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Tango Dancers Eduardo Antar (L) of Argentina and Marie Reynas of France dance in the Cathedral Square in Barcelona 06 August 2005. AFP PHOTO/CESAR RANGEL.

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An unveiled young Afghan woman smiles after lifting her veil while waiting for her turn to receive food aid amongst fully-veiled Afghan women 21 November 2001 during a UN World Food Program food distribution in the Afghan capital. Scores of Afghans, including a large numbers of widows without their husbands killed during more than 20 years of war, depend on aid programs fo their daily survival. Aid agencies are trying to bring large amount of food inside Afghanistan to help the hundreds of thousands of Afghans which lives were shattered by war, but roads safety and border problems contribute to the slow process of bringing aid to Afghan needy. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND

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A veiled Afghan woman pushes a baby carriage with her belongings and a child in it towards Kabul from Serai Khoja some 19 miles north of the city 15 October. The family fled their village for a safer place due to fighting in the area. The Taliban religious militia has taken control of the main northbound highway leading from Kabul up to the village of Serai Khoja. AFP PHOTO Saeed KHAN

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Wearing an ancient Japanese costume, a player kicks a ball during the new year's "Kemari," (the Japanese game of playing with a ball lifting it only with the right leg) at the Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto, 04 January 2001. Eight players do the Kemari in a 15 metre square. The game originally came from China almost 1,400 years ago. AFP PHOTO Toshifumi KITAMURA

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Native American Gabe Bullock, an Alabama Coushatta tribe member living in Livingston, Texas, prepares for dance competition as the National Pow Wow gets started 12 August 2005 at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. Representatives from many of America's Native American tribes are in town for the 2005 National Pow Wow, a social gathering of hundreds of Native Americans who follow traditional dances started centuries ago by their ancestors, which continually evolve to include contemporary aspects. Usually held between April and October, these events of drum music and dance are attended by Natives and non-Natives, all of whom join in the dancing and take advantage of the opportunity to see old friends and teach the traditional ways to a younger generation. AFP Photo/Paul J. RICHARDS

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An Indian kathakali artiste from the southern state of Kerala waits to performs during a roadshow to promote tourism in the state, in Bangalore, 26 April 2005. The ancient art form, through a combination of storytelling, music and dance, expresses themes from Hindu mythology. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR

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Over 4,500 women go through several synchronized exercises on Tiananmen Square during the launching ceremony of Beijing's Health Week, 10 June 2000. China's capital is running a week-long public awareness drive to encourage more exercise as incomes and waistlines increase among Beijing's new middle class. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Stephen SHAVER

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Duna tribesmen from Lake Kopiago wait to perform the sacred snake dance in preparation for the independence day celebrations in Port Moresby, 13 September 2005. Amid a breakdown in law and order, rampant corruption, an AIDS epedemic, and an economy on the verge of collapse, PNG will mark the 30th anniversary of independence on 16 September. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD

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Japanese Kimono clad women "maiko" visit Kiyomizu Temple in Japan's ancient city Kyoto, 22 November 2003. The temple is surrounded by colored leaves at this time of year. AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI

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Drums are warmed up next to a fire in the streets of the Barrio Sur, in Montevideo, prior to the "llamadas" parade, 09 February 2007. The "llamadas" is a Uruguayan custom in which over 40 "comparsas", groups of dancers and drummers of the traditional "candombe" music, compete in a two-day carnival parade. AFP PHOTO/Pablo PORCIUNCULA

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Indian villagers compete in a bullock cart race during the Kila Raipur Sports festival, also known as the Rural Olympics in Ludhiana, 03 February 2007. First taking place in 1933 the Kila Raipur Sports Festival, or Rural Olympics as it is popularly known, takes place over a three day period during which competitors enter various rural sports events including equestrian events, bullock cart races and shows of strength. AFP PHOTO /Narinder NANU

