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The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copp...
The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copper beads, the one on the right is embellished with thousands of small white discs or beads, handmade from ostrich shells.The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adol...
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out. This warrior's body and his long braids have been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat.
In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the mi...
In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the milk for the kids. Only women and children milk goats although every member of the family will drink the milk.
A young Samburu boy sucks marrow straight from the leg bone of a cow. Marrow is a much sought-after delicacy. During every Sa...
A young Samburu boy sucks marrow straight from the leg bone of a cow. Marrow is a much sought-after delicacy. During every Samburu ceremony, livestock is slaughtered and meat is roasted over wood fires. Warriors will never eat meat in the presence of married women.
Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose wom...
Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion
Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl...
Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl waters goats from a waterhole dug in the sand of a seasonal watercourse. Her young brother will control the flow of stock to the water trough. In the background, a man digs out another waterhole; they have to been deepened regularly towards the end of the dry season.
A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest o...
A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) and Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a ...
A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to t...
Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to their lorara (a purpose-built circumcision encampment), shortly before they undergo the ritual. A family's herds must be penned in the lorara until the circumcision
DIANA DE POITIERS - SIGLO XVI. Author: ANONIMO FRANCES. Location: MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, BASILEA, SWITZERLAND.
A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China becam...
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable.
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. B...
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. Before long, they imitate the dances of the warriors which, hitherto, they have been forbidden to perform.
A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from gira...
A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds are used instead.
A Maasai warrior resplendent with his long ochred braids tied in a pigtail watches over his family's cattle, spear in hand. T...
A Maasai warrior resplendent with his long ochred braids tied in a pigtail watches over his family's cattle, spear in hand. The singular hairstyle of warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
A Samburu youth is circumcised outside his mothers house as his two sponsors attend him, one holding his shoulders while turn...
A Samburu youth is circumcised outside his mothers house as his two sponsors attend him, one holding his shoulders while turning his face away from the circumciser, the other holding his right leg.Boys are not allowed to show any sign of fear or pain.
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular s...
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular shield made of giraffe or buffalo hide, a wrist knife worn round the assailant's right wrist and one or two finger knives for gouging out an enemy's eyes. They must have been an awesome sight in full battle cry. Modern arms have now replaced the old ways of fighting.
Early in the morning, a Samburu youth sings the lebarta, the Samburu circumcision song, just after he has been circumcised ou...
Early in the morning, a Samburu youth sings the lebarta, the Samburu circumcision song, just after he has been circumcised outside his mothers house. One of his sponsors attends him by holding his back. Boys are not allowed to show any sign of fear or pain.
Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and beadss. A leather strap wi...
Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and beadss. A leather strap with cowrie shells hangs down her back.
The Hamer (Hamar) are a tribal people in southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamer Bena woreda (or district), a fertile part ...
The Hamer (Hamar) are a tribal people in southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamer Bena woreda (or district), a fertile part of the Omo River valley.( They are largely pastoralists, so their culture places a high value on cattle.
Maasai men ride camels in the dry bush country at Olorgasailie, situated between Nairobi and Lake Magadi.
A MASSAI woman (chiefs wife), adorned with tribal JEWELRY in her village along the rim of NGORONGORO CRATER, TANZANIA
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language...
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
A Turkana woman with braided hair wearing heavy beaded necklaces and a black ostrich feather in the typical attire of Turkana...
A Turkana woman with braided hair wearing heavy beaded necklaces and a black ostrich feather in the typical attire of Turkana married women.
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while pa...
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while parts of his face have been covered with ochre powder.
The numerous decorated iron bracelets worn by a Datoga woman. During song and dance, she will rub them together to keep rhyth...
The numerous decorated iron bracelets worn by a Datoga woman. During song and dance, she will rub them together to keep rhythm. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned leather dress embellished with beads. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
Two Samburu warriors resplendent with long Ochred braids and beaded ornaments relax in typical pose beside a river bank.
A Hamar woman at Turmi Market.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditi...
A Hamar woman at Turmi Market.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red-ochred hair mop-fashion. Skins are widely used for clothing and heavy metal necklaces, bracelets and anklets form part of their adornments.
