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Traditional Asian Rituals and Dance

Vibrant images of cultural rituals and performances across Asia, showcasing colorful attire and ceremonial practices in various settings.

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Balinese Legong Dancer.

Polynesian style ceremonies, traditional costumes and dancing, Rarotonga Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific, Pacific

A Buddhist woman who is going to visit the beautiful pagoda in Myanmar.

Two Jain Sadhvis lady monks in white saris at Conference, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

Kanchipuram silk woven by weaver Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu India NO MR Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Bhutan, Haa Tshechu. Black Hat Dance.

Tibet. Man Selling Religious Flags And Wheels.

Highlands tribeswoman preparing for Sing Sing Festival, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Tropical dancers perform traditional Hawaiian dances.

Toledo, 03/24/2016. Holy Week, Good Friday. Christ of the Expiration. Photo: Ana Pérez Herrera Archdc.

Africa, Ethiopia, An Harari girl in wedding attire. Unlike Muslims elsewhere, Harari women love bright clothes and are seen in public without face veils.

China,Hong Kong,Hollywood Road,Interior of Man Mo Temple

Burning incense at Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Africa, Gabon, Estuaire Region, Libreville Capital, During A Syncretic Bwiti Ceremony

Pooja integrants, India Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Visitors at Bihari Temple during Holi festival, Vrindaban, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Mexico, Guanajuato, San Miguel De Allende, Children Re-Enacting Stations Of The Cross On Easter Friday.

Two dancers in traditional Thai classical dance costume, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

India, Kerala, Thrissur, 'Theyyam Dancer In A Red Costume And Painted Face, At The Great Elephant March Festival.'

Immersion of goddess in river godavari at Ramghat, Nasik, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

ASIA, India, Jaiselmer, Women sitting in a Cenotaph; open-air temple like memorial (MR)

Thailand, Phuket. Thai Village traditional folkloric show, Thai drummer.

Indian Wedding Ritual by Tourists, Jai Mahal Palace Hotel, Jaipur, India

Khampa crowd gathers for the Cham dances at Katok Monastery - Kham, (Eastern, Tibet), Sichuan, China

Sigd yearly celebration by Jewish Ethiopian community, on November 14, 2012; Jerusalem, Israel

Trichurpooram pooram, decorative ornaments, trichur, Kerala, india Copyright: xPxMistry/DinodiaxPhotox

Indonesia, Bali, Balinese woman sewing, outside of Ubud

Holy Week, Antigua, Guatemala.

Woman praying in Elijah´s Cave Synagogue in Haifa, Israel, Middle East

Thimphu, Bhutan - 28 September 2025: View of a woman in traditional attire stands near a whitewashed wall adorned with vibrant green and gold accents, the shadows dancing across her face.

Vietnam, Tay Ninh Province, Adherants At Prayer In Cao Dai Temple

Matina Shakya, Kumari o diosa viviente. Kumari Ghar o casa de la diosa viviente. Patan.Kathmandú, Nepal, Asia.

Blacksmith, Axoum, Ethiopia, Africa

India, Tibetan Buddhist Monks, Vajrakilaya Ceremony Sakya Trizin Monastary.

India, Delhi. Musician from Rajasthan performing with puppeteer at the Crafts Museum.

Turkey, Cappadocia. Whirling Dervishes (Mevlevi Order, Sunni sect of Islam) perform a trance ceremony of ritual whirling dance (Sema), an act of love and faith. Induces feeling of soaring and ecstasy.

USA Montana, Crow Indian reservation, Crow Agency, Crow Fair, Pow Wow, female dancer Crow Agency PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Mexico, Guanajuato state, San Miguel. Casa de la Cuesta, a six bedroom bed & breakfast, where each room is decorated in Mexican folk art located in the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende. (Editorial Usage Only)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

India, Rajastan, Jaipur, at Hawa Mahal, ´Palace of the Winds´, handcrafted puppets

Matina Shakya, Kumari or living goddess Kumari Ghar home or living goddess of Patan Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

LAOS, LUANG PRABANG, LA RESIDENCE PHOU VAO, HOTEL, BACI CEREMONY

Misfat Al Abriyeen mud village. Oman. (MR)

Buddhist worshippers praying at Wat Phnom.

Prem Dan home of missionaries of charity for mentally ill and elderly poor NO MR Copyright: xSajalxBose/DinodiaxPhotox

Procession on a carpet of flowers with clouds of incense

Quechua dancers and musicians

Fire bath of Indian sadhu

Alicante 7/28/2012 Moors and Christians Landing Villajoyosa Photo Juan Carlos Soler archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Hawaii, Big Island, Merrie Monarch Festival, Side view of kane kahiko hula in row, men with arms in air

Prayer Flags In An Old Town Alley; Zhongdian, Yunnan, China

Nepal, Annapurna Region, Larjung, Circuit Trek. Red Painted Animal Totem Representing The God Of The Gauchan Clan Of The Thakalis During The Lha Phewa Festival In Larjung Village

They are known, variously, as sadhus (saints, or 'good ones'), yogis (ascetic practitioners), fakirs (ascetic seeker after the Truth) and sannyasins (wandering mendicants and ascetics). They are the ascetic - and often eccentric - practitioners of an austere form of Hinduism. Sworn to cast off earthly desires, some choose to live as anchorites in the wilderness. Others are of a less retiring disposition, especially in the towns and temples of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. If the Vale of Kathmandu seems to boast more than its share of sadhus and yogis, this is because of the number and importance of Hindu temples in the region. The most important temple of Vishnu in the valley is Changunarayan, and here the visitor will find many Vaishnavite ascetics. Likewise, the most important temple for followers of Shiva is the temple at Pashupatinath. Vishnu, also known as Narayan, can be identified by his four arms holding a sanka (sea shell), a chakra (round weapon), a gada (stick-like weapon) and a

South Korea, Religion, Shamanism, Female Mudang Whose Role Is To Act As An Intermediary Between The Living And Spirit Worlds In Trance.

