daily rituals

Female Beauty Rituals

Siblings With Painted Faces

India, Kerala, Cannanore region, trance rituals and Theyyam dances

India, Kerala, Cannanore region, trance rituals and Theyyam dances

Guatemala, Maya celebration, mix of traditional and Christian rituals

Guatemala, Maya priest officiating traditional rituals

Benin, Porto Novo, fresco showing voodoo rituals

Colored powder for Hindu rituals for sale in market, Orcha, Madhya Pradesh, India 

Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), male booming. Oklahoma, USA

Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), male booming. Oklahoma, USA

Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), female. Oklahoma, USA

Woman meditating

Woman meditating

Princely cremation on Kuta beach. Bali Island. Indonesia

Cremation ceremony. Ubud area. Bali. Indonesia

Bhutan. Buthang Valley. Sey Lhakhang Monastery. Prayer wheels.

 

 

Youthful China

Feminine purity

Coptic service, Lalibela, Ethiopia.

Tau-tau cliff, traditional cemetery of Suaya, Tana Toraja. Sulawesi, Indonesia

Figures depicting ancestors at Tau-tau cliff, traditional cemetery of Suaya, Tana Toraja. Sulawesi, Indonesia