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Traditional Clothing and Festivities

Vibrant traditional attire from various cultures, highlighting intricate designs and vibrant colors, capturing the essence of cultural celebrations and identity.

Swirling skirts of dancers, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Cuba, Sancti Spiritus Province, Trinidad. Street markets, handicrafts, local arts and stitchery crafts for sale. (Editorial Use Only)

Asia, Japan, Tokyo, Jingumae, Meiji Shrine, Aki Matsuri (Autumn Festival) (Editorial Usage Only)

Morocco, Valley of Roses, Close up of Berber men singing and dancing at Festival of Roses; Kalaat M'Gouna

Indian festival Teej celebration procession for goddess Parvati green chunari necklace and kumkum pot, India India Copyright: xNirmalaxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Japanese priest costumn and wood sandals or Geta

Hawaii, Halau O´Maiki Hula Festival dancer with ipu holding up to sky colorful blurry background

Mexico, State of Chihuahua, Copper Canyon.Tarahumara Indian handicrafts, handmade doll & wood carving.

roses woven into a horse's mane, traditional Georgiritt at Hub chapel, Penzberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Elephant Decoration , Elephant Festival 2004 , Chuagan Stadiam , Jaipur , Rajasthan , India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

Worshipping marble sculpture of the Feet of Lord Vishnu, Jagdish Temple, Udaipur, Rajastan, India

Judaica symbols - Prayer Shawl

Installation of Buddha's relics in the Vincennes Buddhist temple Procession Nun's robe & beads

Portugal, Tomar. Close-up of Portuguese women preparing for Festival of the Trays (Festa dos Tabuleiros). The girls carry tabuleiros decorated with symbols of the Holy Spirit. Each tabuleiro (tray) is the same height as the girl who carries it.

Thailand,Bangkok,Detail of Traditional Dancers Head Dress

Israel, Jerusalem, bar mitzvah ceremony at The Wailing Wall

Nepal, Mount Everest Region, close-up of Tibetan Buddhist prayer flag

Silk embroidery in a buddhist temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.

Woman's Robe with "Longevity" Medallions 19th century China This robe, when worn with a matching dark blue coat (also in the Museum's collection), would have been appropriate formal wear for the wife of a nobleman or official on auspicious occasions such as birthdays. Each of the medallions combines the character for longevity (shou) with a pair of swastikas (wan), denoting ten thousand years.. Woman's Robe with "Longevity" Medallions. China. 19th century. Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi). Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Costumes-Tapestries

SYMBOLIC PALM SUNDAY ROBES FRONDS ON ROMAN ROAD

Monk's cross . Madrid. Spain.

Praying flags at Buddhist monastery. India, Ladakh, Likir Gompa

Kandy, Costume Detail

Armenian catholic church. Communion bread. Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

CHINA, YUNNAN PROVINCE, XI SHUANG BANA, JINUO GIRL IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, DETAIL

Buddhist asian woman holding a hand fan. Singapore.

Masks, Venice, lagoon city, Veneto, Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Japan, Tokyo, Meiji Shrine, Autumn Festival

Ancestor worship in a Hanoi home, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

celebration of vat pournima festival, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Close up of a Guard at the Ceremonial changing of the guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas of South Asia, bordered by Tibet and India. Bhutan is the second least populous nation in South Asia after the Maldives, and has never been colonised in its history, having endured independently for centuries. Situated on the ancient Silk Road, the Bhutanese state developed a unique and distinct national identity based around Buddhism, headed by a spiritual leader known as the Zhabdrug Rinpoche and initially governed as a Buddhist theocracy comprised of many fiefdoms. A civil war in the 19th century led to the rise of the House of Wangchuck and the establishment of ties with the British Empire and India. Bhutan's capital is Thimphu, the largest city in the country, and it transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy in 2008. Bhutan is notable for its pioneering of the concept of 'gross national happiness', though it is also one of the most isolated and least developed countries in the world.

Japanese shrine

Europe, Italy, Emilia Romagna, Castell'Arquato, istorical reenactment, Medieval reconstraction, commemoration outdoors, travel, traditional, day

Shrine of Our Lady of la Salette. Sacristy France.

