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Life Guard dismounted at Horse Guards, detailed view, London, England, United Kingdom
Spain, Castile and Leon, Burgos, easter religious procession, Semana Santa
Europe, Italy, Cinque Terre. Fire works for San Lorenzo in Manarola
Thailand, Chiang Mai, San Sai. Monks launch a khom loi (sky lantern) during the Yi Peng festival. The ceremony is a Lanna (northern Thailand) tradition and coincides with Loi Krathong festivities
Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. A Samburu warriors hair is ochred and tied up in braids at a dance at a local manyatta
Thailand, Ko Phuket, Phuket. Dragon dancers and fireworks during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. The 9 day religious festival celebrates spiritual and body cleansing for the local Chinese community
Lights at Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand
Indonesia, Bali, Candidasa. A local young woman standing in the gateway to the Pura Candidasa temple, and wearing traditional busana adat temple clothes - comprising a white kebaya blouse
Indonesia, Bali, Candidasa. A young woman walking through the doorway of a traditional Balinese temple overlooking the Pacific ocean MR
Changing of the Guard, Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Breton ladies outside church in traditional dress for ceremony of Saint Guirec, Ploumanach, Cote de Granit Rose, Cotes d Amor, Brittany, France
Local monks with ceremonial dress playing tibetan horns during a festival, Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang region, Nepal
Italy, Umbria, catholic priest during the wedding liturgy
Africa, Ethiopia, Tana Lake. Celebrating the Timkat holiday
Africa, Ethiopia, Tana Lake. Ceremony for the Timkat holiday
Africa, Ethiopia, Lalibela. Prayers at Yemrehanna Kristos Church
Central America, Belize, Stann Creek, Dangriga, a boat in the Garifuna Landing ceremony (on Garifina Settlement Day), arriving at North Stann Creek river in the rain. It is flying the Garifuna flag
Changing of the Guard Ceremony, Deoksugung Palace, Gwanghwamun, Seoul, South Korea
UK, England, London, Trooping the Colour Ceremony at Horse Guards Parade Whitehall
Africa, Guinea Bissau. Bissau, musicians playing during the Carnivals parade
UK, England, London, The Mall, Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard
Myanmar, Burma, Naga Hills. A Tangkhul Naga in his ceremonial finery celebrating the Naga New Year Festival (Kaing Bi) in Leshi village
Thailand, Chiang Mai, San Sai. Revellers launch khom loi (sky lanterns) into the night sky during the Yi Peng festival. The ceremony is a Lanna (northern Thailand)
Bali, Ubud. Colourful, artistic and often revolting, villages spend weeks meticulously crafting their Ogoh-ogoh monsters for the Nyepi New Year celebrations
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; The first candle lit is carried to the altar in a procession around the church, to mark the begining of the New Year at the Cathedral of Trapani
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; A silver bass relief representing an episode of the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis), as part of the garment during the Misteri procession in Trapani
Russia, Sakhalin; An orthodox ceremony in a small church in the suburbs of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Russia, St. Petersburg; During an Easter Orthodox ceremony at Vladimirski Cathedral
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
Stone circle & chullpas mark ceremonial Inca burial grounds Stone circle & chullpas mark ceremonial Inca burial grounds
Grand Taikai Sumo Wrestling Tournament Dohyo ring entering ceremony of top ranked wrestlers. Japan Tokyo Ryogoku district Kokugikan Hall Stadium Grand Taikai Sumo Wrestling Tournament Dohyo ring
A Himba woman lights a small fire made of woodshavings and scented butterfat as part of her personal hygiene routine. Once the shavings are smoking she will cover herself with a sheepskin cloak
Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Msai warriors during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry
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
Laikipiak Msai
Kenya, Kajiado, lpartimaro. Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers
Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headdress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers
During an eunoto ceremony when Msai warriors become junior elders, their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay
In their dances, Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees
Samburu warriors, spears in hand, jump into the air without bending their knees during one of their dance routines
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
The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments
In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony
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
