Traditional Cultural Practices

Images depicting traditional practices like snake charming and prayer bead rituals. Focus on hands, textiles, and cultural attire, conveying heritage and craftsmanship.

Asian artisans carving traditional design in workshop

Asia, Bhutan, Thimphu. Sculpture student at the National Institute for Zorig Chusum, or traditional arts and crafts.

Saudi Arabia, Najran province, Najran, Bedouin, campfire

Africa, Swaziland Kingdom, Hhohho Province, Matenga Nature Reserve, Swazi cultural village, Swazi huts, the Swazi dancer Mganga Zulu

China, Guangxi Province, Fuli, Funeral procession mourners kneeling in front of flower covered coffin carried behind. .

Myanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Hpo Win Mounts, Po Win Daung, the monk Ashin Withaut Da and the bonze Ashin Thone Dara feed the numerous monkeys living around the caves

Foreign devotees, vrindavan, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Idol makers are doing final touches and preparing the idols of Lord Vishwakarma for sale on the eve of the Vishwakarma Puja (The worship of Lord Vishwakarma) an important festival for the Hindus. It is a celebration of the Hindu god, Vishwakarma, who is regarded as the Lord of creation, the divine architect, and engineer according to the Rig Veda. Agartala, Tripura, India. (Photo by: Majority World/Abhisek Saha/UIG)

Veiled women drumming and singing during the three day festival of Ghadames, Libya.

Arabia, Arabian peninsula, Sultanate of Oman, Saiq plateau, Jebel Akhdar, Sayq, rose water producer

Balinese traditional ceremony, boy in national costume.

Musicians playing Talempong, a typical percussion instruments played by Minangkabau ethnic group, Mother Temple of Besakih, the most important, largest and holiest temple of Hindu religion in Bali, Indonesia (Large format sizes available)

A group of Tibetans eating at the bazaar at T&apos,Aer Monastery, Qinghai province, Tibet, China, Asia

Banteay Srei

Mexico, Chiapas, Lacanja, Selva Lacandona. The Lacandon Indians are original Mayan decendants

man weighing saffron, jammu & kashmir, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk dries his clothes in the sun and wind after washing them in one of the tanks, artificial lakes, at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

BALI APRIL 2024 - Kecak Dance , Uluwatu Temple, Bali, Indonesia

Musician playing a rudimentary percursion instrument called atabaque during afro-brazilian capoeira cultural manifestation. Musician playing a rudimentary percursion instrument called atabaque

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Villagers playing gamelan music during cremation ceremony.

Swayambhunat Tempel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Thailand, Bangkok , Klong Toey , Wat Sapan. Novice ordination young boy having his head shaved by monk.

India, Alahabad. Naga Shadu in Yoga pose.

Pilgrim praying for a second child which should become a boy after his wife gave birth to a girl, a special pooja which is performed at the bathing ghat in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Ndebele child washing hands, South Africa

The Dogon elder Kedjou in the upper Idjeli village in Mali. (MR)

Man in turban hanging oil lamp on tree in Chhatrasagar, Rajasthan, India

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, teaching alphabet in school (outdoors) (Editorial Usage Only)

Nagapanchami festival of snake, cobra story, battis shirala, maharashtra, india Copyright: xVinayxParelkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Sadhu Celebrating Holi In Goverdan. Marijuana Pipe Goverdan. India.

boy reciting vedas, tamil nadu, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

A Nyangatom woman grinds sorghum using two stones. Typical of her tribe, she wears a heavily beaded calfskin skirt, multiple layers of bead necklaces and metal bracelets and amulets. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.

Starting to carve a Buddha image, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Group of new Jain nuns sitting at the banks of the river Ganges during their initiation, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Varanasi, formerly Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sri Lanka, Matale, Looking down on man writing sutra on ola palm leaf.

Naxi man lighting fire. In many ways Naxi society remains strongly matriarchial. Lijiang, Yunnan Province, CHINA

Man Praying Outside. France.

Indonesia, Sumatra, Lake Toba. Batak Musicians Of The Gamelan Simanindo Batak Community On Samosir Island

A Yogi on a bed of spikes, India, circa 1910

Buddhist Lamas Making 'Rangoli' - Samtanling Gompa - Sumar Village, Nubra Valley - Ladakh, India.

Offerings at Tamil Catholic celebration in Antony, France, Europe

Novice monk eating lunch at Ko Yin Lay Monastery near Kengtung, Myanmar

Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Covering a total land area of 262,820 hectares, the province of Ifugao is located in a mountainous region characterized by rugged terrain, river valleys, and massive forests. Its capital is Lagawe and borders Benguet to the west, Mountain Province to the north, Isabela to the east, and Nueva Vizcaya to the south. The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras and Banaue Rice Terraces are the main tourist attractions in the province. These 2000-year-old terraces were carved into the mountains, without the aid of machinery, to provide level steps where the native Ifugao people can plant rice. In 1995, they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ifugao culture revolves around rice, which is considered a prestige crop. There is an elaborate and complex array of rice culture feasts inextricably linked with taboos and intricate agricultural rites, from rice cultivation to rice consumpti

Making clay based image of Durga, the ten armed warrior goddess, for use in the Durga Puja festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

India, Delhi , Woman pouring water for Sikh pilgrim to wash at temple.

