Festival goers at the Gion Matsuri rest under rows of illuminated chochin lanterns with name of donor to Narita san Temple written on each

Akrotiri. Annual Festival of Ayios Epiphanios. Congregation collecting wine and bread after the procession.may 12th

Thingyan Buddhist Water Festival. Crowds spraying water from hoses. Burma Myanmar

Thingyan Buddhist Water Festival. Group of young girls in back of truck drenched in spray of water.Burma Myanmar Lorry

Women with offerings at village festival near Hanoi. North

Diwali Hindu Festival of lights with children lighting candles beside a picture of Lakshmi

All Souls Festival. Crowds in graveyard above La Paz.

Musicians at Dussehra Festival celebrating the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana.Hindu

Wesak Festival.

The Methodist Church with Harvest Festival Offering of bananas on the pavement as woman leaves the church

Songkran water festival the New Years celebration of the lunar year

England. Jewish children decorating the ceiling of a Sukka with cut branches and fruit during the Sukkot Festival.