Traditional Bhutanese Festivals

Vibrant scenes from Bhutan's traditional festivals, showcasing masked dancers and performers in colorful attire, celebrating cultural heritage through dance.

Bhutan, Punakha Dzong. Punakha Drubchen Festival, masked dancers. (Editorial Use Only)

Mongolia, , General - people, Traditional dance

Cultural program in republic day parade Calcutta Kolkata West Bengal India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Miss Songkran Beauty Pageant Songkran Water Festival New Year Celebration Chiang Mai Thailand SE Asia

LEH, INDIA, SEPTEMBER 08, 2012: Dancers in traditional Ladakhi Tibetan costumes perform warlike dance at the Annual Festival of Ladakh Heritage in Leh, India. September 08, 2012

Thimphu, Bhutan - 28 September 2025: View of vibrant crowds gather before the ornate, geometrically patterned doorway of a traditional Bhutanese building.

Women of the Samdom tribe with traditional headdress at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Thailand, Ubon Ratchathani,Candle Festival, Dancers. (Editorial Usage Only)

USA, Washington, Seattle. Japanese-Americans dance in Bon Odon festival at Buddhist Temple

Mask dancers, Hemis Festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Vietnam. Traditional dragon dance. Performed all over the country as part of Tet, to chase evil spirits away and invite good spirits.

Men performing folk dance, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

The Naxi or Nakhi are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Naxi are thought to have come originally from Tibet and, until recently, maintained overland trading links with Lhasa and India. The Naxi form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Naxi are traditionally followers of the Dongba religion. Through both Han Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, they adopted Tibetan Buddhism and, to a lesser extent, Taoism, in the 10th century. The Old Town of Lijiang dates back more than 800 years and was once an important town on the old Tea Horse Road.

Guizhou, China. Portrait of posing group of Hundred Bird Miao villagers in traditional costumes. (Editorial Use Only)

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - Marriage ceremony celebrations at Daguanyuan Grand View Garden. The performance is taken from the life of an imperial family described in the well-known Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions by a Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin.

Folk Dance (snake charmer dance) , Pushkar , Rajasthan , India

LEH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 08, 2012: Dancers in traditional Ladakhi Tibetan costumes perform warlike dance at the Annual Festival of Ladakh Heritage in Leh, India. September 08, 2012

Monks of the black cap order, Tshurpu Convent near Lhasa, Tibet

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - Marriage ceremony celebrations at Daguanyuan Grand View Garden.

Ecuador, Pinchincha Province, Quito. Procession during Holy Week (Semana Santa) on the Tuesday before Easter called Entrada de los Jocheros

Buddhist monk in colourful costume waiting to take part in traditional dance at the Tamshing Phala Choepa Tsechu, near Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

A masked dancer performs during the Santa Rosa de Lima Festival in Llamay, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Asia, China, Guizhou Province, Guyang Area, Gulong Village, Lusheng Festival, Miao minority

Asia, China, Yangtze River. River boat Zigui folk show - Dynasty fashion, female performer dressed in traditional attire. (Editorial Usage Only)

Indonesia, Bali. Gamelan is traditional Indonesian ensemble music made up predominantly of percussive instruments played by mallets as well as a set of hand played drums called kendhang. (Editorial Use Only)

Cham dance (mask dance), Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Asia, China, Guizhou Province, Guyang Area, Gulong Village, Lusheng Festival, Miao minority

India, Ladakh, Leh, Tibetan ceremony in Shanti Stupa with Tibetan monks and Tibetan traditional dances

Archer Preparing To Shoot, Khuruthang Bhutan

Chinese Girls at the Chinese Thanksgiving festival in traditional clothing. (Editorial Usage Only)

SPAIN - L´Alcoià (district) - Valencia autonomous region - Alicante. Alcoy, Fiesta de "Moros y Cristianos" (moorish and christians); "moorish" soldiers

Cham dance (Mask dance), Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park is an entertainment center of Bali history.

USA, Washington, Seattle, Laotian New Year celebration (Editorial Usage Only)

The restaurant staff of the Bai Jia Da Yuan Restaurant in Beijing, China dressed in historic costumes.

