• The Rite of the Second Burial by Sirachai Arunrugstichai

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs The Lang Pacha ritual (cemetery cleansing in Thai) is a seldom-seen ceremony deeply rooted in the ancient rite of…
  • Pehlivan by Onur Coban

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs At the Kirkpinar oil wrestling festival, the competition takes place in an open, grassy field, with the contestants naked…
  • The Future of Food by Lauren DeCicca

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs In Isaan culture, the tradition of foraging for seasonal insects and preparing them at home or buying them from…
  • Ancestral Faith by Ksenia Maksimova

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs One of Russia’s oldest indigenous peoples, the Chuvash, live in the Volga region, in the Chuvash Republic. Prior to…
  • Peking Wood by Xiangfeitian

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs Over 100 years ago, under the guidance and enlightenment of Ch'en Tu-hsiu and his journal “La Jeunesse (New Youth)”,…
  • Iranians’ desire for freedom Movement by Anonymous

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs Iran's uprising was caused by the death of Mehsa Amini, a 21-year-old Kurdish girl who suffered a skull fracture…
  • Veiled by Cloud and Mist by Yixi Tian

    Competition Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award Cultural Practices Quick links: Introduction / Categories / Rules / Judges / Moderators / Coordinators / Awards / Sponsors / Key Dates / Who Can Participate? / How to Participate? / Archives / FAQs In the southeastern region of Guizhou, there are numerous ethnic minorities, with the Miao people being predominant. Surrounded by…