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culture, ethnic, person, indigenous, people, native, tribes, tribeswoman, highlander, mother, child, Huli, Tari, valley, Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania





A man walks purposefully through semi-arid thorn scrub country with the rugged Ndoto Mountains rising in the background.





Africa, Ethiopia, South Omo, Mago National Park, Mursi man with body painting and AK47 rifle





Girl Wearing Special Cloth,The Yapese of Satawal Island celebrate a girl's first menstruation in the women's house. The girl,...
Girl Wearing Special Cloth,The Yapese of Satawal Island celebrate a girl's first menstruation in the women's house. The girl, who wears orange turmeric powder on her chest, is symbolically dressed in new loincloths, gifts by the women of the island. This is the first time the girl p





Portrait of two Dani tribesmen wearing penis gourds, Irian Jaya West Irian Irian Barat, New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia





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.





Nahuatl Man and Woman,A man and a woman are in the Milpa Alta neighborhood of Mexico City, an area that is home to a small gr...
Nahuatl Man and Woman,A man and a woman are in the Milpa Alta neighborhood of Mexico City, an area that is home to a small group of Nahuatl Indians.





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.





Karo tribesman encircled by tribe, with traditional clay body painting, clay and feather headddress. Omo Delta, Ethiopia, Afr...
Karo tribesman encircled by tribe, with traditional clay body painting, clay and feather headddress. Omo Delta, Ethiopia, Africa.





Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a ...
Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a Buddhist monastery for a short time. Before entering the monastery, however, they are dressed like princes and treated like royalty for three days, in honor of th





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 Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest...
A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest inland deltas in the world. The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin. They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.





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.





Ao Naga tribe in traditional dress during Moatsu festival of sowing, Chuchuyimlang village, Nagaland , North East Frontier St...
Ao Naga tribe in traditional dress during Moatsu festival of sowing, Chuchuyimlang village, Nagaland , North East Frontier States , India





MALI, NEAR TIMBUKTU, TUAREG CAMP IN HARMATTAN DUST STORM, TRADITIONAL DANCES OF TUAREG PEOPLE





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.





Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Sahara Desert, Merzouga, Erg Chebbi, Berber Tribesman Leading Camels





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.





Hamar tribesman with feather headdress, carrying his rifle and a traditional wooden stool. Omo Delta, Ethiopia, Africa





TANZANIA Watatulu tribesmen of Miyuguyu, Shinyanga district Grandmother and child outsdie her house which is made of sticks a...
TANZANIA Watatulu tribesmen of Miyuguyu, Shinyanga district Grandmother and child outsdie her house which is made of sticks and mud





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.





Lakota Sioux Father Dressing Up Son,Original caption: In the home of a Lakota Sioux family, the father dresses up his son in ...
Lakota Sioux Father Dressing Up Son,Original caption: In the home of a Lakota Sioux family, the father dresses up his son in ceremonial costume for the upcoming Pow Wow in Rosebud, S Dakota, USA.





Kenya, Chalbi Desert, Kalacha. A Gabbra herdsman presents a lonely figure standing under a flat-topped acacia tree on the edg...
Kenya, Chalbi Desert, Kalacha. A Gabbra herdsman presents a lonely figure standing under a flat-topped acacia tree on the edge of the Chalbi Desert at sunset. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomadic pastoralists living with their herds of camels and goats around the fringe of the Chalbi Desert.





Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, P...
Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific





Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Sahara Desert, Merzouga, Erg Chebbi, Berber Tribesman Leading Camels





Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a ...
Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a Buddhist monastery for a short time. Before entering the monastery, however, they are dressed like princes and treated like royalty for three days, in honor of th





The deep wells at Ilaut are an important watering place for Samburu and Rendille livestock alike. The wells are dug out afres...
The deep wells at Ilaut are an important watering place for Samburu and Rendille livestock alike. The wells are dug out afresh each year and worked by the warriors who sing as they pass the water containers up the line of men. The depth of a Waterhole is based on the number of men required to work it. Here we have a 4-man well.





Africa, Cameroon, Adamaoua, village scene, the Lamido Palace of the king Mohamadou Hayatou Issa





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.





Young Dassenech boy dancing naked in a circle, taking turns to dance in a circle, Omo Delta, Ethiopia, Africa.





Mudman tribesman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific





A Berber tribesman is silhouetted as he leads his two camels along the top of sand dune in the Erg Chegaga, in the Sahara reg...
A Berber tribesman is silhouetted as he leads his two camels along the top of sand dune in the Erg Chegaga, in the Sahara region of Morocco. (MR)





Africa, Ethiopia, Debub Omo Zone, Child of the Mursi tribe A nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in Southern Ethiopia,...
Africa, Ethiopia, Debub Omo Zone, Child of the Mursi tribe A nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in Southern Ethiopia, close to the Sudanese border Woman with clay lip disc as body ornaments





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.





A Datoga man with a spear. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in...
A Datoga man with a spear. 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.





