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Buddhist monks perform a ceremony in a monastery in the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Family prayer flags are replaced in an annual Buddhist blessing ceremony in a home in the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Wagah is the only road border crossing between India and Pakistan. Each evening, the gates of the border are closed with an elaborate ceremony. On the Indian side of the border, women raise their hands and cheer for India during the ceremony.

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Women stand and visit after washing their hands in the ceremonial pool at the Jama Masjid, a mosque in Old Delhi, India.

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A Muslim man ceremonially washes his hands before praying at the historic Jama Masjid, in Delhi, India.

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A Hindu worshiper receives a religious mark from a woman outside a temple outside Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Hindu worshipers gather to offer animal sacrifices and other offerings to Hindu gods outside a temple near Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Women in the Andaman Islands participate in a traditional Hindu ceremony honoring the gods. The Andaman Islands are a union territory of India.

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Portrait of a priest participating in a traditional Hindu ceremony on the Andaman Islands, a union territory of India.

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A grove once used as a sacrificial location for Udmurt animistic ceremonies.

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Russian soldiers switch out posts at the Flame of the Eternal Soldier Memorial, outside the Kremlin in downtown Moscow, Russia.

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Soldiers trade posts at the Flame of the Eternal Soldier Monument outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

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A woman samples hot tea in Beijing, China’s Maliandao Tea Street.

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A tea vendor performs a tea-making ceremony in Beijing, China’s Maliandao Tea Street. The street has more than 1,000 shops selling and specializing in tea.

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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena to spectate and participate in events that include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena to spectate and participate in events that include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena. Fire Festival activities include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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Children prepare fire torches and then proceed to run in the street at dusk along the road in a Nosu village. They are celebrating the final events of the Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in the southwest mountains of China.

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A family participates in a sacrificial ceremony in their living room. The ceremony involves the killing of an animal that is placed in their doorway, followed by incantations by a village shaman. The meat is later cooked. The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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A Nosu family participates in a sacrificial ceremony in their living room. The ceremony involves the killing of an animal that is placed in their doorway, followed by incantations by a village shaman. The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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