Cultural Traditions and Celebrations

Groups of people in traditional attire, participating in cultural dances and ceremonies, highlighting rich heritage and community spirit.

Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Tufi Island, Baga Village. Traditional welcome sing-sing. (Editorial Use Only)
Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Tufi Island, Baga Village. Traditional welcome sing-sing. (Editorial Use Only)

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Melanesia, Papua New Guinea. Small island of Ali off the coast of mainland PNG. Local villagers in traditional feather headdresses performing welcome dance and sing-sing with ocean in the distance.
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Trio of Embera indigenous people playing music, Panama, Central America
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Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Tufi Island, Baga Village. Traditional welcome sing-sing. (Editorial Use Only)
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Mexico City, Mexico - 04 November 2023: View of a parade participant adorned in vibrant feathers and intricate face paint, embodying the spirit of Dia de los Muertos..
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Children's parade crews, Desfile de Cuadrillas Infantiles.
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Tribal people standing together, South Africa
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Women and girl in ritual make-up and traditional clothing during a sing-sing, Goroka Show, Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
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Women in colourful Carnival costume dancing, Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, Africa
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Papua New Guinea, Native man with colorful headdress dancing with hand drum NO MODEL RELEASE
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Dancers in war paint, Crocodile Festival, Wewak District, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Boy in a carnival costume at the Carnival of Montserrat, British Overseas Territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
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Street parade in the International Carnival Seychelles, in Victoria, Mahe, Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean. McPMDF McP_MDF_SEY0025 *** Street Parade in The International Carnival Seychelles, in Victoria, Mahe, Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean McPMDF McP MDF SEY0025 McPMDF
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Parade dance, Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, USA PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA
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Hawaii, Oahu, Waikiki beach, conch shell blower
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USA, Utah, Bluff. Navajo boy dances at the Utah Navajo Fair Pow-Wow.
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New Guinea Highlands, Near Tari, Huli Tribe, Portrait Of Man
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Fiji, Viti Levu Island. Dancers Polynesian Cultural Center.
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Boy with feather headdress Papua New-Guinea
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Costumed women dancing, Carnival, Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, Africa
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Boys with cap and paint Papua New-Guinea
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Young Blackfoot boy in traditional regalia, Siksika Nation Pow-wow, Gleichen, Alberta, Canada
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USA, Texas, Austin. Dancers on Stilts at the Farmer's Market on Saturday morning in Republic Square.
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Colourful costumes in the Notting Hill Carnival.
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Woman traditional dress for ceremony, Kioa Island, Fiji.
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Bare-breasted tribeswoman and tribesmen wearing face paints, bone necklaces and feathered headdress during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Pap...
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Drummer at dance show by Embera indigenous people, Panama, Central America
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Tamure dancers in tahiti
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Mount Hagen tribesmen performing dance at sing-singPapua New Guinea, Mount Hagen, 1974
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Gallup, New Mexico, United States. Annual Gallup Intertribal Ceremonies. Young Hopi male.
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UK, England, London, Young woman in native Colombian costume during Carnival Del Pueblo, Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival is Europes Largest Latin Street Festival
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French Polynesia, Tahiti, Papaeete, Female Tahitian dancers in traditional dress
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Indigenous woman performing jingle dance in public park on Prince's Island in Calgary during Canada Day powwow.
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SA, Peru, Napo River Region, Peruvian Rainforest. Yagua tribesman (Editorial Usage Only)
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French Polynesia, portrait of young girl wearing haku & lei smiling, outdoors A57H
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Firewalkers, Polynesian Cultural Center, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
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Goroka Festival, Papua New Guinea. Portrait of tribal girl dancing and performing at the annual festival. (Editorial Use Only)
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SA, Peru, Cusco, Young male dancer with grasses, traditional dress, Plaza de Armas (MR)
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Decorated and painted women celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the highlands, Enga, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Male dancer in regalia, 2nd Annual World Chicken Dance Championships, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada
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Mens Fancy Dancer, Standoff Powwow, Alberta
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Majuro Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands
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Traditionally dressed women, Buka, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
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c.1905 Hawaii, Female hula dancers with straw skirts and leis, hands to the side, postcard
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22 year old Hispanic sisters, Aztec outfits, feather head dress with Pheasant feathers, Cruise Ship Terminal, Mazatlan, Sinaloa State, Mexico (MR)
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Traditionally dressed islanders, Yap Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
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Hula dancer in Kauai, Hawaii. (Editorial Usage Only)
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Woman with face painting, Madagascar, Africa
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. International Folk Art Market. Peruvian couple with decorated hats.
