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Life in Color: Communities Celebrate Local Tradition
Around the world, cultural events keep traditions alive.
Erkhembayar Altanbanzragch, 11, poses on a camel at the Thousand Camel Festival in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia.
Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu,
GPJ
Mongolia
Alma Velasquez Huichulef, an Afro-descendant activist, teaches African dance in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lucila Pellettieri,
GPJ
Argentina
From left, Oldia Louis, Jovany Gerard and Petherson Fleurant, members of the Haitian National Theater dance group, perform during the inauguration of a cultural center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Anne Myriam Bolivar,
GPJ
Haiti
Rarámuri women, who belong to one of the largest indigenous groups in northern Mexico, attend Mass on Good Friday in Norogachi, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Lilette A. Contreras,
GPJ
Mexico
Edward Sakala dances to traditional drumming at the Chibwela Kumushi Ceremony of the Soli in Chinyunyu, Lusaka, Zambia. The annual ceremony, led by Chief Bunda Bunda, signifies the beginning of the farming season.
Prudence Phiri,
GPJ
Zambia
Musicians play devotional music at Swayambhunath stupa, in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the Gunla, a holy month for Newar Buddhists, musical groups play at holy places.
Shilu Manandhar,
GPJ
Nepal
Axin Mazatl, left, and Cozca Kuahutli sprinkle seeds into censers filled with copal resin at a ceremony at the Tepalcayotl pyramid in Puebla, Mexico.
Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez,
GPJ
Mexico
Ali Kasimu, a representative for the groom’s family, offers gifts to girls in gomesi dresses at a traditional wedding ceremony known as kwanjula, in Kampala, Uganda.
Nakisanze Segawa,
GPJ
Uganda
A performer carries an iguana on his shoulder during the Feast of Corpus Christi, a Zoque religious festival, in Suchiapa, Chiapas, Mexico.
Marissa Revilla,
GPJ
Mexico
Aselbek Manaa poses with his eagle in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Kazakhs of western Mongolia have preserved their tradition of taming eagles and hold annual eagle festivals.
Nansalmaa Oyunchimeg,
GPJ
Mongolia
Patience Bhani, right, holds incense during a 90th-anniversary celebration of the Anglican Church in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Fortune Moyo,
GPJ
Zimbabwe
Revelers carry a statue of Lord Murugan during Skanda Sashti, a Hindu festival, outside a temple in Kodikamam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. On the sixth day of the festival, devotees celebrate the deity’s victory over evil.
Vijayatharsiny Thinesh,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Chinbat Gonchigjamts, right, aims a bow during a provincial tournament of Uriankhai, one of three types of traditional Mongolian archery, on a frozen river in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia.
Dolgormaa Sandagdorj,
GPJ
Mongolia
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