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  • Prayer wheels, an ubiquitous sight in Bhutan, are revolving cylinders filled with printed prayers that are 'activated' each time the wheel is turned clockwise. Buddhist monks and devotees turn prayer wheels to gain merit and to concentrate the mind on the mantras and prayers they are reciting.
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  • Prayer flags hanging from pine trees and the Haa Chhu river in Yangthang village, Haa Valley, Western Bhutan. Prayer flags are ubiquitous in Bhutan and come in five colours - blue, green, red, yellow and white - symbolising the elements of water, wood, fire, earth and iron. The prayer for the flag is carved into wooden blocks and then printed on the cloth in repeating patterns.
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  • The stupa and prayer flags at the top of the Nachung-La mountain pass (4153m) between the Brokpa villages of Merak and Sakteng, Eastern Bhutan. Prayer flags are ubiquitous in Bhutan often found fluttering on mountain passes. They come in five colours - blue, green, red, yellow and white - symbolising the elements of water, wood, fire, earth and iron.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • A Bhutanese woman holding a prayer wheel and rosary beads praying at the National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu, Western Bhutan. This large Tibetan-style chorten is one of the most visible religious structures in Thimphu and for many Bhutanese it is the focus of their daily worship. It was built in 1974 as a memorial to the third king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Throughout the day people circumambulate the chorten, whirl the large red prayer wheels and pray at a small shrine inside the gate.
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  • A Bhutanese woman holding a prayer wheel and rosary beads praying at the National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu, Western Bhutan. This large Tibetan-style chorten is one of the most visible religious structures in Thimphu and for many Bhutanese it is the focus of their daily worship. It was built in 1974 as a memorial to the third king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Throughout the day people circumambulate the chorten, whirl the large red prayer wheels and pray at a small shrine inside the gate.
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  • Two Bhutanese woman holding prayer wheels and rosary beads praying at the National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu, Western Bhutan. This large Tibetan-style chorten is one of the most visible religious structures in Thimphu and for many Bhutanese it is the focus of their daily worship. It was built in 1974 as a memorial to the third king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Throughout the day people circumambulate the chorten, whirl the large red prayer wheels and pray at a small shrine inside the gate.
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  • Father Chris Vipers is a Catholic Priest and says a brief prayer in the private dressing backroom called the Sacristy (also known as the Vestry) before Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. He is wearing a decorative red Chasuble (the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian Churches that use full vestments, primarily in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches). Saying a brief prayer to a photograph portrait of Cardinal Newman. Father Vipers is about to go out into the main church where his congregation awaits for the Mass, this morning with the theme of St Bartholomew, the Apostle.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu,  every morning after having spent time in the main Prayer Hall inside the moanatery  will head to the prayer wheels and spin them, each full turn will represent one iteration of the chants  he has conducted within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Michelle Dean is a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism and chants her Puja, or prayer in the privacy of her own home, a bed sit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Having studied her Buddhism at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Michelle now lives within the larger society rather than the more closed but free community of Samye Ling where many people disaffected with western life or whom have experienced troubled times and sometimes escaping a criminal past, arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation.
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  • A nun practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditates in silence at a shrine. Seen in almost silhouette, the young woman engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. She is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • The inner prayer gallery with the imam's pulpit of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • Bending forward as a mark of humility and respect for his deity, a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism adjusts a prayer bowl in front of an effigy of Buddha at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes and many here have had a troubled youth, sometimes escaping a criminal past so arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Usually played in pairs for morning and evenings calls to prayer, preludes, and processions, two western nuns following Tibetan-Buddhism play their Rag-Dung (brass trumpets) in a garden at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. One nun looks across to check finger positions of her fellow-player and they are sat cross-legged on the lush grass surrounded with flowers and tall plants. The Rag-Dung is the most spectacular of Tibetan ritual copper horns and some are up to twenty feet long. With a deeply resonant sound it is relatively easy to play. Those following this branch of Buddhism arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Young monks chanting in prayer whilst leaning on their prayerr sticks during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A priest in prayer holding a cross during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • A Sikh devotee / pilgrim in prayer shortly after having bathed in the amritsagar, the water surrounding the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_prayers07-16-1997.jpg
  • A follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, is adorned with tattoos and has his head shaven. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Two buddhists walk around and spin a gigantic prayer wheel according to their religion in a temple next to the Boudhanath stupa, a world heritage site and a very important place for Buhddist pilgrimage near Kathmandu.