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Crow Indians on horseback near Hardin,Montana,USA Model released Hardin PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA
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Papua New Guinea Natives in traditional dress dancing
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A traditional dance group; Tanna Island, Vanuatu
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FP, Tahiti, Side view of girls in traditional dancing outfits, blurry bkgd C1781
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Colourful dressed woman. Carnival. Mindelo. Cabo Verde. Africa
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Madrid, 01/20/2004. Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the colony of this country in Spain in the Lavapiés neighborhood area http://www.abc.es/abcfoto/galerias/20150219/abci-fotografias-anonuevo-chino-201502181624.html.
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Ecuador, Amazon, Shiripuno River. Moi Enomengaa, Huaorani tribal leader, in the Amazon Jungles in Ecuador. (MR)
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Bad Hofgastein, Perchtenlauf (Percht / Perchten mask procession), Hexe (witch), Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
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Mexico City, Mexico - 04 November 2023: View of dancers in vibrant yellow and orange dresses flowing through the Day of the Dead parade, filling the street with color and celebration.
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Two children with black smeared faces, Ati Atihan Festival, Kalibo, Aklan, Western Visayas Region, Panay Island, Philippines
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Male dancer in traditional regalia in 2nd Annual World Chicken Dance Championships, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada
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Trinidad, Festivals, Carnival Precession With Girls Dressed In Pink And Green Costumes Holding Large Plain Card Props
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Blackfoot young man in traditional regalia, Siksika Nation Pow-wow, Gleichen, Alberta, Canada
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Carnival Parade at the Macedonio Alcala Street, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca State, Mexico
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Dancer, Pearl Beach Resort, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean, Oceania
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Team Misawa members perform a traditional Hawaiian dance to the song Maunaleo during the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month closing ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2022. Misawa Air Base celebrated the cultural traditions, ancestry, native languages, and unique experiences represented among more than 56 ethnic groups from Asia and the Pacific Islands who now live in the United States.
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Pretty young girl with little paintings in her face, Morondave, Madagascar, Africa
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory
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Women, costume and dance for carnival, samba and celebration with performance, party and music. Dancer, happy and event for culture or festival with traditional outfit at concert in rio de janeiro
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Portrait of an Indian woman from the Dessanos tribe with her daughter, Rio Taruma, Manaus, Amazon state, Brazil, South America
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gay pride, mumbai, maharashtra, Asia, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Two elder Blackfeet men dressed in traditional beaded and brain-tanned leather pants, shirts and eagle feather headdresses on horseback in Browning Montana
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Very colorful Hawaiian wahine dancing hula with ti-leaf skirts and feathers
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Mexico City, Mexico - 04 November 2023: View of the vibrant Day of the Dead parade on the streets, a spectacle of colorful costumes and painted faces.
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Mexico, Cozumel, San Miguel, town square, native dancers in Cozumel performing for tourists.
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Dancers In The Procession Of The Carnaval De Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia
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Massachusetts, Gloucester, Gloucester Downtown Block Party, belly dancers
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UK, England, London, Young woman in costume at Notting Hill Carnival
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Kansas USA
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Dancing drummers at San Francisco Carnival 2013, California, USA.
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Hawaii, Big Island, Hula, Group Of Hula Dancers.
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Navajo Nativs, Monument Valley, Utah, USA, Northamerica, girl with duckling
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Portrait of girl with haku and lei
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Peruvian people in city street
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Local people celebrating in the Andringitra National Park, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Africa
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Man dancing during Canada Day powwow in Prince's Island Park.