Meskwaki Nation 100th Annual Pow Wow.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Shillong, Meghalaya, circa April 2012: Young boy wears red turban with feather and traditional costume with ornaments at Shad Suk Mynsiem Festival in Shillong, Meghalaya. Documentary editorial

Traditionally dressed girls from the Hillmiri tribe near Daporjio, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India, India, Asia

Artists hand painting decorative umbrellas in village of Bo Sang, near Chiang Mai, Thailand (Editorial Usage Only)

Artists perform Sattriya dance during Sangeet Natak Akademi's Sattriya Dance Festival "Nritya Parva" in Guwahati, Assam, India on 17 November 2023. The annual Nritya Parva festival in Guwahati showcased the splendid bounty of Sattriya dance.

Traditional Vietnamese musicians, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

LEH, INDIA, SEPTEMBER 08, 2012: Dancers in traditional Ladakhi Tibetan costumes perform warlike dance at the Annual Festival of Ladakh Heritage in Leh, India. September 08, 2012

Vietnam, , General, Traditional Vietnamese Lotus Dance

Dancers preparing for a performance for Language Month at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar which was celebrated with an alphabet procession in Sylhet. Dignitaries including brave freedom fighters, journalists, cultural personalities, poets, literary figures and educationists participated in the procession. Sammilita Natya Parishad Sylhet has been organizing Varnamala procession on the first day of February for the last 10 years. The procession was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Sheikh Russell Hasan and Sylhet Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury was the chief guest. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Yingge Dance, native dance of Chaozhou and Shatou dating from the Yuan Dynasty, performed at parade in Puning City, Guangdong Province, China

India, Ladakh, Leh, Tibetan ceremony in Shanti Stupa with Tibetan monks and Tibetan traditional dances

Jakar, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of monks, adorned in deep maroon robes, gracefully dancing in a Dzong, their movements echoing through the shadows and light.

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Antigua, Guatemala. Holy Week processions.

Kastong Monastery, Cholling Gompa, Dirang Dzong (Old Dirang), Arunachal Pardesh, northeast India, three giggling Monpa Tribe girls (MR) in traditional dress

Aboriginal dance troupe, Toroko Gorge, Taiwan

Mask dancers, Hemis Festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Three Akha girls in a mountain village, in traditional costume and headdress, bamboo huts with thatched roofs at back, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Colorful dancers perform a dance during the Guelaguetza celebrations in the arena of San Antonino Castillo Velasco near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Jakar, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of monks preparing for a vibrant Tsechu festival dance, their colorful costumes and intricate masks a stark contrast to the dim interior.

Naxi women dancing, Baisha, Yunnan, China, Asia

Native American Dancers, Palmer, Alaska, USA

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

Akha hilltribe women wearing ornate headress performing traditional Akha dance

Thimphu, Bhutan - 28 September 2025: View of a sea of faces, a tapestry of traditional Bhutanese attire and modern garb, united in observing the Thimphu Dromchoe festival.

Vintage Photograph. Traditional chinese dance performance captivates festival audience.

Cross Stitched Miao, Sugao, Guizhou Province, China

Women of Sanno Matsuri parade.The parade begins and ends at HieJinja shrine, Nagata-cho.Tokyo city, Japan, Asia

Jakar, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of monks gracefully dancing in a Dzong, their maroon robes swirling against the backdrop of ancient murals.

Procession of devout Buddhists with Gamealan musicians at the water temple Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, Bratan Lake, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Sylhet, Bangladesh. 23rd November 2023. The Khasi Tribe dressed in their traditional attire to celebrate Khasi Seng Kut Snem 2023 organized by the Khasi Social Council. Khasi Seng Kut snem is a traditional year end festival of the Khasi community of Greater Sylhet Division. This ceremony was held at the Magurchhara Khasia Punji field in Kamalganj.

