Malaysia, Ancestor worship at chinese temple with photographs of the dead and money offerings.

Mount Koyosan. Shinto shrine in thick layer of snow over roof ground and surrounding trees. Shinto worship entails a belief in ancestor and nature spirits.

Young girls in traditional dress and body paint at ancestor worship ceremony.

Man holding knife to his stomach during juju ceremony to summon ancestor spirits.

Mahafaly aloalo carved memorial post in form of human figure hung with cross placed on tomb as intermediary between the deceased and the ancestor community.

Ancestor worship voodoo ceremony.

Merina Famadihana or bone turning festival. Man with disinterred remains of dead ancestor.

Women with painted bodies at an ancestor worship ceremony

Young men carrying an ancestor mummy during Inti Raymi.  Cuzco