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Participants in Calcio Storico Fiorentino festival parading through Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Participants in the Explosion of the Cart festival parading through historic center, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Explosion of the Cart festival, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Indian Wedding in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Changing of the guards ceremony, Syntagma square, Athens, Greece
Offerings of fruit at temple ceremony, Bali, Indonesia
Warrior on rock, Kuata Island, Yasawa Islands, Fiji
Africa, Benin, Ouidah. Spectators of a voodoo ceremony
Africa, Benin, Grand Popo. Zangbeto ceremony in heve
Africa, Benin, Ouidah. During a voodoo ceremony
Africa, Benin, Grand Popo. A voodoo shrine at Heve
India, Rajasthan, Pushkar, lakeside ceremony during Pushkar Camel Fair
Changing of the guards ceremony, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Palace of Shining Happiness, Seoul, South Korea
UK, England, London, Changing of the Guard
India Uttar Pradesh Varanasi (Benares) Religious Rites in the Holy Ganges
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; A believer, holding a candle during the Easter Eve ceremony at the Trapani Cathedral
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; The lighting of the first candle by the bishop symbolising the beggining of the New Year in the Roman Catholic calendar
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; The bishop holding a lit candle at the beggining of the Roman Catholic calendar New Year at the Cathedral of Trapani
Sicily, Italy, Western Europe; The Addolorata during the Misteri procession on Good Friday in Trapani
Russia; St. Petersburg; The High Priest talking to believers during the Russian Orthodox Easter ceremony at Vladimirsky Cathedral
Mass in the night in Lourdes, France
Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. A Samburu warrior sings and claps during a dance
Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. Samburu warriors sing, clap and dance in their traditional dress at a manyatta
Towards the conclusion of a Ngetunogh ceremony, an initiate must put on his mothers jewellery for a day before removing the wild sisal face mask he has worn for 2-3 months
During a Ngetunogh ceremony, the mother of a Pokot initiate sings and dances holding high the cowhorn container she used to smear fat over the masks of her son and other boys as a blessing
At the start of a Ngetunogh ceremony, the mothers of Pokot initiates will smear animal fat on the boys masks as a blessing
After 2-3 months seclusion, Pokot initiates leave their camp in single file to celebrate Ngetunogh. They must wear goatskins
For two to three months after their circumcision, Pokot boys sing and dance in a special seclusion camp while undergoing instruction from tribal elders
Thailand, Sakhon Nakhon, Sakhon Nakhon. Phu Thai dancers at the Bai See Su Khwan (blessing ceremony) during the Wax Castle festival
Masked man, Festival, Trashichhoe Dzong (monastery), Thimpu, Bhutan
Changing of the guardsTaiwan Taipei Martyrs Shrine changing of the guards ceremony
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall guards at evening flag changing ceremony
Mongolia, Karakorum. Lamas praying at a ceremony to bless a Horse Festival, Erdene Zuu Monastery
Mongolia, Ulan Bator. Lamas performing morning prayer at Ganden Monastery
Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A masked dancer wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask gyrates at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular
A beafeeter in traditional dress outside the Tower of London
Trumpter at changing of the Guard
New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua. The Tamaki Experience - a welcoming ceremony is performed at a cultural show where visitors can enjoy an indepth Maori experience
Chullpa (Inca burial chamber) with Lake Umayo behind
Whirling Dervishes (The Mevlevi), performing the Sema (ceremony), Istanbul, Turkey The Mevlevi, know as Whirling Dervishes performing the Sufi dance, Istanbul, Turkey
Japan, Kyoto, Gion. Performers at the Yatuko Nomae Festival at the Yasaka Shrine
Meiji jingu Shrine 20th Century priest bride groom and family at traditional Japanese wedding Japan Tokyo Harajku Meiji jingu Shrine 20th Century priest bride groom
Iran, Persepolis. The Hundred Column Palace, this relief illustrating the Monarch enthroned in New Years Day ceremonies, Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid), near Shiraz.In about 512BC
China, Shandong Province, Qufu City. International Confucius Cultural Festival. Birthplace of Confucius the great philosopher politician and educator of the 6th-5th centuries BC
A Samburu initiate with bird skins hanging from his headband. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as
A Samburu initiate takes aim at a bird with a blunt arrow. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many
A Samburu youth is forcibly restrained after throwing a fit in the tension-filled days leading up to his circumcision. It is not uncommon for Samburu youths and warriors to succumb to hysterical
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal