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  • Details of the door pulls of the outer to inner prayer galleries of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_012_1.jpg
  • The double leaf door which connects the outer from the inner prayer galleries of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The prayer gallery's intricate ceiling of the the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The outer prayer gallery of the The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • Cooks at the Golden Temple's Langar, begin the day in prayer before they start the intense day's activities of prepariing food for thousands of pilgrims which will visit the holiest of Gudwara's of the Sikh religion, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
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  • Sikh pilgrim in prayer and meditation at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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  • Muslim Cham women's white clothing worn for praying folded up on a prayer mat at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Prayer times around the world outside the Muslim Cham mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Prayer beads hand on a shelf in the Gold Star cafe, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Sundarpaul at prayer during a religious service held every morning at dawn in the  community hall. Tamaraikulum Elders village, Tamil Nadu, India
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  • Buddhist prayer flags criss-crossing the sky at at the Swayambhunath temple complex, also called the Monkey Temple.
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  • Buddhist prayer flags criss-crossing the sky at at the Swayambhunath temple complex, also called the Monkey Temple.
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  • Buddhist prayer flags criss-crossing the sky at at the Swayambhunath temple complex, also called the Monkey Temple.
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  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
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  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
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  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0233.jpg
  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0219.jpg
  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Buddhist prayer flags criss-crossing the sky at at the Swayambhunath temple complex, also called the Monkey Temple. The arc has been inscribed 'I love Laxmit'. The temple complex is a popular palce for young lovers to meet.
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  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0248.jpg
  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0249.jpg
  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0241.jpg
  • A Sabbath prayer meeting being held outside a Stamford Hill home by ultra orthodox Hassidic Jews during the coronavirus pandemic on 25th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The coronavirus has hit Britain’s Orthodox Jewish community disproportionately hard, with hundreds in the  tested positive for the coronavirus. Police have become aware of a number of religious meetings like this in the Haredi community who are not taking the restrictions seriously enough and could be endangering themselves and wider society.
    _E6A0235.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chanting in prayer during the Timkat (Epiphany) celebrations. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
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  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_001.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_004.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_002.jpg
  • Monks practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditate with dorje bells in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. They are a western visitors, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007. Dorje is a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies.
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  • Brazlian man standing in the sea in contemplation and prayer. February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River to make offerings of flowers and prayers, paying their respects to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.
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  • Pilgrims at prayer in the Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Israel. The Ethiopians have no property in the Hly Sepulchre only access rights and have a small monastery Deir es-Sultan on the roof of a small annex.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7486_18_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7483_26_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7459_12_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7451_26_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monk in prayer with roasary beads and cross. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Portrait of a nun in prayer. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Priest at prayer at the Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
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  • The Buddha seen as part of a shrine in the prayer room of Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. A Buddhist shrine provides a focal point for Buddhists when they are meditating, practising puja (worship) and for gatherings of Buddhists studying together. Shrines can vary from a small, simple shrine in the home or garden of a Buddhist, through to the large, ornate shrines or temples found across the globe. At the Samye Ling monastery, most visitors are westerners in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation.
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  • Brazlian man standing in the sea in contemplation and prayer. February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River to make offerings of flowers and prayers, paying their respects to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Buddhist monks in ochre yellow robes during one of their daily prayer sessions at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Shanghainese people burn incense during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Man turning a prayer wheel at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
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  • Satirical street art depicting Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn dressed in a monks habit with hands together in prayer in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Satirical street art depicting Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn dressed in a monks habit with hands together in prayer in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Satirical street art depicting Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn dressed in a monks habit with hands together in prayer in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Young Born Again Christians express emotions during a ministry at Butlins holiday centre in Minehead, Somerset, England. The annual meeting of fellow-evangelical pilgrims at one of Britain's holiday centres gives this otherwise jolly evening entertainment venue - a ballroom for dance and music - lends a far different atmosphere during this religious festival of prayer and dialogue with Jesus. Young people hold up their hands towards Heaven with either peace or pain on their faces.
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  • A poster promoting prayer hangs outside St. Michaels C of E church, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 13th August 2020, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.
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  • Middle aged Brazilian woman, in traditional Candomble dress of white, washing herself in prayer and making offerings of flowers to the sea in honour of Yemanja. February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River to pay their respects to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.
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  • Young Brazilian woman standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Young Brazilian woman standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Middle aged male Brazilian standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Middle aged male Brazilian standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Middle aged male Brazilians standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Young Brazilian woman standing by the sea in contemplation and prayer, making offerings of flowers to Yemanja, the Orixa goddess of the Sea and water.February 2nd is the feast of Yemanja, a Candomble Umbanda religious celebration, where thousands of adherants visit the Rio Vermehlo Red River in Salvador.
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  • Christians offering prayer on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras on 25th February 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Busloads of  zealots show up each year just before Carnival. Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city of New Orleans hosts every year. The magnificent, costumed, beaded and feathered party is laced with tradition and  having a good time. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and culminate on Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent.
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  • Two Orthodox Jewish men praying from the same prayer book in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (Blessing of the Sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol
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