Ethiopia, The Ethiopia Government is interested in developing the cotton industry in the Omo Valley, this Arbore tribesman ha...
Ethiopia, The Ethiopia Government is interested in developing the cotton industry in the Omo Valley, this Arbore tribesman has left his traditional attire to work, the Hamer Tribe who lives only a few





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.





Nelson Mandela Speaking at Rally,Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black President in May 1994 when the nation's bla...
Nelson Mandela Speaking at Rally,Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black President in May 1994 when the nation's black majority were finally permitted to vote.





Afica, Togo, Lomè, woodoo Gorò celebration in the Ebè district, by spiritual chief Yema Sossou Djegnon





A Kereyu man with his fuzzy, well-oiled hair fashioned in a semi-circular shape. His long curved dagger is typical of his tri...
A Kereyu man with his fuzzy, well-oiled hair fashioned in a semi-circular shape. His long curved dagger is typical of his tribe. He wears unbleached cloth made from local cotton.





Olasurr falls lie in a remote area of the Loita Hills of Maasailand close to the Nguruman Escarpment, which is a western wall...
Olasurr falls lie in a remote area of the Loita Hills of Maasailand close to the Nguruman Escarpment, which is a western wall of the Eastern Rift system, close to Kenya's border with Tanzania





A Karo man poles his dugout canoe across the muddy waters of the Omo River.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main vi...
A Karo man poles his dugout canoe across the muddy waters of 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.





Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Sahara Desert, Merzouga, Erg Chebbi, Berber Tribesman Leading Camel





Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, P...
Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific





Africa, Niger, portrait of Ingal Niger members of the Wadabe tribe at the Cure Sallee festival in In Gall Niger.





Colourfully decorated and painted tribesmen celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the highlands





Chad, Elikeo, Ennedi, Sahara. A Toubou tribesman on his camel is dwarfed by the massive weathered sandstone rocks at Elikeo.





Many masais develop affections on their eyes Tribeman making fire using straws a knife and friction Masai Mara tribe around t...
Many masais develop affections on their eyes Tribeman making fire using straws a knife and friction Masai Mara tribe around the Masai Mara National Park Kenya East Africa





Quechuas Looking out Windows in Peruvian Village,Two Quechua men look out of broken windows at the Huilloc Village Festival i...
Quechuas Looking out Windows in Peruvian Village,Two Quechua men look out of broken windows at the Huilloc Village Festival in Peru's Sacred Valley.,Location: Cuzco department, Peru.





Black decorated and painted tribesmen celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the highlands





Afica, Togo, Lomè, woodoo Gorò celebration in the Ebè district, by spiritual chief Yema Sossou Djegnon





El Tajin from the South,Original caption: Structure 15 in the foreground, Structures 3 (l) and 23 (r) behind. El Tajin was a ...
El Tajin from the South,Original caption: Structure 15 in the foreground, Structures 3 (l) and 23 (r) behind. El Tajin was a political and religious center of the Totonac civilization, flourishing between 900 and 1150 AD.





Overloaded village jeep carrying Dunguria Kondh tribesmen to local tribal market, Bissam Cuttack, Orissa, India, Asia





At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial, nomadic Afar tribesmen have come...
At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial, nomadic Afar tribesmen have come here regularly with their camels to collect salt. More recently, mechanical harvesting has begun in an attempt to satisfy an insatiable demand for salt in Ethiopia.





Child and Maasai holding staff on beach, Close Up, Diani Beach, Mombasa Coast, Indian Ocean, Kenya





Padaung Woman near Religious Sculpture,A Padaung woman walks near a religious sculpture, used during April New Year celebrati...
Padaung Woman near Religious Sculpture,A Padaung woman walks near a religious sculpture, used during April New Year celebrations, in Nai Soi, a Padaung village in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. The Padaung people here make their living by receiving tourists, who after paying a fee, walk aroun





Cuna Sailing Canoe in Caribbean Sea,A Cuna woman and girls guide their sailing canoe in the Caribbean Sea off Panama's Kuna C...
Cuna Sailing Canoe in Caribbean Sea,A Cuna woman and girls guide their sailing canoe in the Caribbean Sea off Panama's Kuna Coast.,Location: Near Kuna Coast, Panama.





Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists. Proud and fiercely in...
Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists. Proud and fiercely independent, they live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.





An old Kung man, his skin shrivelled with age, watches the singing and dancing of his friends. The Kung live in the harsh env...
An old Kung man, his skin shrivelled with age, watches the singing and dancing of his friends. The Kung live in the harsh environment of a vast expanse of flat sand and bush scrub country straddling the Namibia Botswana border.





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.





People and Pollution in Antananarivo,The poor of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, sift through garbage and litte...
People and Pollution in Antananarivo,The poor of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, sift through garbage and litter along the river.





Many masais develop affections on their eyes Tribeman making fire using straws a knife and friction Masai Mara tribe around t...
Many masais develop affections on their eyes Tribeman making fire using straws a knife and friction Masai Mara tribe around the Masai Mara National Park Kenya East Africa

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