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Whirling Dervishes, Istanbul, Turkey
Bogorodichno-Uspenskij Monastery, Tikhvin, Leningrad region, Russia
South America, Brazil, Miranda, Terena indigenous people from the Brazilian Pantanal performing a ritual stick dance in grass skirts
During a Ngetunogh ceremony, the mothers of Pokot initiates sing and dance holding high the cowhorn containers they used to smear fat over the masks of their sons as a blessing
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic
Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu. A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn
In the weeks leading up to their circumcision, Samburu boys gather frequently to sing the lebarta, a circumcision song with a slow, haunting melody whose words are ad-libbed to suit the occasion
Laikipiak Msai
A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision. A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women
A Samburu youth, his head freshly shaved, has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress
A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone
A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress
During a dance, Muslim girls from the Sultanate of Tadjoura, dress up in all their finery and display the curved daggers of their men
Poulnabrone Dolmen at Sunrise, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland
Poulnabrone Dolmen, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland
Tirta Empul Temple, Bali, Indonesia
Africa, Tanzania, Manyara Region. Two Msai men
One of the "Devil's" masks of the Uquia Carnival, Jujuy, Argentina
The "Descent of the Devil's" from the sacred "Cerro Blanco" hill in Uquia, Jujuy, Argentina. Hundreds of devils descend from the "Cerro Blanco" hill to celebrate
A devil mask of the Uquia's Carnival with bengala's during the "Descents of the Devil's", Jujuy, Argentina
Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Stonehenge at sunrise, Wiltshire, England
Sweden, Southern Sweden, Kaseberga, Ales Stenar, Ales Stones, early peoples ritual site, 600 AD
Korea, Seoul, Jongmyo Royal Shrine, Jongmyo Daejae - Royal Ancestral Memorial Ritual
Africa, Senegal, Casamance. The mask dance ceremony
Africa, Senegal, Dakar. Artisanal wooden masks outside the food market
Fishermen on the frozen Volkhov River with Nikolsky monastery in the background, Staraya Ladoga, Leningrad Region, Russia
Church of St. John the Baptist in winter, Staraya Ladoga, Leningrad region, Russia
South America, Peru, Cusco, Sacsayhuaman. Tourists at the Inca ceremonial site of Sacsayhuaman near the UNESCO World Heritage listed former Inca capital of Cusco
A decorated escarpment at the Dogon village of Songho. Magic symbols spread the wall where circumcision of boys takes place each year. Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa
Buddhist monks lining up for lunch at Mahagandayon Monastery, largest Buddhist monastery in Burma, Amarapura, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)
Ceremonial purification rite at the Adashino-nembutsu-ji, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Africa, Benin, Grand Popo. A voodoo shrine at Heve
Africa, Benin, Dassa. The royal burial site on the hill of Dassa
Russia; St. Petersburg; The High Priest talking to believers during the Russian Orthodox Easter ceremony at Vladimirsky Cathedral
Europe, Malta, Qormi; A caped cross bearer walking barefoot during the Good Friday Processions
