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Hindu priest with family at a Bulan Pitung Dina (One Month and One Week) purification ceremony for baby and parents, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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At the conclusion of a Parpara ceremony when a pregnant woman is blessed for a successful birth, Pokot women tie grass necklaces round each other using the grass which she had sat on during her blessing.
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India, Tamil Nadu, Madurai. Flower garland maker at the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple.
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800 year old Cedar tree with yellow straw rope at Hakone Shrine on Lake Ashi
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800 year old Cedar tree with yellow straw rope at Hakone Shrine on Lake Ashi, Kanto Region, Japan
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At the start of a Ngetunogh ceremony, the mothers of Pokot initiates will smear animal fat on the boys masks as a blessing. The boys must wear goatskins, conceal their faces with masks made from wild sisal (sansevieria) and carry bows with blunt arrows until this ceremony is over.
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Buddha Footprint, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India
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Night cityscape of the Matthias Church in Budapest,capital of Hungary
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During a Ngetunogh ceremony, the mother of a Pokot initiate sings and dances holding high the cowhorn container she used to smear fat over the masks of her son and other boys as a blessing.
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People Leaving Offerings at Temple of the Tooth during Kandy Perehera Festival, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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People Leaving Offerings at Temple of the Tooth during Kandy Perehera Festival, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. A Maasai elder blesses a warrior by smearing the fat of a ceremonial ox on his face during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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India, Thanjavur. A Hindu woman receives a blessing from a holy temple elephant in exchange for a small monetary tip.
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Guru Nanak Dev the first guru of Sikhism with golden temple in the background
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1950s FAMILY SAYING GRACE BEFORE THANKSGIVING TURKEY DINNER MOTHER FATHER 3 CHILDREN
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India, Madurai. A man is blessed by a holy elephant in the Meenakshi Sundereshwara Temple.
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Monk giving blessing at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum,Chinatown,Singapore
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India, Tamil Nadu, Madurai. Deity at a shrine in the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple.
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Background for Souvenir Photographs, El Sagrado Recinto del Tepeyac, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gold Leaf on Face of Buddha, Wat Kalayanamitr, Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand
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PORTRAIT RASPUTIN BLESSING DISCIPLES MAD MONK RUSSIAN REVOLUTION FAVORED BY NICHOLAS II STARETS
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Roadside Crucifix in Winter, near Villingen-Schwenningen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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The Priestly Blessing Ceremony by the Western Wall at Succot, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East
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A Samburu youth,his head freshly shaved,has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision. Milk and green grass are blessings to these pastoral people and feature in all important ceremonies.
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The Pokot have a small ceremony called Koyogho when a man pays his in-laws the balance of the agreed dowry for his wife. This may take place many years after he marries her. At the conclusion of the ritual, his father-in-law blesses him.
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors being blessed by women who sprinkle milk on them from gourds during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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The day before Samburu boys are circumcised in their lorora,(a purpose-built circumcision encampment),senior elders will bless the sharp instruments of every household,such as pangas and axes,by pouring a little milk over them as they intone a blessing. The instruments must be laid out on the oxhide upon which the boy of each household will be circumcised.
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Monk giving blessing at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum,Chinatown,Singapore
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Monk giving blessing at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum,Chinatown,Singapore
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Pilgrim is anointed by an attendant as she prays beside the 18 metre tall statue of Gomateshvara,the largest free-standing sculpture in India
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