Children from the Chod folklore group, holding braided rods of willow. Custom has it that men or boys would spank women on Easter Monday, a Czech tradition that dates back to pagan times. In 2021 this...

The feet of a dead protestor, brought to a hospital after being shot by security forces, are tied together with a piece of string, a Buddhist tradition for a dead person.

Helina Korley's shoes lie in long grass on the edge of the 'Yomo', the area traditionally held to be the spiritual heart the Songor Lagoon. Tradition dictates that shoes may not be worn in this part o...

A woman dressed as an angel during the Mikulas (St. Nicholas) celebration. St. Nicholas is a long Czech tradition, celebrated on 5 December, when the trio of St. Nicholas, the Angel and the Devil wand...

People dressed as a devil, an angel and St. Nicholas walk the streets during the Mikulas (St. Nicholas) celebration on the Republic Square (Namesti republiky). St. Nicholas is a long Czech tradition,...

People on stilts dressed as a devil, an angel and St. Nicholas during the Mikulas (St. Nicholas) celebration on the Republic Square (Namesti republiky). St. Nicholas is a long Czech tradition, celebra...

As Behzod, the groom, musicians and the young men from the groom's entourage, approach the bride's house, a small fire is lit near the door, an echo of a Zoroastrian tradition. The youths wrestle thei...

Three men dressed as the Biblical 'Three Kings' share a drink in a house as they follow a Christmas tradition of dressing up and going door-to-door to sing and drink.

Putting a mascot on the wall of a newly built house is an Albanian tradition.

A body picked up from a local hospital is taken to the washing room of the Ghamkol Sharif Mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham.. A temporary Morgue has been set up in the car park of the mosque to help t...

Funeral Director Javid Akhtar, with the help of volunteers from the local community, moves a body, collected from a local hospital, to the washing room at the Ghamkol Sharif mosque in Small Heath. A t...

A trolley and bodybag is disinfected after a body was taken for washing at the Ghamkol Sharif Mosque in Small Heath. A temporary mortuary has been set up in the mosque's car park to help the city cope...

Funeral Director Javid Akhtar, with the help of volunteers from the local community, moves a body, collected from a local hospital, to the washing room at the Ghamkol Sharif mosque in Small Heath. A t...

A man scatters 100 Niara notes, which are retrieved on behalf of the newly wed couple, a tradition retained at the wedding of a wealthy couple.

Children, crouched by a woman hunting for rubies and spinels, smile as she shows them what she has found. Children often work with women to help them to find gemstones. As women are not allowed into t...