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Thai Muslim students offer noon prayers at Darunsat Wittaya School at Saiburi in Thailand's restive southern Pattani province, 26 September 2006. Thailand is now under martial law after 19 September coup as the ruling junta is expected to annouce the interim prime minister in two weeks. AFP PHOTO/ Tuwaedaniya MERINGING

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Rina, an Indian woman dressed as Hindu Goddess Durga, worshipped as 'living god', appears at a makeshift worship place in Kolkata, 01 October 2006. The four-day long Durga worship festival is celebrated in Indian states and culminates in the immersion of the idol of Durga, who symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

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Indian Sikh devotees take a dip in the holy sarover of the Golden temple on the occasion of Bandi Chhor Divas in Amritsar, 21 October 2006. Bandi-Chhor Divas commemorates the return of the sixth Guru, Sri Hargobind Ji, to the holy city of Amristar after his release from detention. The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Nanak from detention in the Gwalior fort coincides this year with the Hindu festival of Diwali , the 'Festival of Lights'.

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Drummers perfom in front of a mist-covered Jade Dragon Snow Mountain during Chinese director Zhang Yimou's outdoor folk musical "Impression Lijiang - Snow Mountain", 23 July 2006 in Lijiang, in China's southwest Yunnan province, which made its debut at the scenic Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Zhang's second outdoor production, which includes four hundred locals dressed in various costumes of ten ethnic groups and one hundred horses, aims to provide an insight into the lives of the region's ethnic groups through song and dance. Yunnan is home to a third of all of China's 56 ethnic minorities, which are predominantly thought of by China's Han-majority for their singing and dancing skills. AFP PHOTO

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Guards open the doors of the Picture Gallery leading to the Amber Room of the Great Catherine Palace for the Russian President and his guests 31 May 2003, during the celebrations marking the 300-year anniversary of Saint Petersburg. AFP PHOTO/MAXIM MARMUR

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Baby in arms, Indian tribal mothers walk through rice paddy fields at Jumpuijala, 35 kms east of Agartala, the capital of India’s northeastern Tripura state, 19 August 2006. Rice is the principal crop grown in India, and the country ranks second only to China in world rice production.

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Indian devotees throng a major road as a huge idol of the elephant headed Hindu God Lord Ganesha is paraded through the streets of Mumbai, 06 September 2006 at the end of the ten day long Ganesha Festival. Indians mark the end of the 10-day religious festival, which is hugely popular in Mumbai and southern India, by dunking colourful idols of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh into the sea and rivers.

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Indian Hindu devotees throng a beach as huge idols of the elephant headed Hindu God Lord Ganesha are brought in a procession towards the sea for immersion, in Mumbai, 06 September 2006 at the end of the ten day long Ganesha Festival. Indian Hindu devotees marked the end of a 10-day religious festival hugely popular in Mumbai and India's south with huge numbers thronging the streets and dunking up to a million colourful idols of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesh into the sea and rivers. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE

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Brazilian samba dancers performs over a float of Mangueira samba school, 07 February 2005, develloping the theme "Energy" during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's samba school parade at the sambodrome, in Brazil. Mangueira, the most traditional Rio's samba school takes part in samba school parade, climax of the citi's carnival. AFP PHOTO VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

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A float representing the Mangueira's shantytown parades, 07 February 2005, during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's samba school parade at the sambodrome, in Brazil. Mangueira, the most traditional Rio's samba school takes part in samba school parade, climax of the citi's carnival. AFP PHOTO VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

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Some 4.500 Brazilians samba dancers performs during the parade of Mangueira samba schoo, 07 February 2005, develloping the theme "Energy" during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's samba school parade at the sambodrome, in Brazil. Mangueira, the most traditional Rio's samba school takes part in samba school parade, climax of the citi's carnival. AFP PHOTO VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

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A child dressed in traditional costume perform in front of ultra-modern architecture outside a temple on Chinese New Year's eve in Beijing 08 February 2005. Chinese all over the world will usher in the Lunar New Year of the Rooster with temple fairs and celebrations happening all over the capital. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS

