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Traditional Ceremonies in Africa

Cultural ceremonies in Africa depicting traditional clothing, rituals, and community gatherings celebrating heritage.

Sangoma, witch doctor near Tzaneen town, Limpopo, South Africa.

monks in Cambodia, Siem Reap

Baka tribe members using fiber to make crowns and clothing for the spirit figure that will dance with them at a hunting ceremony, Cameroon

Benin, Bopa, Mono Department. Zangbeto are traditional voodoo guardians and are highly regarded as unofficial policemen patrolling the streets at night. The costume resembles a haystack and is believed to move by supernatural means.

Cross kissing after the sunday service outside Bieta Ghiorghis (Saint George's House) church in Lalibela

Funeral in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Kenya, Malindi city. Detail of traditional technique for building poor houses

Plantation Tamil women bagging and weighing prized Uva tea by a temple near Ella in the Central Highlands, Ella, Sri Lanka, Asia

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

Ram Devra pilgrims, Ramdevra, Thar desert, in Pokaran, Pokhran, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Mahatma Gandhi in village meeting people during peace march, Bihar, India, Asia, March 1947 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Ethiopia, Lalibela. Crowds gather to worship on Sunday around Bet Giyorgis.

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Bolgatanga. Man walks into Give All To God convenience store.

Kavadi, a festival to pay homage to Muruga; Tamil Nadu, India

Burkina Faso, collection during a mass

Africa, Cameroon, Adamaoua, village, chief hut entrance

Morocco Rugs for sale at outdoor market (Editorial Usage Only)

Adults and children outside still standing but damaged church in Port-au-Prince.

Young woman in church, Takaungu, Kenya.

Villagers gather for a funeral in the desert in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Pilgrims Float In Conical Boat Made Of Bamboo Along The Tungabhadra River In Hampi, Karnataka, India

Nyamata Genocide Memorial Center, Nyamata, Rwanda. Victims' clothes on church pews.

India: A pilgrim's camp, Poornima Festival held near the Yellamma Temple, Saundatti, Karnataka (1994). Every year in the Hindu month of Magh (January - February) more than half a million people gather around the tiny temple of the goddess Yellamma in Saundatti. Yellamma is the patron of the devadasi or women dedicated to the service of a deity or temple.

Africa, Cameroon, Adamaoua, village, chief hut entrance

Hinduistic-buddhistic ceremony at Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Makonde Art; Maputo, Mozambique

Africa, Eritrea, Asmara, Enda Mariam orthodox cathedral

Voodo ceremony at Akodessewa fetish Market.

Ethiopia, Lalibela. Crowds gather to worship on Sunday around Bet Giyorgis.

People keeping their distance as it's dangerous to touch the egoun-egoun, Feast of the Ghosts in Ouidah, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Ethiopia - Lalibela - Women in prayer

Myanmar (Burma), Yangon State, Yangon, on the way to Mount Popa, novices ordination ceremony

An indigenous man holds a gourd used to hold crushed seashells in Colombia.

Woman Making A Offering In A Rice Field; Bali, Indonesia

Funeral of a woman who died of HIV/AIDS, men praying at her grave, Garoua, Cameroon, Africa

Muslim women wearing traditional arabic clothing hijab. Lome. Togo.

Bholaganj, Bangladesh - 27 August 2021: View of women in vibrant saris and hijabs gather on the rocky riverbank, set against the misty, verdant hills under a cloudy sky.

Traditional medical practitioner giving egg to an bullock, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Lalibela, eastern group of rock-hewn churches, artist painted leather with religious, ecclesiastical motifs, Ethiopia, Africa

Woman at the well. Bagan Myanmar (Burma)

Ablution pots

Market in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Mosque and sheep in village at sunset, Gambia, january

Man reading the Quoran, Kano, Kano state, Nigeria, Africa

Evangelical church, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Argungu, Nigeria - 15 February 2027: View of a densely packed crowd of people participating in the Argungu Fishing Festival, a vibrant display of tradition and culture.

Two young boys prepare to deliver the bread and wine in Sunday service.

Bedouin tent of the Afar tribe, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa

Bomb casings, Hmong village, Hmong, Hmong people, near Phonsavan, Xieng Khoungang province, Aien, Laos, Asia

Meeting of Kolping members in Bungwe, Rwanda. Kolping is a christian German NGO.

Market in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

A tribal man toning up the drum at Bandipur, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Sculptors carved bronze icon with chisel Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Members of the Bishnoi community socio-religious group, pay tributes Amrita Devi and other martyrs Khejarli Jodhpur Rajasthan India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox

Queue of milk cans to deposit milk at collection centre of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Gujarat Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Priests at Deir es Sultan Jerusalem

Mourners with body for Hindu cremation at Harishchandra Ghat electric crematorium in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Mama Africa mural, Tuff Gong Music Studio, Kingston, Jamaica, Central America

Nativity scene in a church, Iglesia de la Purissima Xiqueta, Benissa, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain, Europe

Interior view from outside with monk and congregation. Jetvanaa, Sakharwadi, India. Architect: SP+a , 2016.

