Sri Lanka, Kandy, Kandy Esala Perahera, Procession to honour sacred tooth enshrined in the Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth. Drummers and decorated elephants.

Performer in pink and silver costume.Caribbean One individual Solo Lone Solitary Trini Trinidadian West Indies

Carnival dancer wearing brightly coloured extravagant costume.

Crop Over sugar cane harvest festival. Grand Kadooment carnival parade stilt walkers in striped costume.Barbadian West Indies

Kadooment Day or Crop Over the sugar cane harvest festival held in August. Dancers in colourful costume. Barbadian Colorful West Indies

Crop Over sugar cane harvest festival. Grand Kadooment carnival parade performer in elaborate black red yellow and green masked costume.Barbadian West Indies

Celebrations for Our Lady of Guadaloupe outside the Basilica with dancers in costume.

Children performing traditional dance in costume.

Couple in elaborate costume performing Ramayana dance.

Performer in traditional Chinese opera wearing elaborate red and blue costume with dramatic black white and red face paint.

Two figures dressed in costume with woven mask and cape trimmed with white feathers for re-enactment of an ancient Tahitian coronation performed at a marae or sacrificial altar as part of Bastille Day...

Yabusame mounted archery at Hachimangu shrine festival. Horseback archery has been a feature of the shrine s festival since the early days of the Kamakura period 1192-1333 and this rider wears a sa...