All morning long, villagers wearing ceremonial ikat sarongs circumambulated the villa carrying offerings, which were later buried in a pit.

Some scholars follow him, but the step certainly carried offerings, and the style of the building-sculptures is often felt too early for that date.

Hiroshi came with her, as did one of the women of the house, Ayako, who carried offerings of fruit and rice and a bowl of smoking incense.

The fire represents Agni, the divine messenger who carries offerings to the Devas.

Pilgrims were frequently depicted as carrying offerings to the goddess, including money, fruit, or a favorite pet dog or bird.

The men filled the mosques; the women, veiled, hastened to the tombs, and carried offerings to the dead, thus to preserve the living.

In front of them, Djoser faces them, carrying offerings in his outstretched hands.

Each carries religious offerings (a sheaf of grain, a bottle of liquor, candles) and is attached by a long chain to a towering schematic figure drawn on the gallery wall.

The worshipers carry offerings of brilliantly colored flowers, candles and joss sticks.

Hapi often was pictured carrying offerings of food or pouring water from an amphora, but also, very rarely, was depicted as a hippopotamus.