Gadaba tribeswomen in traditional dress with large earrings and necklaces denoting their tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, As...
Gadaba tribeswomen in traditional dress with large earrings and necklaces denoting their tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia
Blanket-clad Samburu elders converse outside a lorara, a purpose-built circumcision encampment for boys. The elders meet freq...
Blanket-clad Samburu elders converse outside a lorara, a purpose-built circumcision encampment for boys. The elders meet frequently in the days leading up to their sons' circumcision to discuss the arrangements.
A young Samburu man leads a donkey carrying the basic structure of a temporary home. The curved sticks will be tied together ...
A young Samburu man leads a donkey carrying the basic structure of a temporary home. The curved sticks will be tied together in a dome and covered with hides and woven mats to form a temporary shelter in a stock camp. Donkeys are widely used by the Samburu as beasts of burden.
Karo men excel in body art. Before a dance, they will decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pu...
Karo men excel in body art. Before a dance, they will decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. While older men style their hair with clay, young men prefer to braid theirs. The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal.
A Hamar woman at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women we...
A Hamar woman at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
A Datoga young man in traditional attire. His braids are embellished with beads and aluminium can openers. Many of his white ...
A Datoga young man in traditional attire. His braids are embellished with beads and aluminium can openers. Many of his white plastic bracelets are beautifully decorated with abstract and geometrical designs, long ago these bracelets would have been made of ivory.
Two Maasai men ride camels near Lake Magadi in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Although the Maasai do not customarily keep came...
Two Maasai men ride camels near Lake Magadi in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Although the Maasai do not customarily keep camels, much of the semi-arid land of southern Maasailand is more suited to camels than cattle
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typic...
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe, she wears many layers of bead necklaces and a beaded headband.
Maasai men ride camels in the dry bush country at Olorgasailie, situated between Nairobi and Lake Magadi.
Close up of a young Hamar womans attire during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. She holds a Hamar tin trumpet in her right han...
Close up of a young Hamar womans attire during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. She holds a Hamar tin trumpet in her right hand, which are only blown by women.The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.
A Hamar woman holds a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Eth...
A Hamar woman holds a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
Mali Menaka near Gao Girl of Peul tribe also called Wodaabe Fulani or Bororo 16 17 dressed for Geerewol festival
A pretty Borana girl at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears brightly coloured cotton cloth and numerous strings of beads.;The pas...
A pretty Borana girl at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears brightly coloured cotton cloth and numerous strings of beads.;The pastoral Borana live either side of the southern Ethiopian/northern Kenya border and form a large and important group of the Oromo-speaking cluster of tribes.
Charles Hankinson (Eagle Tail), a Native American from the Micmac tribe of Canada, dances in full traditional regalia at the ...
Charles Hankinson (Eagle Tail), a Native American from the Micmac tribe of Canada, dances in full traditional regalia at the Healing Horse Spirit PowWow. His face paint was �giftedŒ to him by his grandfather. NOT MODEL RELEASED. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
A Hadza girl wearing a beaded headband and necklaces. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who hav...
A Hadza girl wearing a beaded headband and necklaces. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources.
A young married Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot ...
A young married Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy women. Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets. Related to the Ra...
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy women. Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets. Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat.
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Eth...
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
Portrait of a Karen tribal teenage girl holding a parasol and smiling, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language...
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy women wearing gold nose rings. Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural ha...
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy women wearing gold nose rings. Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets. Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat.
Portrait of an Akha tribal woman wearing traditional silver jewelry, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
Child and Maasai holding staff on beach, Close Up, Diani Beach, Mombasa Coast, Indian Ocean, Kenya
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affini...
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A Himba girl with a plaited hairstyle, which she will wear until adolescence. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who ...
A Himba girl with a plaited hairstyle, which she will wear until adolescence. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia
A pretty Samburu girl dances with warriors of her tribeGirls arch their backs and by thrusting out their chests flick their n...
A pretty Samburu girl dances with warriors of her tribeGirls arch their backs and by thrusting out their chests flick their necklaces up and down as they dance silently to the songs of the warriors. 0B;
Gadaba tribeswoman in traditional dress with large earrings and necklaces denoting her tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia
An armed Mursi man wearing a heavy ivory bracelet round his left wrist.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities...
