ceremony

coastline · ceremony

Aarti Chhabria covers herself with a shawl, over her swimwear, while shooting at the beach in Thailand, for a film. She walks along in sports shoes and wishes the cameraman with a big cheery 'hello!'.

temple · architecture

Église Saint-Maurice, or St. Maurice Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Annecy, France, with a Gothic architectural style and intricate stained-glass windows.

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Perizaad Zorabain talks about marriage: "An oldish couple - 50 plus, were sitting behind me in Singapore. I was eating with my mother. Completely in love. I couldn't handle it.

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The Embassy of Switzerland supported this event as it works for them to push Switzerland in India, for tourism and as a destination for film locales. A massive orange-wrapped box is gifted to Amitabh Bachchan.

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The Embassy of Switzerland supported this event as it works for them to push Switzerland in India, for tourism and as a destination for film locales. A massive orange-wrapped box is gifted to Amitabh Bachchan.

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Old archival footage of the world-famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, showcasing its exquisite puppet craftsmanship and timeless stage artistry.

ceremony · highway

Bangladeshi Muslims gathering for Namaz on Friday. See fairly disorganized traffic on the roads of Bangladesh, not that different from neighbouring India! Jumu'ah, also known as Friday Prayer or Congregational Prayer, is a prayer (ṣalāt) th…

Bangladesh·ceremony · highway

Time-lapse of Bangladeshi Muslims offering Namaz outside a mosque in Chittagong on Friday. What a colourful vista as the road is lined by people praying on one lane and traffic on the other lane.

Bangladesh·highway · ceremony

Muslims gather in thousands near a mosque in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Since it was a Friday the number of devotees kept swelling for the Friday Prayer.

Bangladesh·ceremony

Local street vendors selling plants, aloe vera, tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, bottle gourd, bananas and more while the Bangladeshi Muslims get ready for the Friday Namaz.

ceremony · bazaar

Vegetable subzi shopping in Bangladesh! What are those leaf bracts? They look like Aloe Vera to us! Bananas, cucumbers and apples sell in the winter season.

Bangladesh·ceremony · highway

Bangladeshi Muslims disperse after offering namaz on a Friday. The traffic on this road was completely blocked by the street vendors with their carts so that the namaz can be offered in peace.

Bangladesh·ceremony · highway

What coordination these Bangladeshi men display as they prostrate themselves for the Friday prayers, in front of a road-side mosque.

ceremony · temple

The idol of the Goddess of Dhaka at Dhakeshwari Temple along with the idols of Maa Durga's children. These idols are changed every Durga Puja as they are not immersed on the last day of Durga Puja in Dhaka.

ceremony · industry

Paan or pan leaf cultivation in Bangladesh. The Bengalis love eating paan, clearly, so there is much domestic demand. The creepers are grown in neat rows, with support for them to climb.

Bhutan·village · ceremony

In Bhutan, it is common to find phallus symbols painted on the walls of houses and in temples. It may be a weird sight for us but for Bhutanese, it is a sign of good luck that diverts the evil spirit.

dance · ceremony

The Black Hat dance is an elaborate ritual that took many days to perform in Tibet. The purpose of the ritual is to eliminate the obstacles, which in the individual are the afflictive emotions and misconceptions that cause sufferings.

dance · ceremony

The Black Hat dance is an elaborate ritual that took many days to perform in Tibet. The purpose of the ritual is to eliminate the obstacles, which in the individual are the afflictive emotions and misconceptions that cause sufferings.

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Buddhists spin prayer wheels at Memorial Chorten in Thimpu as a form of prayer, to accumulate merit and wisdom, to acquire good karma and purify bad karma and to help them develop compassion and wisdom.

ceremony · temple

Tsa Tsa memorial cones under a water powered prayer wheel in Bhutan A spinning water prayer wheel inside the small building is run by the flowing water and the small things that are placed outside the window are the mini stupas that are kep…

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For many Buddhists, the prayer wheel also represents the Wheel of the Law set in motion by the Buddha.

bazaar · ceremony

Thimphu is a store house of traditional Bhutanese art, architecture, culture, and tradition and above all still so pure. Groups of villagers from different district comes to sell organic vegetables.

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Bhutan has emerged as a single political entity with the Arrival of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1616. But the Wangchuck dynasty began with the coronation of King Ugyen Wangchuck as King of Bhutan in 1907.