Mexico, Chiapas, Zinacantan. The Tzotzil Mayan women wear colorful ponchos as their reknowned traditional dress

Ft. William , First Nations 2 day pow wow, for celebration and healing

Camel Procession , Ceremonial procession , Desert Festival 2004 , Jaisalmer , Rajasthan , India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

South America, Peru, The Chunchos with magnificent headdress and palm spears represent the jungle tribes never conquered by Inca or Spaniard.

Costumed amateur folk dancers entertain enthusiastic crowds of senior citizens at Temple of Heaven, Beijing

England,London,Banglatown,Bengali New Year Festival,Boishakhi Mela Parade,Child in Bengali Costume

Vietnam, , General, Traditional Vietnamese Lotus Dance

Tibetan people's horse race at Horse Race Festival, Litang, western Sichuan, China

Jiarong Tibetan people's dancing performance celebrating Pear Flower Festival, Jinchuan, Sichuan Province, China

Row ao women in traditional dress praying at Shey Monastery , Nubra Valley, Leh Ladakh, India, 800 year old birthday celebration, rituals of Buddhist Drukpa Lineage

Chinese New Year, is celebrated with great events and shows

Two Tibetan woman in traditional dress in Maduo. Madoi County in the southeast-central province of Qinghai, China, Asia

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, October 25, 2014 : The changing of the guard demonstration at Gyeongbokgung Palace on October 25, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Monk making music as part of the opening ceremony of the Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Folk Dance Bhangra, Punjab, India Copyright: xJaishankarxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Dancers in traditional dress, Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Copacabana, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South America

CHINA, Yunnan Province, Shilin County. Shilin Stone Forest- Sani Minority People- Sani Fold Dance Performance (NR).

Puppeteer at rajasthan India, Asia Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotox

Jakar Dzong, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of dancers in vibrant red costumes twirling against the backdrop of the intricately decorated Jakar Dzong, its walls a tapestry of geometric patterns.

China, Hong Kong, Central, Hollywood Road, Man Mo Temple, Statues of Taoist Gods

Traditional fighting show with historical costumes in the capital Seoul, South Koreas, Asia

Kalash women, Rites of Spring, Joshi, Bumburet Valley, Pakistan, Asia

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

Sichuan Opera, Shu Feng Ya Yun Tea House in Chengdue, Shaanxi Province, CHINA

Vietnam, Hue, Citadel, Imperial City, Ngo Mon Gate, Change of Guards, ceremony

Dancers preparing for a performance for Language Month at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar which was celebrated with an alphabet procession in Sylhet. Dignitaries including brave freedom fighters, journalists, cultural personalities, poets, literary figures and educationists participated in the procession. Sammilita Natya Parishad Sylhet has been organizing Varnamala procession on the first day of February for the last 10 years. The procession was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Sheikh Russell Hasan and Sylhet Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury was the chief guest. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Musical performers in colorful dress and historical music in Bali Indonesia (MR)

New Mexico, Bandelier National Monument. Zuni Pueblo Dancers

INDONESIA, BALI, GIRLS IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, DANCE

One of the famous Easter processions, with road carpeted with coloured sawdust, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Procession on the first morning of the Hemis Summer Festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, India, Asia

Colorful drummers during a religious celebration Colorful drummers during a religious manifestation of Afro-Brazilian culture on the streets of Brazil Copyright: xZoonar.com/FredxPinheirox 22094767

Bhutan, Gangtey Gompa, Tsecchu festival crowds descending temple steps dressed in their best clothes.

Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina a military mandarin, a provincial chief and a prefect in solemn audience at Van-Mieu (Confucian temple of "literary culture") , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Un mandarin militaire , un chef de province et un préfet en costume d' audience solennelle au Van-mieu ( temple confucéen de la «Culture littéraire» )). Costume, temple, confucianism, shoe, exists in high definition, child, group portrait, religious education, hairstyle , headgear, literature, religious architecture, man man, Clothing, religion, HD, human beings, teaching, art, housing , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, group of great mandarins in sacrifice outfit

Women and children in traditional clothing cook together in a rural area, traditionally dressed Inca dolls in Peru

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