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Group processions with women carrying offerings and traditional dancers, showcasing vibrant costumes and rich cultural heritage in Bali and Sri Lanka.

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Tampaksiring Rice Terraces. Balinese Legong Dancers (MR)

Myanmar, Religion, Buddhism, Novice Monk Initiation Ceremony Before Entry Into Monastery.

Vietnam. Visitors from Ho Chi Minh City, government at historic temple celebrating Tet aka New Year.

The manipuri community dancing with their traditional dresses. They are celebrating the Jhulan Yatra festival, one of the most important festivals at Shibganj. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Mas village, temple ceremony

Myanmar. Bagan. Family preparing for a novitiation ceremony.

Barong and Kris Dance, traditional Balinese dance, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Zu Miao (Ancestral Temple) was built during the reign of Emperor Zhezong (1076 - 1100 CE), the 7th emperor of the Song Dynasty (960 - 1276 CE). The temple is dedicated to Beidi, the Northern God, who is said to have power over the waters of Guangdong. Foshan dates back to the 7th century CE and has been famous for its ceramics, porcelain and pottery industry since the Song Dynasty. It is also famous for its martial arts. It contains numerous Wing Chun schools where many come to train and spar.

Asia Thailand Nam Nao NP. Woman and Boy at the Hindu Religion stupa (Editorial Usage Only)

Pura Ulun Danu Batur Temple, Bali island, Indonesia (Large format sizes available)

Ritual handling of a holy ax by a Yamabushi that is symbolically hit against the fire, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Priest pouring holy water on two women during hindu ritual

Asia, Indonesia, Bali. Balinese couple getting married.

The Khasi Tribe adorned in their traditional attire attended and performed a dance on the occasion of Khasi Seng Kut Snem 2024, organized by the Khasi Social Council. Khasi Seng Kut Snem, a traditional year-end festival of the Khasi community in the Greater Sylhet Division, was held at the Magurchhara Khasia Punji field in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar Upazila. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Thai men riding elephants, Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, Asia

Balinese Hinduism, gathering of believers, ceremony, believers in temple-dress with parasols, split gate, Candi bentar, entrance gate, Pura Ulun Danu Batur temple, Batur village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Three girls walking to the temple, carrying offerings for a ceremony on their heads, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Offerings surrounded with incense at Balinese temple

Performance of the famous Balinese Kecak Dance, Bali, Indonesia

BALI, PURA TAMAN - March 2024: devout Hindus at Mengwi Pura Taman Ayun in Bali, Indonesia

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

Thailand. Bangkok. Ramayana Performance.

Lakhon and Khon dancers in traditional costumes performing a classical dance, Bangkok, Thailand

Bufalo race.Bali island.Indonesia.

A family pose for a photograph after taking part in a ceremony at Shwedagon Pagoda.

The Loy Krathong Festival in the old capital of Sukhothai, Thailand

Man in a gamelan ensemble preforming during a Ngaben or Cremation Ceremony, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

Asia, Indonesia, Bali. Spiritual Hindu ceremony at Goa Lawah Temple also known as the temple of the Bat Caves.

INDONESIA, BALI, SMALL TEMPLE, TEMPLE CEREMONY, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BRINGING OFFERING

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

Nepalese dancers at cultural event in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Men Carrying The Anda (Float) Of Jesus Carrying The Cross During The Procession Of The Holy Cross On Good Friday In Antigua Guatemala, Sacatep

Cambodia: The bride and groom (centre, under parasols) arrive in the early morning at the home of the bride in a village near Siem Reap, central Cambodia (2014)

Melasti ceremony, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cremation ceremony (Ngaben), preparation at the cremation site, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Snake boats Racing in Punnamada Lake at Alleppey Kerala India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Vietnam, , General, Traditional Vietnamese musicians

Buddhist procession on Inle Lake; Myanmar

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

Padaung Women performing wearing traditional brass rings, Inle Lake (also spelled Inlay), Shan State, 1500 meters above sea level, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. Padaung women wear traditional heavy brass necklaces which elongate their necks and brass leg bands below their knees.

Trichurpooram pooram, elephant march festival, Trichur, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Gianyar. Traditional Hindu cremation ceremony

Indonesia, Bali, Kecak dance

Drum and percussion music for the traditional Chinese New Year Lion Dance, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chiang Mai is known as 'the Rose of the North', but it really blooms into flower in February, towards the end of the cool season. Every year on the first weekend of February, the Chiang Mai Flower Festival is opened. The flower beds in public spaces all around the town are especially beautiful at this time of year. Everywhere there can be found gorgeous displays of yellow and white chrysanthemums, and the Damask Rose, a variety found only in Chiang Mai. Also, the pink and purplish Dendrobium orchids, and the yellow Daoruang. The real focus of this Chiang Mai festival, however, is the public garden of Suan Buak Haad on the south-western corner of the moat. The road next to the moat all around the park is closed to traffic, and vendors of plants, Thailand flowers, Thailand orchids and garden decorations set up their stalls there.

El Rocio, Huelva, Southern Spain. Members of brotherhoods in traditional clothes participating in the celebrations on the eve of the feast of El Rocio held at the small village in the Huelva region

Community praying with female Barong Landung puppet,Kuningan ceremony, Pura Gunung Sari Temple, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Asia.

Phuoc Long Buddhist pagoda. Infant Buddha statue pointing the north. On Vesak Day, Buddhists commemorates: the birth, enlightenment and the death of Buddha Gautama. Tan Chau. Vietnam.

