Phi Ta Khon or Spirit Festival. Mud man covered in a thick layer of mud

Phi Ta Khon or Spirit Festival. Mud man covered in a layer of mud and leaves

Phi Ta Khon or Spirit Festival. Two men in water buffalo costumes and one man dressed as a woman

Phi Ta Khon or Spirit Festival. People in spirit costumes during parade

Cropped view of Hindu priest receiving alms during festival at the confluence of the Ayeyarawady north of Myitkyina in upper Myanmar.Burma

Boy at Ati-Atihan festival with striped painted body and wearing a red headdress

Male devotee Tahipausam Hindu festival needles pierce tongue/cheek

Charismatic church festival with five local men standing under streamers

Young girl in costume at Ati-Atihan festival with a black painted face and wearing a headdress

Inti Raymi the Inca festival of the winter solstice enacted at the ruined ceremonial centre of Sacsayhuaman in the Northern outskirts of Cusco.

Shinjuku. Men carrying Mikoshi throught the street during a festival celebration

Shinjuku. Crowd of people carrying Mikoshi throught the street during a festival celebration