MAURITIUS, Piton, Mans tongue being pierced before he walks on fire at a Hindu Fire Walking Ceremony.

Sri Lanka, Kandy, Man taking part in fire walking ceremony crossing hot coals barefoot carrying lighted torches.

Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Shaman ceremony preparing the altar with offerings of food.

Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Shaman ceremony preparing the altar with offerings of food.

Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Family attired in their best clothes and singing for boy s haircutting ceremony meal of fat-tailed sheep and flat bread laid out on table in home. Traditionally marks the po...

Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Women attired in their best clothes to attend haircutting ceremony which traditionally marks the point at which a child is considered to have survived infancy at 3-5 years For b...

Indonesia, Bali, Children, Portrait of young girl in traditional dress attending cremation ceremony.

Ethiopia, Wolo Province, Lalibela, All night religious ceremony held on the night of a full moon. Man in white turban and robe kneeling to read from book.

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, An offering to the Mayan gods burns on an altar on the steps of the Church of Santo Tomas. The church was built on the platform of a Mayan temple pyr...

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, A Quiche Mayan man prepares an offering of candles to the Mayan gods on the steps of the Church of Santo Tomas. The church was built about 1545 A.D....

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...