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A drum and dance troupe perform outside a temple on Chinese New Year's eve in Beijing 08 February 2005. Chinese all over the world will usher in the Lunar New Year of the Rooster with temple fairs and celebrations happening all over the capital. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS

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A Southern Highlands woman mourning her dead husband (L) and a Western Highlands woman (R), both wearing necklaces of Job's tears, watch the 50th Goroka singsing (cultural show) from the stands in what is believed to be the largest gathering of indigenous tribes in the world, 17 September 2006. Over 90 tribes from all over Papua New Guinea -- the world's most culturally diverse nation -- have gathered in Goroka for the annual festival of traditional dance. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD

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Nebilyer warriors march towards the 50th Goroka singsing (cultural show) in what is believed to be the largest gathering of indigenous tribes in the world, 16 September 2006. Over 90 tribes from all over Papua New Guinea -- the world's most culturally diverse nation -- have gathered in Goroka for the annual festival of traditional dance on Independence Day. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD

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An Okiufa boy waits with his tribe to perform in the 50th Goroka singsing (cultural show) in what is believed to be the largest gathering of indigenous tribes in the world, 16 September 2006. Over 90 tribes from all over Papua New Guinea -- the world's most culturally diverse nation -- have gathered in Goroka for the annual festival of traditional dance on Independence Day. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD

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Swazi woman sing and dance, 03 September 2006, during the annual Reed Dance at Lundzidzini Royal Residence Swaziland.Swaziland is the last absolute Monarchy in Africa where political parties were recently unbanned. AFP PHOTO/FATI MOALUSI

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Spanish matador Francisco Marco fights a Jose Cebada Gago fighting bull, 10 July 2006, during the fourth corrida of the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona, northern Spain. AFP PHOTO / A. ARRIZURIETA

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Indian Hindu children dressed as Lord Krishna pose on eve of the Janmashtami festival in Agartala. (AFP/Stringer)

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A lone cyclist pedals10 July past a recently-restored section of the "Elephant Terrace," part of the famed Angkor temple complex near the northern Cambodian town of Siem Reap. Funded mainly by French, Japanese and UNESCO grants, restoration teams are trying to preserve or restore various parts of the sprawling complex - once capital of the Khmer empire, now Cambodia's main tourist draw. AFP PHOTO/David VAN DER VEEN

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A muslim girl holds a white rose before participating 23 August 2002 in the opening ceremony by the NGO forum on the sidelines of the World Summit on Sustainable Development which takes place in Johannesburg, from 26 August to 04 September.

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Reverend Man Chu checks 8,000 individually lit statues of Buddha in the Great Hero Hall of the Nan Tien Temple in Wollengong near Sydney 05 October 1995 in preparation for the official opening on 07 October. The USD 22 million complex is the Australian headquarters of Taiwan's Fo Kuang Shan Buddhists and is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern hemisphere.

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Men dressed as Chinese opera singers rest before the start of Hong Kong's annual Chinese New Year parade, 01 February 2003. The parade which attracts local and international performers is held on the first day of the Lunar New Year, this year marking the "Year of the Goat". AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS

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Buddhist monks walk back to their pagoda after begging food from residents in downtown Vientiane, 26 November 2004. Buddhism is the country's main religion. Laos, the Southeast Asian poorest country gets ready to host for the first time early next week a summit of the Southeast Asian Nations which is expected to be dominated by economic cooperation, terrorism and Myanmar issues. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH NAM

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Tibetan lamas wearing masks of evil spirits that lurk in the 'after life' perform for monks, Tibetan nomads and tourists during spiritual dance performances, or Cham, at Labreng Monastry 06 February 2001, during the Monlam Festival in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China. Tens of thousands of Tibetans are celebrating the Tibetan New Year by making their way to this town and its Labreng Monastry, whose separation from the Tibetan Autonomous Region provides a measure of protection from Han Chinese attempting to regulate their culture. AFP PHOTO/Stephen SHAVER

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Cambodian buddhist monks travel on the back of a motorcycle cart after collecting offerings from the nearby villages in Kandal province, some 30 kilometers northeast of the capital city Phnom Penh, 26 August 2005. Buddhism is the main religion of Cambodia where more than 90 percent of the population practice Buddhism along with other Southeast Asian nations.

