religious processions
Faithful walking together
Religious processions are organized movements of people, often walking in formation, as part of worship or commemoration of sacred events.
Participants may carry icons, crosses, statues, candles, or other holy objects while chanting, singing hymns, or praying.
Such processions occur across many faiths—Catholics process on Palm Sunday and Corpus Christi, Hindus carry deities through streets during festivals, and Orthodox Christians circle churches at Easter.
The religious procession wound through the old quarter of the city.
- pilgrimsReligious journey takers
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- marchRhythmic group walk
- crossPass from side to side
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
banners · vestments · altar servers · sacred music · candles · candlelit vigil · slow march · penitents · parade route · flower petals · statue · liturgy · solemn vow · relics · patron saint · drummers · devotees · veneration
- Latin American culturetango, samba, cumbia, mariachi, ceviche
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- Fiestasfiestas, parade, parades, decorations, floats
- Brittanypardons, crepes, galette, cider, Gallo
- Chinese folk religionfolk beliefs, ancestral worship, Chinese temples, joss sticks, spirit mediums
- Filipino religionpatron saints, novena, friars, parish priests, Catholic missions
religious processionsmilitary parades
Ceremonial armed forces processions
carnival parades · political rallies · victory parades · ticker-tape parades · pride parades
religious processionsprivate prayer
Solitary communion with deity
contemplative prayer · hermitage · silent contemplation · monastic silence · meditation retreats
religious processionsprivate devotion
Personal religious observance