"Wooden mask used by monks for ritual dances during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"Wooden masks used by monks for ritual dances during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"Wooden mask used by monks for ritual dances during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"Monk performing ritual mask dance, describing stories from the early days of Buddhism, during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"Monks performing ritual mask dance, describing stories from the early days of Buddhism, during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"A Katakali artist is applying the make-up of the character Arjun for the Santhana Gopalam play during a temple festival, Ayroor, Kerala, India, Asia"

Fools, jesters with phallus symbol at the mask dance, religious Tsechu monastery festival, Gasa district Tshechu Festival, Gasa, Himalaya region, Kingdom of Bhutan

"A Katakali artist with the complete make up of the character Arjun for the Santhana Gopalam play during a temple festival, Ayroor, Kerala, India, Asia"

"A Katakali with the complete make up of the character Krishna for the Santhana Gopalam play during a temple festival, Ayroor, Kerala, India, Asia"

"Monks performing ritual mask dance, describing stories from the early days of Buddhism, during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"Monks performing ritual mask dance, describing stories from the early days of Buddhism, during Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia"

"A Katakali artist with the complete make up of the character Krishna for the Santhana Gopalam play during a temple festival, Ayroor, Kerala, India, Asia"

Masked dancer at Tsechu festival, Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia