Christina Gelsone, left, and Seth Bloom manipulate a large fabric sheets as they perform their show, Air Play, during a preview for the Sydney Festival in Sydney, Australia. The fa...
Half-naked shrine parishioners using wooden pots throw cold water on themselves during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo. Pouring cold wa...
A half-naked shrine parishioner using wooden pot throws cold water on himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo Saturday. Pouring ...
Roosters wait to attack each other during a cockfight as part of Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Guwahati. Tribal communities like Tiwa, Karb...
Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh from a workshop ahead of Maghi Ganeshutsav 2020, in Mumbai.
A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. On the eve ...
Participants at a bullock-cart race on the occasion of Sankranti festival at Gudivada in Krishna district.
A cow runs over burning hay as part of a ritual during the Makar Sankranti celebrations in Bengaluru.
A man smokes marijuana with his followers at a transit camp on way to Gangasagar, in Kolkata. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take the annual holy dip at Gangasagar, wh...
Residents perform rituals before setting ablaze a traditional 'bhelaghor' or 'meji' on the occasion of Magh Bihu, in Tezpur.
Devotees perform rituals after taking a holy dip in Sangam, the confluence of River Ganga, Yamuna and mythological Saraswati, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival during Mag...
Nepalese Hindu devotees roll prayerfully on the ground as part of a ritual during the Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. During this festival, devotees recite holy script...
Residents from Dharavi area celebrate the Tamil harvest festival of Pongal, in Mumbai.
Residents from Dharavi area celebrate the Tamil harvest festival of Pongal, in Mumbai.
Residents from Dharavi area celebrate the Tamil harvest festival of Pongal, in Mumbai.
Students celebrate Pongal at the college premises in Chennai.
Devotees attend the Akshata Sohala ceremony near Gramdaivat Siddheshwar temple during the annual 'Gadda Yatra' (festival) in Solapur, Maharashtra.
People buy fish from a market on the occasion of 'Uruka' as part of Magh Bihu (Bhogali Bihu) celebrations, at Uzanbazar in Guwahati.
A vendor cuts a sugarcane for his customer outside a wholesale vegetable market on the eve of Makar Sankranti, in Bangalore.
A woman carries a bunch of sugarcane after purchasing it on the eve of Makar Sankranti, in Bangalore. Sugarcane is used in rituals during this harvest festival, which also marks th...