An armed Mursi man wearing a heavy ivory bracelet round his left wrist.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affini...
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A Karo girl with the ringlets of her hair caked with clay and red ochre an unusual hairstyle but not uncommon along the Omo R...
A Karo girl with the ringlets of her hair caked with clay and red ochre an unusual hairstyle but not uncommon along the Omo River.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.
A Mursi girl dressed in finely decorated leather garments with a beautifully made basket over one shoulder. Her partially sha...
A Mursi girl dressed in finely decorated leather garments with a beautifully made basket over one shoulder. Her partially shaven head is the typical hairstyle of her tribe. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal.
A Hadza boy carrying a bow and arrow.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the La...
A Hadza boy carrying a bow and arrow.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources.
An old Datoga woman. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned and decorated leather dress The Datoga (known to th...
An old Datoga woman. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned and decorated leather dress The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
Medicine Dance of the Winnebagos from "The American Aboriginal Portfolio Seth Eastman (1808-1878 American) Newberry Library, ...
Medicine Dance of the Winnebagos from "The American Aboriginal Portfolio Seth Eastman (1808-1878 American) Newberry Library, Chicago
An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sect...
An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent, the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia
A Samburu mother wears an ochred goatskin cape ready for milking a cow the evening before her son is circumcised. This distin...
A Samburu mother wears an ochred goatskin cape ready for milking a cow the evening before her son is circumcised. This distinctive cape is worn only at circumcision ceremonies. The milk must be drawn from a cow that has not given birth more than twice and will be poured over her son's head just before he is circumcised early the next morning.
The stretched lower lip of this Mursi woman is unsightly when she takes out her large clay lip plate. She has a leather apron...
The stretched lower lip of this Mursi woman is unsightly when she takes out her large clay lip plate. She has a leather apron decorated with metal rings on her head to shade her from the sun. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her teeth will be removed for the plate to fit snugly. The size of the lip plate often determines the quantum of the bride price.
Portrait of a Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the Africa...
A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the African land snail, leaf-like ear ornaments and metal earrings from which hang tiny rings of goat horn.
An elder of the Karo tribe, a small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwest...
An elder of the Karo tribe, a small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. The Karo are renowned for their elaborate body painting using white chalk, crushed rock and other natural pigments. This man also has a clay hairdo typical of tribal elders. Like most adult males he carries a rifle.
A Native American woman dances in full traditional regalia at the 8th Annual Red Wing PowWow in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NOT...
A Native American woman dances in full traditional regalia at the 8th Annual Red Wing PowWow in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NOT MODEL RELEASED. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
The Huichol or Wixáritari are an indigenous ethnic group of western central Mexico, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental ran...
The Huichol or Wixáritari are an indigenous ethnic group of western central Mexico, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the Mexican states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango. They are best known to the larger world as the Huichol, however, they refer to themselves as Wixáritari ('the people') in their native Huichol language.
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets. Related to the Rabaris g...
India, Karnataka, People, Lambani Gypsy Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets. Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat
Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with war...
Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with warriors.
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. At the end of a dance session, the participants invariably enjoy the Song o...
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. At the end of a dance session, the participants invariably enjoy the Song of the Bulls. Each young man will take centre-stage to extol the praises of his favourite ox. He will explain how it came into his possession, its distinguishing traits and with outstretched arms, imitate the shape of its horns.
A Pokot woman in traditional attire with patterned cicatrices on her back attends an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made w...
A Pokot woman in traditional attire with patterned cicatrices on her back attends an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads.
An attractive girl from the Kediyo tribe carries a large, beautifully made umbrella. Its wooden frame is covered with the dri...
An attractive girl from the Kediyo tribe carries a large, beautifully made umbrella. Its wooden frame is covered with the dried leaves of ensete, the false banana plant (seen growing in the background). Widely cultivated in southern Ethiopia, ensete roots and stems, which are rich in carbohydrates, are either cooked and eaten as a porridge or made into bread.
A Mursi man with scarification in the shape of a crown.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shillu...
