Rites Around the World

Kalderash Roma, who had come to pay tribute and kiss the container of a relic of St. Gregory, visit the church to receive a blessing at the Bistrita monastery.

Kalderash Roma women walk across the field near the Bistrita monastery where thousands of mostly Kalderash Roma gathered.

Roma musicians perform at the table of a Kalderash Roma family at the field near the Bistrita monastery.

Kalderash Rom Cresti Fieraro-Uana leads his daughter Roksana, 7, after paying tribute to a relic of St. Gregory at the Bistrita monastery.

 

 

 

 

 

New York City celebrated Mexico's Independence Day with a parade on Madison Avenue.

 

The cattle drive is part of Sacramento's week long "Farm-to-Fork" festival promoting the use
of local farm fresh goods in regional restaurants and at home.

Eid al-Ghadeer in Yemen

Eid al-Ghadeer in Yemen

A temple priest adjusts the shield on a Goddess Durga statue at Veeramakaliamman Hindu temple in Singapore October 31, 2013.

A man sets flowers on the tomb of a relative in a cemetery during All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday to reflect on the saints and deceased relatives in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.

A woman and her children light candles at the Olsany cemetery in Prague November 1, 2013. Catholics in the Czech Republic mark All Souls Day on November 2 by visiting the graves of loved ones.

VA Hindu man adorns the statue of a deity with flowers ahead of Diwali celebrations inside a Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur November 1, 2013.