People of Korea
One of the officials carrying the “Gyu”, sceptre at the Jongmyo Daeje ceremony, the Royal Ancestral Memorial Rite, a seasonal Confucian ceremony held at Jongmyo, the Royal Ancestral Shrine of the Joseon Dynasty, to honour the Joseon kings and their consorts whose mortuary tablets are enshrined there.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun May 04, 2014