Religious Festival Collection

Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral of Notre Dame on Monday, August 22, 1864

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of

The Prince giving sugar-cane to the elephants at the rehearsal of the Perahara, Kandy... 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince giving sugar-cane to the elephants at the rehearsal of the Perahara, Kandy, Ceylon, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII on a royal visit to India

Walpurgis Night in Bergslagen, Grangärde in Dalarna, 1896. Creator: Anshelm Schultzberg
Walpurgis Night in Bergslagen, Grangarde in Dalarna, 1896

Allegory of the Catholic Church: Plenary Indulgences (Indulgences plénières), c.1790. Creator: Louis Jean Desprez
Allegory of the Catholic Church: Plenary Indulgences (Indulgences plenieres), c.1790. A monumental staircase, flanked by buildings, chapels carved from the rock, and an aqueduct leading to a church

Hindoo Festival, Cashmere - from a photograph by W. J. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Festival, Cashmere, [India] - from a photograph by W. J. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. During the summer months in this delightful country the Hindoo population are constantly making pilgrimages to

Chinese day of sacrifice in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese day of sacrifice in Batavia, 1779-1785. Tsingbing Festival. Detail of hats. Paper houses to be burned. High priests in a pagoda. Altar with incense and offerings of pigs heads

Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1779-1785. Ceremonies during the Tsingbing Festival. An altar. Man with gong and a burnt offering. Ceremony with major, capitains, lieutenants

Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1785. Ceremony during the Tsingbing Festival. Drawings of musical instruments. Worshippers kow-towing. Altar with incense

Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Devotees outside a temple in India. The dancing takes place in the open air, and behind may be seen the peculiar architecture of a Hindoo temple

The Rutt Jatthra, a Hindoo Festival held at Juggernauth, in Orissa, from a native drawing, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Rutt Jatthra, a Hindoo Festival held at Juggernauth, in Orissa, from a native drawing, 1857. Juggernauth, which means "the Lord of the World

The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. Creator: Unknown
The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. A family at home on 5 December, the night celebrated in the Netherlands as the Feast of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas

Peasant Fair, c.1665. Creator: David Teniers II
Peasant Fair, c.1665. Other Title(s): St George's Day Kermis. Country folk talking, eating and drinking, dancing to the bagpipes, falling over drunk (bottom left)

The St Martin's Day Kermis, c.1540-c.1598. Creator: Peeter Baltens
The St Martin's Day Kermis, c.1540-c.1598. Religious festival: a rowdy mob crowds around a cask of wine. On the right, Saint Martin cuts his cloak in half to clothe a beggar

'Une fete religieuse en Abyssinie; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Une fete religieuse en Abyssinie; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Espagne. La Viatique, 1889. Creator: Daniel Urrabieta Vierge
Espagne. La Viatique, 1889. [Spain, The Viaticum]

Les Fetes de Sainte-Jacques de Compostelle: La Procession des Reliques. [Religious festival at Santiago de Compostela: The Procession of the Relics]

Street Shrine, 1931. Creator: Jerome Myers
Street Shrine, 1931

Year End Fair at Kinryuzan Temple, ca. 1836. ca. 1836. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Year End Fair at Kinryuzan Temple, ca. 1836

View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia, n.d

Worship of Lord Jagannatha in his temple at Puri, First half 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Worship of Lord Jagannatha in his temple at Puri, First half 18th century. Major religious festival celebrating Krishna as Lord of the Universe

Religious Festival at Benares, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Religious Festival at Benares, 1890. Hindu festival in Varanasi also known as Benares on the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, India, is the holiest of seven sacred cities

Devils and Giants of Manacor. Feasts of San Antonio, in the early 20th century

Prayers in May, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Prayers in May, 1941. A group of children, in May Day costumes accompanied by nuns, walk up a hill to church. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Walking match of midinettes, Paris, St Catherines Day, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Walking match of midinettes, Paris, St Catherines Day, 1931. Midinettes (Parisian salesgirls), celebrating the feast of Saint Catherine on 25 November

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