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Maiko debut at Miyako Odori, Kyoto Gion's public show.
Osaka, Japan - March 02, 2024 - Japanese woman in traditional colorful dress with an acrobat monkey performing on the street
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A group of multiracial friends are visiting a shrine and praying.
tokyo, setagaya - jan 28 2023: Japanese dressed in Suzukake kimono wearing a Tokin headwear and a green mask depicting a Karasu-Tengu with a crow-like beak during the Shimokitazawa parade festival.
Kyoto, Japan - November 21 2014: geisha walk around the kyoto. geisha are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles
Xi’an China - August 24 2024: A large number of tourists gather on Xi'an's Yongning Gate City Wall to sightsee and take photos. Some visitors are dressed in traditional Hanfu, blending into the historical ambiance of the ancient city wall. They stroll along the wall, capturing memories that combine ancient and modern experiences. The city wall is lively, showcasing the fusion of history and culture.Captured with the Leica Q3.Thailand.
Mexico City, Mexico - 2024/02/10: Lion dancers in Chinese New Year perform in the National Museum of Culture in Mexico City
Chinese shadow theater, is also known as the hand-operating shadow showChinese shadow playTraditional Chinese shadow play performance
Hong Kong - August 11, 2021 : Cantonese Opera Education and Information Centre in Ko Shan Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is aim to further foster the preservation, education and heritage of Cantonese opera.
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on white background. Wayang are made of goat, cow or buffalo skin
Kyoto, Japan- February 10th, 2023: Chohoji (Rokkakudo) Temple, a Historic hexagonal Buddhist temple at Donomaecho, Nakagyo, Kyoto, Japan
Chinese New Year couplets, decorate elements for Chinese new year.
Tokyo, Japan-April 13, 2019:\nOirans' stage performance, entertaining their guest (a man on the left-hand corner), on one of the streets in Asakusa, Tokyo. The woman with very elaborate kimono is Tayu, the highest-ranked Oiran.\nOiran was a profession which flourished during Edo period (1600-1868) of Japan and was one of the popular figures in the woodblock prints. Although it has since died out, the Oiran tradition has survived even up to today in the form of parade and local entertainment in some parts of Japan. Oiran was, if I put in a nutshell, high class Geisha girls of those days. Yoshiwara near Asakusa was one of such most famous places and the parade and stage performance have been taking place on the second Saturday of April each year, attracting a huge crowd.\nThe highest-ranked Oiran was called Tayu, who wear very elaborate silk kimono weighing about 20 kilograms. She wears about 15 cm high Geta (clogs) and walks in a special style called Soto-Hachi-Monji (outside 8 letter), as if she is drawing letter “8” by her feet, placing her hand on the shoulder of an accompanying man to keep her balance.
The Chinese Spring Festival streets sell calligraphers handwritten Spring Festival couplets (text: good luck, good things, blessing, spring)
Gwanghwamun Gate of the Grand Royal Gyeongbokgung Palace, 161. Sajik-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03045, Republic of Korea
Jiming Temple in Nanjing under the winter sun.
Loei ,Thailand-May 4,2015 : Unidentified show his dresses on parade in Beun Duean Hok traditional of Phi Khon Nam Festival , dance of each community parade, folk games and rocker fire of each community on May 4,2015 in Wat Phosri temple, Ban Na Sao Sub-District, Chiang Kan District in Loei Province, Northeastern of Thailand.
Classic thai dance performance with  peacock feathers. Young  Rum Thai dancers are moving with peacock feathers on an illuminated stage. Young  thai women are dancing traditional performance in traditional costumes. Scene is in public and for  people who visit square and night market  in Chiang Mai. They are dancing and moving in a circle and are changing positions. All dancers are holding peacock feathers,  Scene is at One Nimman Square. Performance is on a small stage and they are dancing in public for people who are visiting market as part of several entertainment of dancers and singers
play shadow projected on a white screen. the person's hands shape a poor man, a homeless man, with a hat and a rod fishing with a dead fish skeleton
Japanese mid adult female friends visiting Kyoto and experiencing Geiko (Geisha) makeover. Wearing gorgeous kimono for Geisha with 'Oshiroi' special white face makeup.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia - August 13, 2011: Traditional Indonesian shadow puppet theatre wayang kulit performs in street in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
AOMORI, JAPAN - AUGUST 5: A lighted float is carried during a parade at the Aomori Nebuta Festival on August 5, 2022 in Aomori, Japan. Aomori Nebuta Festival is a summer festival held from August 2 to 7 in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture. It is considered one of the three major festivals in Tohoku. It was the first time in three years that the festival was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese girl with red Ao Dai dress and old scholars writing calligraphy at lunar new year. Calligraphy is a popular tradition during Tet holiday. Text in photo mean Happy New Year and Peace.
A Javanese wayang kulit (shadow puppet) performance in Yogyakarta. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java. It is an ancient tradition throughout Java and all of Indonesia.
Osaka, Japan – September 2, 2024: Colorful neon signs in Tsutenkaku neighborhood at night in Osaka, Japan
Beijing, China - April 30, 2018: Dancers performing traditional Chinese stage arts in Beijing.
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