churches are arguably Ethiopias top attraction, Bet Medhane Alem Saviour of the World is the largest rock_hewn church in the world...

The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Josefov district is one of the most historically significant Jewish cemeteries in Europe. It contains over 12, 000 gravestones and presumably the remains of 100, 000 people, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Sand art at Puri beach Orissa India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Wampanoag man dressed in traditional clothing after European contact stands in front of a bark covered Longhouse at the Hobbamock's (Wampanoag Indian) Homesite on the Plimoth Plantation, MA

Asia, Singapore, Thaipusam. Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple.

Africa, Ethiopia, South Omo, Mago National Park, Mursi woman with body painting in village

TOGO Dapaong traditional cemetery of the MOBA tribe in PLIGOU

Boy nose to nose with a carved wooden ki'i, Place of Refuge, Hawaii

plant dyes for traditional Quechua weaving

Witch doctor, Eldoret, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Stonetown,Zanzibar,Africa;Statues of slaves

Canada, Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows. Norstead Viking Village, replica of Chieftain's Hall, interior.

Israel, Jerusalem, Western Wall or Wailing Wall with prayers slips

hindu sanyasi, india NO MR Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Navajo

Laos, Luang Nam Tha Province, nr. Muang Sing, Oudom Sinh. Often wearing turbans and black or red scarves, significant populations of the Yao ethnic group are found in northern Laos as well as China, Vietnam and Thailand.

Lalibela, eastern group of rock-hewn churches, pilgrims praying at the Prayer of Abba Lebanon, Abba Lebanon Church, House of Father Lebanon, Ethiopia, Africa

Teenage girl praying at Western Wall, Old City, Israel

cosido de los enbutidos,matanza tradicional del cerdo, llucmajor,Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

North America, Mexico, Chiapas, Naha, Selva Lacandona. The last Lacandon Mayan shaman.

Dancers at Native Zulu Tribe at Shakaland Center South Africa (MR)

A dead bird put into a cross of a grave at the Cayambe cemetery in the highlands of Ecuador near Quito.

Greek Orthodox pilgrims at the Jordan river

connector in Bavaria a Popular Tradition on Ash Wednesday or Good Friday 10471051

Adivasi From Mokhada Performing Acrobatics On The Beats Of The Drum During The Religious Procession At Court Naka, Thane, Maharashtra, India

In September 2018, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, announced the discovery of an 18th dynasty tomb, in Draa Abul-Naga, a burial site for noblemen on the left bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. the tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C. The burial chamber has a niche at one end, which holds a statue of Amenemhat who sits on a chair next to his wife, Amenhotep. The Eighteenth Dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC, a period noted for some of the most well known Pharaohs, including Tutankhamen and Ramses II. The chamber has two burial shafts. In one, archaeologists found sarcophagi and remains dating from the later 21st and 22nd Dynasties. Those included the remains of a woman and her two grown children. She showed signs of bacterial bone disease and cavities. The other shaft contains funerary masks and statues depicting the goldsmith's family. The tomb hoses deteriorated mummies with their skul

Traditional medicine.

Myanmar, Burma, Kyaikhtuyo, Kyaiktiyo pagoda, Buddhist temple, Golden Rock, Monk

Stonemason chiseling at the base of a stone lamp, Ohara near Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia

Carmona Easter Holy Week Andalusia Spain

Skulls with horns hanging from a wall

Person Playing Mridangam Person Playing Mridangam, Pakhawaj, belongs to the percussion family, Kerala, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/YogeshxMorex 5731875

A man is performing padmasana, lotus position, swimming in the holy waters of the river Godwari, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Kalasha shepherds, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Asia

Thread ceremony yajnopavita in itadi near Modasa Sabarkantha Gujarat India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Bald headed pilgrim, varanasi, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Egypt, Bahariya Oasis, Valley of the Golden Mummies, Nasry Iskander inspects Mr. X mummy in tent

North America, United States, Alaska, Ketchikan, Saxman Native Village. Saxman Carving Center. Demonstration of how totem poles are carved by hand. (Editorial Usage Only)

Maundy Thursday celebration in St Elias maronite church, Bdadoun, Lebanon. Priest washing children's feet

Foot of a holy statue at the Manuhatemple, Pagan, Bagan, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

A dead bird put into a cross of a grave at the Cayambe cemetery in the highlands of Ecuador near Quito.

Sylhet, Bangladesh - 14 April 2025: View of a performer in vivid body paint and a colorful mask lies prone on the dark earth, a stark contrast against the dim light.

New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua. The Tamaki Experience - a welcoming ceremony at a cultural show where visitors can enjoy an indepth Maori experience in a living museum.

Bible Pix - Amish Color, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Devotee carrying Gangajal Shibratri Sultanganj Uttar Pradesh India Asia Copyright: xPradipxBarrai/DinodiaxPhotox

Family members with municipal workers bury a body of a person who died of COVID-19 coronavirus disease, at a graveyard in Guwahati.

Blowing giant horn at Ganden Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

The make-up of the Kathakali character Jayantha is being applied, Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Name Maria etched into an agave, at the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East, Asia

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