Women, during the church service, Manyemen, Cameroon, Africa

Woman holding hymnbook at church service, Naidi, Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands, South Pacific, Oceania

pilgrim, mahagunas pass, amarnath yatra, Jammu Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Sargwerkstatt Emmanuel Adjetey Sowah und David Kabutey Akwaku in Ada Kasseh in der Region Greater Accra im Osten von Ghana in Westafrika *** Coffin workshop Emmanuel Adjetey Sowah and David Kabutey Akwaku in Ada Cash register in the Region Greater Accra at East from Ghana in West Africa

parade of rashtriya swayam sangh RSS shakha, bombay mumbai, maharashtra, india Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Shepherds at Geech Camp, Simien Mountains National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Traditional healer displaying various medicinal plants, Sehitwa, Botswana, Africa

Manggarai women performing a Tetek Alu, a traditional bamboo pole jumping dance in a Melo Village in the hills near Labuan Bajo, a fishing town located at the western end of the large island of Flores in the Nusa Tenggara region of east Indonesia.

Fiji, Beqa Island. Fijians exiting church after a Sunday morning service.

A traditional homestead of a large Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

Nepal, Bouddhanath, daily life

Muslim mechanic praying in the garage where he works in Fatick , Senegal

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Wa. Village elder in traditional dress outside mud and stick Muslim mosque.

Islamic women, Takaungu, Kenya.

VOODOO, HAITI. Thomazeau village. Possessed devotees in a voodoo ceremony. It uses drumming, singing, dance, and drugs to induce possession by spirits. .

Senegal, MBour Region. Curing Fish, Senegal Woman Stands Among Tables Covered In Rows Of Fish

Pilgrim, amarnath yatra, jammu Kashmir, india, asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Mass in St Anthonys catholic church, Hanoukope, Lome, Togo. Altar boy.

Gathering of Bullock carts during Aadi Amavasai festival at Thirumoorthy Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Congolese refugee camp in Uganda. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Butchered sheep in the town of Tingri in Tibet, China

Women performing group dances in festive program, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Thousands of Muslim devotees are returning home on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema 2nd phase, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj in Mecca. Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Italy, Milan, Shelter for refugees at the Holocaust Memorial. Shoah Memorial

Tribeni Ghat, Khware

Pilgrims at an old stone bell at the Coptic Cathedral of St. Mariam, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa

The Kulamba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa people from Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi, held annually on the last Saturday in August to pay homage to their Chief Kalonga Gaia Uni, held near Katete, Eastern Province, Zambia, Africa

Children watching a religious festival outside a mosque in Ndayane, Senegal

Thanksgiving altar, during the church service, Manyemen, Cameroon, Africa

Indian Contemporary Artist Bose Krishnamachari In His Studio

Every late May or June, near the beginning of the Rainy Season, two little-known but archaic rituals are held in the environs of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. These are the related Pu Sae and Ya Sae ceremonies, which are believed to pre-date the introduction of Buddhism to Northern Thailand. The traditions which they encompass similarly pre-date Thai and even Mon settlement in the area, and are associated with the Lawa, the earliest-known inhabitants of Chiang Mai. According to tradition, Pu Sae and Ya Sae are the guardian spirits of Chiang Mai. Together with their son, Sudeva Rikshi, they wander the slopes of Doi Suthep (Suthep Mountain), where they are attended by six lesser spirits. Although they are now thought of as 'giants', in their lifetimes Pu Sae and Ya Sae were almost certainly Lawa, the indigenous inhabitants of the region before the establishment of the Mon Kingdom of Haripunjaya (Lamphun), and whilst the Thai still lived mainly in South China. Legend has it that Pu Sae,

Celebration of gamou festival (mawlid, prophet's Muhammad's birthday) in Thies, Senegal

Exchange paper monney with Gandhi effigy Uttar Pradesh India

Meeting of Kolping members in Bungwe, Rwanda. Kolping is a christian German NGO.

Nepal, Annapurna Circuit, Men Butchering A Freshly Slaughtered Buffalo Carcass To Divide Amongst The Villagers In Bahundanda.

Tasbapauni, Nicaragua; Sea turtle butcher ceremony

Sunday mass in Notre Dame de la Delivrance basilica, Keur Moussa, Senegal.

Devotee count cash offering to lalbaug cha raja after ganpati festival Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India 5-September-2009 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Muslim prayer on Friday at PalaSharp, Milan, Italy, 2010

Catholic nun using internet Lome. Togo.

Thailand, Phang Nga District, Takua Pa, 'Tsunami. Australian Forensic Team. Volunteers Try To Cool Off Victims Of Tsunami With Dry Ice Blocks In The Outdoor Morgue Where 100'S Of Corpses Are Being Stored Without Refridgeration , Awaiting Dna Identification. At A Temple Wat Yan Yao 130Kms North Of Phuket On The 31St Dec.'

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