Assumption Day procession, Pag, Croatia

Procession on Assumption Day (Velika Gospa), Pag, Croatia, 15 August. Following an all night vigil, a statue of the Virgin Mary is carried from a shrine in the old town to the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the town centre. The women in the centre of the image wear traditional local folk costume including distinctive headdresses edged with Pag lace. © Rudolf Abraham