Young girl with traditional Burmese holding bowl of rice on the hand at beautiful golden pagoda in Myanmar

shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm 'He maketh me to lie down in green pasures' 1946, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Bjp leaders and members on stage, mumbai, maharashtra, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Members Of Bohra Community Seeking Blessing From Religious Leader, Syedna, India

Naga Sadhu and his chela disciple Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Vintage Photograph. Bustling traditional market in front of a historic church.

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Maha Bodhi Tree complex. Brought as a cutting from a bodhi tree in India under which Buddha found Enlightenment.

Elephant with painted head and trunk, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Text of Indian prayers on rock

Men priests call ancestral spirits to enter their bodies during Ngurek ritual, Kuningan, Pura Gunung Sari Temple, Denpasar, Bali.

Indonesia, Bali, Candikuning. Woman carries food offerings on heads to be blessed at Hindu temple ceremony (Editorial Usage Only)

Garba Festival Copyright: xBrijeshxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Israel, Jerusalem, Church Of The Holy Sepulchre

Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Lighting Lamp Beside Bo Tree During Wesak Festival.

Quan Am Phat Dai buddhist temple. Woman praying. Incense stick. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

Washer man dhobi drying colourful clothes at bank of Gomati river, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Quechua dancers and musicians

Indonesia, Bali. Balinese dancers in costume on stairway. (MR)

Yakan bride with traditional skin decoration, Basilan Island, Philippines.

Cuba, Havana. Iglesia del Espiritu Santo, Holy Spirit Church. (Editorial Use Only)

Oriental attendant second half 18th century Italian, Naples In 1964, Loretta Hines Howard generously presented to the Museum over 140 Neapolitan crèche figures, dating from the second half of the eighteenth century. The varied assortment includes figures from the three traditional scenes of a complete Neapolitan presepio: the Nativity, with angels, shepherds, and sheep; the procession of the three Magi, with their colorful retinue of attendants; and the varied and gay crowd of country and town people thronging the tavern, or inn, of Bethlehem the diversorium mentioned by St. Luke, where on the Holy Night there was no place for Mary and Joseph. Averaging between twelve and fifteen inches in height, according to the position they were to take in perspective in the stage set, the figures are pliable and can be given poses at will, according to their facial expressions. Their bodies are made of tow and wire, their arms and legs are finely carved of wood, and their heads and shoulders are

Mexican Folk Dancers At El Rancho De Las Golondrinas That Is A Living History Museum Of 18Th Century Spanish Colonial New Mexico.

Seville, 01/05/2024. Parade of the Three Wise Men. Photo: Manuel Gómez. Archsev.

Galaxy Steam Bath at Spa Botanica at the Sentosa Resort and Spa, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Colombia, Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Ika, Ika Mortuary Rites Being Performed In The Rio Guatapuri Valley For Three Ika Leaders Murdered By Right-Wing Paramilitaries Linked To The Colombian Army. Arhuaco Aruaco Indigenous Tribe Mourning Funeral Death American Colombia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino Religion South America Arhuaco Aruaco Indigenous Tribe Mourning Funeral Death American Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino Religion South America 3 Religious

India, Sikkim, Buddhist Yellow Hat Monk in a Losar procession.

Female devotees share Sindur, red holy powder with each other at the Lakshmi narayan temple for the good of the family on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali new year in Agartala. Tripura, India.

Yonna dance, also called Chichamaya, carries a considerable symbolic charge for the Wayuu indigenous people of Colombia, representing three basic principles for this tribal group: Social equality, collective solidarity and the improvement of relations between the human being and the Cosmos.

Whirling Dervishes: Men twirl in long whit robes as a part of a traditional Turkish Sema (ceremony).

Tinh That Quan Am Pagoda. Buddhist offerings. Dalat. Vietnam.

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904). French painter. Player in the Mosque, 1871. Scene interior mosque of 'Amr in Cairo, 7th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. Usa.

Laotian wedding

Tibetan house interior. Zhongdian. Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Yunnan Province. China

Whirling dervish performance in Silvrikapi Meylana cultural center

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Woman Worshipper At Small Temple With Food Offerings

Washing of the feet, 1937 Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem, Israel

Dogon men in costume stilt dance during the Dama celebration in Youdiou, Mali

India, Religion, Christian / Hindu, Framed Pictures Of Hindu And Christian Iconography Hung With Marigold Flower Garlands.

Narayanganj, Bangladesh - 15 November 2019: Aerial view of colourful cloth hanged at the thread in a public laundry in Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Thai girl presenting offerings to a spirit house, Bangkok, Thailand

India, Udaipur, Rajasthan,Uberoi Udai Vilas Hotel, man doing yoga

Traveler in Brahmavihara Arama buddhist temple in Bali.

The Samaritans of Nablus, Middle East (Shechhem) Samaritan school 1900, West Bank, Nablus, Middle East

Pilgrim celebrating Meskel Festival at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Durga goddess statue on ghat, hooghly river, west bengal, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Indian woman wearing traditional sari at The Jaswant Thada, a Jodhpur architectural landmark. The monument is built entirely out of intricately carved sheets of marble by Sardar Singh in 1899 in memory of Maharja Jaswant Singh II.

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