Rajasthani woman dying clay statues before painting details, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

Thailand, Wat Phra Acha Tong, Novice Buddhist monk from The Golden Horse Forest Monastery leading pony and carrying alms bowl, The novice monks ride out daily to preach and collect alms.

Flute vendor on Ganga River at Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Kenya, Namanga, Tourist Rest Stop, Wood Carvings

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.

Thailand, Chiang Mai , Wat Doi Suthep, Man standing by a large Gong holding small hammer.

Foreign devotees, vrindavan, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Artists gets make-up form a make-up artist backstage to perform in an Assamese Bhaona, in Guwahati, Assam, India on 15 December 2023. Bhaona is a traditional form of play in Assam, created by Srimanta Sankerdeva in several centuries back.

parsis Zoroastrian woman praying to sea parsi gate, marine drive on avan roz avan mahprab, bombay mumbai, maharashtra, india Copyright: xAspixPatel/DinodiaxPhotox

Hindu festival, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Thailand: A Mah Song or spirit mediums carries multiple blades inserted through his cheek; during the Vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand. The Vegetarian Festival is a religious festival annually held on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand. It attracts crowds of spectators because of many of the unusual religious rituals that are performed. Many religious devotees will slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts. The Nine Emperor Gods Festival is a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar.

Khampa boy at the Monlam Chenmo dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Joseph Distributes Bread in Prison James J. Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City

Native American jewelry maker and her wares of turquoise and silver jewelry at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, NM.

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the Shalu monastery in Tibet,

|IND, India, Kerala, Trivandrum : Malabar coast, pilgrimage chapel at the beach. Praying Jesus Christ statue. |, Asia

Myanmar, Yangon, Ritual Head Shaving Of Initiate Monks.

The ceremony of shaving the hair, Buddhist Ordination

Pongal Festival, Kanchipuran, Tamil Nadu, India.

Man Celebrating Murgan Ayyappa Mumbai Maharashtra India Asia Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

South America, Latin America, Provincia Imbabura, Ecuador, Otavalo, Cotacachi, Imbabura, funeral, coffin, corpse

Mexico, The last Lacandon Mayan shaman, the last Lacandon to perform traditional religious ceremonies.

Myanmar, Yangon. Nuns serving rice from a huge rice pot at a female monastery.

Thai monk preparing herbal medicines, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

India, Himachal Pradesh, Dhauladhar Mountain Range, Kangra District, Dharamsala, Sidhpur. Tibetan refugee making a traditional Tibetan style carving at the Norbulingka Institute Center for Arts.

Buddhist monk holding flowers during a morning alms collection, temple and monastery of Wat Phra Archa Thong or Golden Horse Temple, Mae Chan, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Offering Oil To The Flame At The Khandoba Temple Devotees Keep The Flame Alive Throughout The Day ; A Significant Ritual Of The Festival. Jejuri, Maharashtra, India

Ghana, Northern region, Tamale. A Muslim prays and reads the Quran at a Mosque in Tamale during Ramadan.

Renovating project at Litang Monastery (Changchunkeersi), carpenter doing wood carving, Litang, western Sichuan, China

Throughout the Sacred Valley there are ongoing campaigns of archaeological research on the pre-Columbian sites, but the Direccion Regional de Cultura in Cuzco has embarked on a campaign of complete restoration on the main church of Maras installing the restoration workshops on site.

Nursery school run by Dominicans Sisters. Bien Hoa. Vietnam.

Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja. Graves, wooden effigies

Laotian wedding

Couples performing holy fire at har ki pouri Haridwar, Uttaranchal Uttarakhand, India NOMR Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Open air class, Church of Christ, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

India Colon, preforms a Santeria ceremony in New York City on Sunday July 15, 2007.

Young monk having his head shaved in ordination ceremony, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Concentrated ethnic priest on lakeside

Deranged bride with a doll in a bathtub. Inspired by the traditional American legend of la llorona (the weeping woman)

Mahatma Gandhi at evening prayer meeting, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, May 1944 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

A woman performs the morning ritual of making a Rangoli, India.

Preparation of traditional chicken meal in Waingapu, Sumba Island, Indonesia by local cooks at a community gathering

An Egyptian man at a wine press located in the heart of the city of Dendera, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Govindajee mandir Imphal Manipur India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Traditional healer displaying a husk with healing properties, Sehitwa, Botswana, Africa

Meeting place of Anna Hazare ralegaon siddhi village Maharashtra India Asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Man Holding Prayer Wheel; Tibet, Xizang, China

Astrologer in Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Parish of Saint George. Catholic baptism ceremony. Treviso. Italy.

Govindajee mandir Imphal Manipur India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Pilgrims praying towards the holy river Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Wooden figures, exhibition, Khoo Kongsi Temple, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, Asia

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche does a one year anniversary Puja for Tsunami victims at Golden Buddha Beach on Ko Phratonng Island - THAILAND

Armenia, Yerevan, Wood Carvings Including Cross Stones On Sale At Vernisarge Weekend Market.

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