Kristel Richard / Drummer riding Pinto draught horse. Opening Ommegang religious and historical parade. Brussels, Begium. June 2019.

Kristel Richard / Priests and choir boys participating in Cuasimodo, a Catholic festival, Colina, Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, Latin America. April 2017.

Kristel Richard / Priest and choir boys participating in Cuasimodo, a Catholic festival, Colina, Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, Latin America. April 2017.

Kristel Richard / Priests and choir boys participating in Cuasimodo, a Catholic festival, Colina, Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, Latin America. April 2017.

Kristel Richard / Priests at the Blutritt (the right of blood) the largest European procession with about 3 000 people riding horses, Weingarten, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. May 2016.

Kristel Richard / Priest on horseback at the Blutritt (the right of blood) the largest European procession with about 3 000 riders, Weingarten, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. May 2016.

Kristel Richard / Priest riding horse in the Blutritt (the right of blood) is the largest European procession with about 3,000 riders, Weingarten, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. May 2016.

Kristel Richard / Priests and horse riders in processtion at the Blutritt (the right of blood) the largest European procession with about 3,000 riders, Weingarten, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. May 2016.

Kristel Richard / The Blutritt (the right of blood) is the largest European procession with about 3,000 riders, Weingarten, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. May 2016.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest of Bet Giyorgis Church holding golden cross. Lalibela. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest holding a cross at Bet Gabriel-Rufael Church, Lalibela. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Christian priests. Bet Medhane Alem Complex (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Christian priests. Bet Medhane Alem Complex (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest walking through tunnel to Bet Maryam (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest walking through tunnel to Bet Maryam (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest reading Bible in Bet Maryaml church (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest reading Bible in Bet Maryam church (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Priest reading bible in Bet Meskel church (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Devout Christian in traditional robes inside courtyard of Northwestern group of churches Lalibela, . UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Famadihana, traditional funeral ceremony of the Merina and Betsileo ethnic groups where the dead are exhumed every seven years, a joyous festival with dancing and musicians. Antsirabe, Madagascar, Feb...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Famadihana, traditional funeral ceremony of the Merina and Betsileo ethnic groups where the dead are exhumed every seven years, a joyous festival with dancing and musicians. Antsirabe, Madagascar, Feb...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Famadihana, traditional funeral ceremony of the Merina and Betsileo ethnic groups where the dead are exhumed every seven years, a joyous festival with dancing and musicians. Antsirabe, Madagascar, Feb...

Bernard Castelein / Monks rehearsing dance the day before the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Monks preparing themselves for the dance rehearsal, the day before the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Monks rehearsing dance the day before the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Monks rehearsing dance the day before the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing trumpet during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Monastic dance during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Gonyingcham, a dance performed in reference to the heavenly angels mentioned in Tantrayana Buddhism. These angels represent the beautiful girls from different villages of the Mon region. Torgya festiv...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Janakcham (monastic dance). This dance has been performed from the beginning of Buddhist era in order to serve mankind and to restore peace in the animal kingdom. The dancers are wearing Tantric costu...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Jacham (bird dance / monastic dance). The message of this dance is that all animals (domesticated and wild) have the right to live freely on earth without violence, cruelty or suffering. It conveys th...

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Bernard Castelein / Young monk watching Zamcham (one of the monastic dances). This dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya festival. Galdan Namg...

Bernard Castelein / Young monks watching Zamcham (one of the monastic dances). This dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya festival. Galdan Nam...

Bernard Castelein / Young monks watching Zamcham (one of the monastic dances). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the precedi...

Bernard Castelein / Zamcham (monastic dance). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya f...

Bernard Castelein / Zamcham (monastic dance). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya f...

Bernard Castelein / Zamcham (monastic dance). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya f...

Bernard Castelein / Zamcham (monastic dance). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya f...

Bernard Castelein / Zamcham (monastic dance). The performers in this dance wear wrathful masks and the dance is performed to safeguard the venue, which has been neutralized by the preceding Phagcham (pig dance). Torgya f...

Bernard Castelein / Phagcham (Pig dance / monastic dance). The monks perform this monastic dance, wearing the mask of a pig and draped in traditional dress, to neutralize the dance courtyard of the monastery. Torgya fest...

Colin Monteath / Rangdum Gompa monastery in winter with skiers approaching from Panzi La, Kindom of Zanskar, India

Colin Monteath / Zangdok Palrifo Brang Gompa, tourist among chortens, Kalimpong, Sikkim Himalaya, India

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy rearing up on his Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) near a large cross with Cotopaxi Volcano in the background at a hacienda in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy rearing up on his Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) near a large cross at a hacienda in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Norbert Wu / Buddhist Monk and European tourists on beach at Phuket, Thailand

Charlie Hamilton-James / Local Maasai assistant Priest, Michael Chichilai, standing outside his church in the rain with his congregation after a Sunday service in Roman Catholic denomination church, Irkeepusi, Ngorongoro, Tan...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Local Maasai assistant Priest, Michael Chichilai, standing outside his church in the rain with his congregation after a Sunday service in Roman Catholic denomination church, Irkeepusi, Ngorongoro, Tan...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Eqilana Simigaq, the Inuit priest of the Lutheran church in the community of Qaanaaq. Northwest Greenland. 2019.

Kristel Richard / Drummer riding Pinto draught horse, opening Ommegang religious and historical pageant parade. Brussels, Begium. June 2019.