A Mursi man with scarification in the shape of a crown.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A young Dassanech girl wears a beautiful array of beaded necklaces. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numberin...
A young Dassanech girl wears a beautiful array of beaded necklaces. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
A Hamar man with an unusual hairstyle decorates a girls face before the start of a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.The semi noma...
A Hamar man with an unusual hairstyle decorates a girls face before the start of a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.
BANJARI WOMEN with EMBROIDERED BLOUSES and HEAD SHAWLS at the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR - RAJASTHAN, INDIA
Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)
A group of Hamar women dance and blow tin trumpets at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists...
A group of Hamar women dance and blow tin trumpets at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
A Maasai warrior speaks on his mobile phone from the saddle of his camel near Lake Magadi in Kenyas Rift Valley Province. Mob...
A Maasai warrior speaks on his mobile phone from the saddle of his camel near Lake Magadi in Kenyas Rift Valley Province. Mobile phones are a popular method of communicating with family and friends in remote areas of Kenya.
A Pokot warrior wearing a leopard skin jumps high in the air surrounded by women to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot ar...
A Pokot warrior wearing a leopard skin jumps high in the air surrounded by women to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Akha tribal woman in traditional clothing at a market stall, Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
A Pokot woman in traditional attire dances to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and met...
A Pokot woman in traditional attire dances to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads.
The ochre worn by a married Hamar girl glows deep red in the late afternoon light.;The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of...
The ochre worn by a married Hamar girl glows deep red in the late afternoon light.;The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women and girls wear striking traditional dress. Skins are widely used for clothing and heavy metal necklaces, bracelets and anklets form part of a woman's adornments. Cowries are also popular to embellish their appearance.
A Nyangatom woman grinds sorghum using two stones. Typical of her tribe, she wears a heavily beaded calfskin skirt, multiple ...
A Nyangatom woman grinds sorghum using two stones. Typical of her tribe, she wears a heavily beaded calfskin skirt, multiple layers of bead necklaces and metal bracelets and amulets. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
A Dassanech man shows off his distinctive clay hairdo. The central pannel consists of tightly packed coils of sisal thread ex...
A Dassanech man shows off his distinctive clay hairdo. The central pannel consists of tightly packed coils of sisal thread extracted from grain sacks that allow the scalp to breathe underneath the clay. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
A young Nyangatom woman carries her baby on her hip in an elaborately braided papoose. Her hair has been reddened with a mixt...
A young Nyangatom woman carries her baby on her hip in an elaborately braided papoose. Her hair has been reddened with a mixture of ochre and animal fat. Typical of her tribe, she wears a calfskin skirt, multiple layers of bead necklaces and metal bracelets and amulets. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
A group of Nyagatom girls and women with beautifully decorated leather skirts gather to dance.The Nyagatom are one of the lar...
A group of Nyagatom girls and women with beautifully decorated leather skirts gather to dance.The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.
A Samburu youth sitting on an ox hide just after he has been circumcised outside his mothers house. His two sponsors attend h...
A Samburu youth sitting on an ox hide just after he has been circumcised outside his mothers house. His two sponsors attend him, one holding his shoulders, the other preparing to help carry him into the house.
Naga New Year Festival, Naga ladies dancing, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar Burma, Asia
A Maasai girl in traditional attire. The predominant white colour of her beadwork and the circular scar on her cheek denote t...
A Maasai girl in traditional attire. The predominant white colour of her beadwork and the circular scar on her cheek denote that she is from the Kisongo section of the Maasai, the largest clan group, which lives either side of the border in Kenya and Tanzania.
A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt with an elaborate fringe of wooden and metal tassles. Much the largest of the tr...
A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt with an elaborate fringe of wooden and metal tassles. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-h...
A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-horn trumpets are only sounded to call men to arms or on ceremonial occasions.
Two happy Himba girls with appealing hairstyles clap to the rhythm of a dance. Their ornaments include white beaded necklaces...
Two happy Himba girls with appealing hairstyles clap to the rhythm of a dance. Their ornaments include white beaded necklaces, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
A small girl, her body smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wears a round white beaded necklace, called ...