China, Shandong Province, Qufu City. International Confucius Cultural Festival, birthplace of Confucius the great philosopher politician and educator.

Thailand: During the annual Vegetarian festival in Phuket Town, three Mah Song or spirit medium display cheeks pierced to accommodate various objects, in one case a bunch of bananas. 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.

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud Palace, Legong dance performance,

Laos. Morning prayers.

Traditional musicians in Mingun, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Procession. Religious Ceremony at Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon. Myanmar.

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

Young women preparing flowers offers to the Gods in Taman Beji Griya Waterfall, Kabupaten Badung, Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Kecak Dancing

Traditional Krishna and Radha Dance, Flower Holi Festival, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Guard of the sultan of Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Carnival ; Madgaon ; Goa ; India

Kecak dance, Pura Dalem Temple, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Indonesia, Bali, Mourners at Hindu cremation ceremony in town of Gianyar

Dikshitar, the priests of the temple who reside in Thillai and manage the Chidambaram Nataraja temple, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Holy man with sealed mouth and load on his shoulders, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sanja Matsuri Festival, Sensoji Temple, Asakusa Jinja, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Canggu, Indonesia - 19 March 2023: View of a golden, ornate temple structure being carried along the beach, its red roof contrasting with the ocean's blue.

Canggu, Indonesia - 19 March 2023: View of a traditional Balinese cremation ceremony procession with ornate decorations against a dramatic sky.

Ramleela, Dassera Festival, Mumbai Bombay, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Dance performance at a festival, women from Vietnam marching wearing blue dresses and carrying orange umbrellas, Jiangcheng, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cremation ceremony (Ngaben), preparation at the cremation site, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Bali, Melasti pilgrimage to the sea shore for a spiritual cleansing and renewal. (Editorial Use Only)

Four women dancers in Javanese Village, full-length portrait, standing, in costume, Paris Exposition, 1889

Women Dressed In Mourning Carry The Anda (Float) Of The Sorrowful Virgin Mary During A Good Friday Procession In Antigua Guatemala, Sacatep

Girls making offerings to the god. Bali, Indonesia

Thailand: Musicians play the khong mon, a gong-circle instrument, in a traditional Thai orchestra, Bangkok

Malaysia, Koto Bharu, Kite Flying

Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Phimai. Sound and light show drama at the Khmer temple of Prasat Phimai during the annual Phimai festival.

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

A hindu memorial on the beach; Bali, Indonesia

Beautiful view to statues of african religion gods on lake in Salvador

Group of teenage girls dressed in traditional dancing costumes, Bangkok, Thailand

Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay-Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era. Members of this community in Malaysia identify themselves as 'Nyonya-Baba' or 'Baba-Nyonya'. Nyonya is the term for the females and Baba for males. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who adopted partially or in full Malay-Indonesian customs to become partially assimilated into the local communities. While the term Peranakan is most commonly used among the ethnic Chinese for those of Chinese descent also known as Straits Chinese (; named after the Straits Settlements), it may also be applied to the Baba-Yaya community in Phuket and other provinces of southern Thailand.

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.

Girls in traditional Thai costume in a flower festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Apsara dancers performing in the Prasat Kravan Temple, dedicated to Vishnu in 921, during dinner, Angkor, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia Copyright: MichaelxNolan 1112-9055 Editorial Use Only

Music group with bamboo instruments, drum and traditional dances, Ratepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Judges are checking the dogs during the Agartala Dog Carnival-2024, organized by Tripura Veterinary Doctors Association & Pawsome (A social organisation) at Agartala. Tripura, India.

Colourful view of Paramakavu on Trichurpooram pooram, elephant march festival, Trichur, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Oceania, Indonesia, Bali, Gianyar. Mourners at hindu cremation.

THAILAND PHITSANULOK STADT CHIANG SIN KANAL a Taksin Shrine on Chiang Sin Canal in the city and Province of Phitsanulok in Thailand. Thailand, Phitsanulok, December, 1, 2024. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSxFLUEELERx 23166356

Asia, Bhutan, Thimphu, cultural show

Vietnam, Tay Ninh, Cao Dai Holy See, interior of Cao Dai Great Temple

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.

Hindu deity Saraswati's statue is being decorated in Sylhet. Saraswati Goddess is intimately related to knowledge, education, and learning in addition to music and arts. This year the Saraswati Puja based on Basant Panchami, will be held on Wednesday 7th February. Bangladesh.

Royal Guards at the main gate of the Kraton of Surakarta, Keraton Surakarta, palace of Susuhunan Pakubuwono in the city Solo, Java, Indonesia, Asia

The erection of the Tongokan, the house of the dead, is the conclusion of the ceremony and ends the funeral. The funeral ceremony is an important part of the death cult of the Torajan people

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Nam-Giu, province of Hà-Dông, Tonkin, Indochina Canton chief and village authorities gathered in front of the Dinh ("Communal House") , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Nam-giu , Province de Hà-dông , Tonkin , Indochine Chef de canton et autorités villageoises réunis devant le dinh ( «maison communale» )). Costume, temple, staircase, Evening, group portrait, religious or votive inscription, greeting, door, hairstyle , headgear, religious architecture, man, Clothing, human beings, registration , information, housing , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, Namgûi, canton chief and municipal authorities in front of the village genius temple

High angle view of two Iban women dressed in traditional costumes weaving, Sarawak Cultural Village, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jesus on the cross, passion play, boarding school, Simalungun, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

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