15 July 2010Last updated at 10:55

Your pictures of the week: Festival

Women offering prayers during the festival of Chhath in Mumbai, India.

Each week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week the theme is festival. We start with a picture from Ashish Tibrewal of women offering prayers during the festival of Chhath in Mumbai, India.

Robyn Daniell: "Sunset over the tipi field at Glastonbury, the largest open air music and performing arts festival in the world."

Tanya Whorwood: "A performance with fire during a festival in Kendal, England, of street entertainers from France."

James Fear: "A flower seller at the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, England."

Gerry O'Hare: "A picture taken at this year's Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh."

Participants at the News Orleans Mardi Gras 2010

Natalie Parsonage: "I love the woman's laughter and the inexplicable presence of the chicken man during New Orleans Mardi Gras 2010."

Festa di San Paolo - Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily

Lisa Mando: "Getting to carry the saint out of the church is an honour, and many vie for the chance during the Festa di San Paolo in Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily."

Mike Roberts: "The Hub Festival in Liverpool which featured breakdancing, bands and extreme sports."

Members of the Bodacious Belles of Beaufort, NC, celebrate the Fourth of July,

Chuck Beckley: "Members of the Bodacious Belles of Beaufort, North Carolina, celebrate the fourth of July, dressing up and marching in the annual red, white and blue parade."

Dancers perform during a festival in Singapore.

And finally a picture from the Asian dance festival in Singapore taken by Amol B Chougule. If you'd like to send us your pictures go to the Viewfinder photo blog to find out more. www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog

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