Guatemala, Solola Department, San Pedro la Laguna, A partially-finished woven belt or faja with a traditional quetzal design on a backstrap loom in a house.

Guatemala, Solola Department, Santa Cruz la Laguna, An older Cakchiquel Mayan woman in traditional dress winds thread on a frame to prepare for weaving on a back loom as a little girl watches.

Guatemala, Solola Department, Santa Cruz la Laguna, An older Cakchiquel Mayan woman in traditional dress winds thread on a frame to prepare for weaving on a back loom as her friend comes over to help...

Guatemala, Solola Department, Santa Cruz la Laguna, An older Mayan woman in traditional dress winds thread in preparation for weaving on a back loom.

Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims from the Kham region of eastern Tibet circumambulating around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. The man wears the traditional golden thread hat and the women wear their pa...

Aymara man sitting against a wall with a spindle of thread. Near SucreAmerican Bolivian Chuquisaca Hispanic Latin America Latino Male Men Guy One individual Solo Lone Solitary South America

Woman tying thread on arm of boy during the Sacred Thread ceremony. The Hindu male rite of passage ceremonyAsian European Great Britain Northern Europe Religion Religion Religious Hinduism Hindus UK...

Sacred Thread Ceremony Hindu male rite of passage.

Daughter placing red mark on the forehead of her father during Hindu Sacred Thread Ceremony.

Young boy at his Upanayana Brahmin thread ceremony.

Sacred thread is fastened at the wrist of adolescent boy during Hindu male rite of passage.

Woman tying thread on wrist of man during the Sacred Thread ceremony. The Hindu male rite of passage ceremony