Close-up of prayer beads

Navajo Reservation

Japan, Central Honshu, Kiso Valley, Narai, shinto shrine, sacred cord,

Knotted Faith in the streets of Villajoyosa

concept, wooden footwear khadau used for sadhu saint, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Islamic prayer beads hanging in the mosque

Navajo Indian Ceremonial Dress Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Men's Haori with Yuya and the Kiyomizu temple. Haori for a man with a decoration at the lining of a rectangular surface in which a no-actor reading a letter, with a text with cherry blossom leaves, the whole against a background of an image of a temple building with flowering trees. In the no-theater piece of the same name, the aktur plays the role of Yuya, the macity of Taira No Munemori, whose mother sends her letters to ask her before she dies. Munemori prevents her before the end of the cherry blossom festival, which they attend to the Kiyomizu temple. The text is a poem that yuya expresses to express her feelings and refers to the transience of things: "Hana Mae Ni Cho Mau Funpun Taru Yuki. Yanagi Ue Ni Hotaru Tobu Henpen Taru Kane. Hana WA Ryusui Ni Shitagatte Kaori No Kuru Koto Toshi "(" Butterflies dance above the blossoms such as swirling snow. Firing fireflies above the willow. The scent of the blossoms, carried out by the stream, soon ") Later in the piece Yuya writes a po

quran beads near candle pastry

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Pow wow at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Native American in his traditional regalia from the Northern territories.

Mayan calendar as a souvenir, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, America, Central America

Muslim boy wearing a kufi. Friday prayer (salat) in mosque. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

Tibetan festival, elderly woman with braids wearing a hat and turning a prayer wheel, Leh, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia

Washing at the ghats on the Narmada River at the Ahilya Fort and Temples, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Painted hand on the back of an Australian aboriginal man, Australia, Oceania

Saint Joseph, Nativity scene

Young Mayan Girls look at La Merced Cathedral in Antigua, Guatemala.

Holy week. Sunday palm celebration. Olive branches. Bonneville. France.

Java, Ramayana Dancer Detail

Thailand, Sakhon Nakhon, Sakhon Nakhon. Phu Thai dancers at the Bai See Su Khwan (blessing ceremony) during the Wax Castle festival. The festival in October marks the end of the Buddhist Rains Retreat and is celebrated in communities throughout Northeastern Thailand.

Judaica Symbols - Prayer Shawl

Francesc Costa, Cruz Procesional, 1414, Iglesia parroquial Santa Coloma de Queralt.

Mariamman Hindu Temple. Lingam, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Set of Rosary praying beads for practicing mindfulness meditation

Asia, Mongolia, Bayan Oglii Province. Altai Eagle Festival, details of the decorated garments worn by Kazakh men and boys.

Secretary Gale Norton attending the ground blessing ceremony for a new, $38 million classroom and dormitory complex at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of a Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

Woman with Tibetan brass and silver eye of buddha mantra pendant. Symbol of Buddhism.

Colorful white blue traditional Japanese kimonos, Kiyomizu Buddhist Temple, Kyoto, Japan.

Myanmar. Mandalay. Maha Aung Myae Bone San Monastery. Novice monks carefully line up their shoes on their way inside.

Set of Rosary praying beads for practicing mindfulness meditation praying beads

Tour guide and Rastafarian from a rear view with a colourful knit hat and long dreadlocks; Sainte Baptiste, Commonwealth of Dominica

Trail of the Ancients - A Native American Pottery Artist at the Indian Art Market. The Indian Art Market, part of the annual Indian Arts and Western Culture Festival held in Mesa Verde Country, features 40 Native American artists. This artist is painting details on pots ready to sell. Location: Colorado (37.476° N 108.546° W)

Priest´s stole, Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

A song is played on a guitar during the DEAD OF THE DEAD - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Woman wearing a fish-shaped pendant with the name of Jesus. Symbol of Christianity.

Family praying together

Traditional dressed boy at a church service in Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

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