A visual anthropology reportage on the millenary ritual of Vattienti, Italian flagellants that beat their legs on the eve of Easter day, in the small...
Thousands of Shia muslims in Bangalore take part in an Ashura procession held on the 10th day of Muharram. The procession is held by Shias to mourn the death of Imam Hussain, the grand...
Pakistani Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a religious procession on the 10th day of the holy Islamic month of Muharram, which is the first month of the Islamic calendar, in ...
Thousands of Shiaa in South Lebanon marked Achura's 10th day in Nabatieh by marching and carrying out a ritual of self flagellation to show mourning for the death of Imam Hussien. ...
Indian Shiite Muslims take part in a Muharram procession in Amritsar, India. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in whic...
Shi'ite Muslim men and boys take part in self-flagellation, or flogging, during a religious procession ahead of the Ashura festival in Peshawar, Pakistan. 5th December 2011
Kashmiri Shiite muslims in large numbers march during a religious procession in Srinagar on the seventh day of Muharram. Srinagar, India. 3rd December 2011
A visual anthropology reportage on the millenary ritual of Vattienti, Italian flagellants that beat their legs on the eve of Easter day, in the small town of Nocera Terinese in the Cala...
The Mysteries are the artistic depiction of the death and passion of Christ, a total of 20 religious groups, including two statues of Jesus and the Dead Lady of Sorrows. - Trapani (ITA)...
The human ant-eaters of North East Thailand. A day hunting, catching and eating large brown tree ants and their lavae with a local farmer in the Thai region of Isan. Isan Hant Cuisine.
A hooded penitent with a bloodied back prays while lying on his belly at the entrance of a church during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in the province of Bulacan, north of Manila.
The holy Ashura was observed across Bangladesh on Friday commemorating the Karbala tragedy over 1350 years ago in which Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA) embraced martyrdom fighting for truth an...
DMTX. Every year Shias all over the world mourn the deaths of one of their Imams in a ritual known as Ashura, which involves amongst other things ritualistic self flagellation using han...
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