A small girl, her body smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wears a round white beaded necklace, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is style...
A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, which is called erembe.
The Mursi (or Murzu) are a nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, National...
The Mursi (or Murzu) are a nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia, close to the Sudanese border. According to the 2007 national census, there are 7,500 Mursi. Surrounded by mountains between the Omo River and its tributary the Mago, the home of the Mursi is one of the most isolated regions of the country. Their neighbors include the Aari, the Banna, the Bodi, the Kara, the Kwegu, the Me'en the Nyang
Portrait of a ´Long necked´ Padaung tribe woman weaving, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. In this picture, young men and girls are performing the naleyo, the only da...
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. In this picture, young men and girls are performing the naleyo, the only dance among a repertoire of more than twenty where couples dance together. The songs narrate love stories about small animals such as tortoises, hares, squirrels and dikdiks.
Traditional bushman necklaces on sale at Twyfelfontein made from makalani seeds and decorated with animal designs
Men dance during a month long Dassanech ceremony. They wear leopard, cheetah or serval cat skins draped on their backs and bl...
Men dance during a month long Dassanech ceremony. They wear leopard, cheetah or serval cat skins draped on their backs and black ostrich-feather headdresses. They dance holding long sticks and simulated shields. Their faces and bodies are smeared with mud giving them a singular appearance.
A blanket-clad Samburu elder. In the days leading up to his son's circumcision, he becomes distinctly nervous of his son's co...
A blanket-clad Samburu elder. In the days leading up to his son's circumcision, he becomes distinctly nervous of his son's conduct during the operation. Should a boy show signs of fear or cry out, he brings terrible shame to his family.
A Nyagatom girl with unusual body scarification. The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike peo...
A Nyagatom girl with unusual body scarification. The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.
Close_up of earrings worn by a member of the Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
Banna woman wearing a necklace known as a bignere, a metal band with a phallic protuberance to signify she is a first wife, a...
Banna woman wearing a necklace known as a bignere, a metal band with a phallic protuberance to signify she is a first wife, at the weekly market, Key Afir, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
Portrait of an Akha tribal woman wearing a traditional silver headpiece, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
Immediately a Samburu youth has been circumcised, his ritual sponsors and friends will draw blood from an ox by tying a rope ...
Immediately a Samburu youth has been circumcised, his ritual sponsors and friends will draw blood from an ox by tying a rope tourniquet round the animals neck and piercing the jugular with a short, sharp arrow. A mixture of blood and milk will be given to the initiate to drink while he recovers from the operation in his mothers house.
A Samburu initiate with bird skins hanging from his headband. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiat...
A Samburu initiate with bird skins hanging from his headband. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is skinned without using a knife, stuffed with dry grass and attached to the boy's head band by means of its beak. =
A young Mursi girl carries a grinding stone on her head. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shil...
A young Mursi girl carries a grinding stone on her head. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A young mother and child of the Arsi-Oromo people west of Aje. Both have unusual hairstyles. The braids falling from the crow...
A young mother and child of the Arsi-Oromo people west of Aje. Both have unusual hairstyles. The braids falling from the crown of the mother's head have been attractively woven with wool to make a colourful fringe.
The bonnet like headdress of this young Himba girl is a visible sign of her recent marriage. Known as ekori, the leather garm...
The bonnet like headdress of this young Himba girl is a visible sign of her recent marriage. Known as ekori, the leather garment is handed down from generation to generation and will be worn for at least a month after her wedding. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
The evening before a Samburu boy is circumcised, he must lean over his mother under a special ochred goatskin cape as she mil...
The evening before a Samburu boy is circumcised, he must lean over his mother under a special ochred goatskin cape as she milks a cow that has not given birth more than twice. This milk will be kept overnight in a traditional wooden gourd-like container and will be poured over the boy's head just before he is circumcised early the next morning.
Charles Hankinson (Eagle Tail), from the MicMac Tribe of Canada, dances at the 8th Annual Red Wing Native American PowWow in ...
Charles Hankinson (Eagle Tail), from the MicMac Tribe of Canada, dances at the 8th Annual Red Wing Native American PowWow in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NOT MODEL RELEASED. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
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