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Thai hilltribe boys circles arround chapel before a mass ordination ceremony 04 July at the famous marble temple in Bangkok. Two hundred boys will enter the monkhood next week for a peroid of three months to study Bhuddist teachings during the Bhuddist lent. Nearly all young Thai men are required to spend some time as monks to purify their minds before turning into adults. AFP PHOTO

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College girls carry pots filled with holi water on their heads in Kathmandu, 16 April 2003. 125 pots were carried by women on the occasion of a world peace procession to the Jain Temple in Kathmandu. AFP PHOTO/DEVENDRA M SINGH

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A young Japanese dancer waits prior the Group H first round match Tunisia/Belgium of the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan, 10 June 2002 at Oita Big Eye Stadium. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN

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Buddhist monks walk under a light rain on their way to beg food in Vientiane, 26 November 2004. Buddhism is the country's main religion. Laos, the Southeast Asian poorest country prepares to host for the first time the meeting which is expected to be dominated by economic cooperation, terrorism and Myanmar issues. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH NAM

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Kindergaten pupils watch red and green demons during the annual Setsubun festival at Tokyo's Sensoji temple 03 February 2001 on the last day of winter according to the lunar calendar. Some 400 puplis threw beans to bring luck and ward off demons during the ceremony to greet spring. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO

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Performers from China's northeastern Liaoning province take a rest before a stilt dance at a temple fair in Beijing 01 February. While their Asian neighbours ring in the Year of the Tiger with disillusionment over failing economies, Beijingers celebrated the New Year with stubborn faith that such problems will remain far from home. AFP PHOTO GOH Chai Hin

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Spanish bullfighter "matador" David Fandilla "El Fandi" fights with a Nunez de Cuvillo bull, 09 July 2004, during the 3rd "corrida" of the San Fermin fair, celebrated in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS

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Indian Odissi dancers practice their routine in front of Konark's Sun Temple some 60 kms south of Bhubaneswar, 04 December 2000. Over two hundred Odissi (a traditional form of Indian dance) dancers from all over India are taking part in the annual Konark Dance festival, which lasts till December 05. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY

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Performers bang drums to ring in the new year at the opening ceremony of the Ditan (Temple of Earth) Park temple fair, 30 January 2003 in Beijing. The annual tradition of temple fairs during Spring Festival, which begins on the first day of the lunar new year on 01 February, dates back thousands of years across China. They were banned during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) for its superstitious and feudal beliefs, but resurfaced during the early 1980's as part of China's opening to the market economy. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN

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A South Korean Buddhist believer hangs paper with a wish on it onto a lantern during a ceremony of the Buddha's birthday at Chogye Buddhist Temple in Seoul, 26 May 2004. The ceremony was attended by about 5,000 Buddhists, while major temples across the nation also held similar ceremonies. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE

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A traditional Chinese dragon troupe performs under a temple gate during the opening ceremony of the coming 24 January Chinese Lunar New Year at a Beijing temple, 22 January 2001. Throughout China the Lunar New Year is a time for family and generosity, with most parks and temples turning into fairs and carnivals offering traditional plays, food, lucky draws, fortune tellers, snake swallowers and bargain shopping. AFP PHOTO/Stephen SHAVER

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An Iraqi boy peers from behind the door of his house as US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment pass by him during a patrol in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 370 kms of Baghdad, 04 February 2005. US troops found an Iraqi man shot dead near a cemetery on the west side of Mosul with a note attached to his body saying "This is the destiny of everybody who cooperates with the American enemy in Mosul. Signature: Mujahedeen Squadron". AFP PHOTO/MAURICIO LIMA

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