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Hawaii, Aloha Week Festival Hawaiian woman with long hair, lei and haku, smiling by drums outdoors
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A Gathering Of North America'S Native People, Meeting To Dance, Sing, Socialize And Honor American Indian Culture At Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
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MARTINIQUE. French Antilles. West Indies. Fort-de-France. Young woman dancer in parade during Carnival. (Editorial Usage Only)
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Trinidad, Port Of Spain, Carnival, Parade Of Bands, Mud Men
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South America, Brazil, Maranhao, Sao Luis, a costumed dancer in a headdress at the Bumba Meu Boi festival in the Praca Aragao
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Igorot women
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Himba boy, Kaokoveld, Namibia.
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Colourful costumed, pretty, young woman with boyfriend. Carnival. Mindelo. Cabo Verde. Africa
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Aboriginal couple Australia
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Carnival, dancer and portrait of woman at festival, event or samba in Brazil for summer celebration of culture. Salsa, dancer and creative fashion with happiness from music or people at club or party
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Hawaii, Hawaiian Woman from Island of Lanai
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Domestic tourist dressed up as Bunong ethnic minority at Bou Sra Waterfall; Mondulkiri, Cambodia
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Hawaii, Oahu, Group Of Tahitian Male And Female Dancers Posing.
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Man dancing during Canada Day powwow in Prince's Island Park.  The celebration commemorates Canada's 150th anniversary of confederation.
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Portrait of a girl in a carnival, Trinidad
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory
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Beautiful Hawaiian hula girl on a tropical beach.
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USA, New York State, New York City, Jackson Heights neighborhood, People Celebrating during 2013 Queens Pride
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First Nations young man wearing sunglasses, T'suu Tina Pow wow, Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada, North America
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Two local girls w/ haku lei whisper secrets, colorful pareo and orchid lei C1479
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Portrait of a woman holding a wall hanging, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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A Tahitian 'warrior' with tattoos welcomes visitors to the "Marché Papeete" market hall, Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific
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Woman in Costume at Ahu Tongarriki in Easter Island during Tapati Festival Rapa Nui (MR)
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Voodoo Ceremony Port-Au-Prince Haiti
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England,London,Notting Hill Carnival
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Window Rock, Arizona, USA. Navajo Nation Fair. People in traditional clothing. (Editorial Use Only)
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Wampanoag woman dressed in deer skin wears a beaded headband made with cowry shells during the annual Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation Pow Wow in Slater Park, Pawtucket, RI
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Hawaiian children performing a native dance at the Unity Day celebration, Ho' Olokahi, HI
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Gary Gott, Cree Nation, Duck Lake Pow Wow, Saskatchewan, Canada PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA
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Cuba
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The Tzotzil Mayan Indians from Zinacantan are known for their bright pink, or green with purple ponchos. Shawls and ponchos are woven on backstrap looms.
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Pa, a well known storyteller and tour guide on the Cook Islands; Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Woman Dressed As Red Indian In The Annual Costume Competition Run By The Bonfire Council (Bonco) In Lewes, East Sussex, Uk
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Hawaii, Three girls in hula skirts w/ lei, in an embrace at the park
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Drummer in Costa Rican Night
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WESTERN SAMOA, UPOLU ISLAND, APIA, TRADITIONAL SAMOAN FIRE DANCING
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Muscians, playing guitar, banjo and maracas, in reggae style at cultural display in Montego Bay, Jamaica
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New York - United States, Gay pride parade on fifth avenue
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France, Brittany, July 2020. Illustration of daily life in Brittany.France, Bretagne, Juillet 2020. Illustration de vie quotidienne en Bretagne.
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory
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Close-up of an aborigine men in Queensland, Australia
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WA, Seattle, Seafair, Daybreak Star Center, Discovery Park, Native American Powwow. (Editorial Usage Only)
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Bushmen of the Ju/' Hoansi-San stand by the campfire, village //Xa/oba, near Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia, Africa
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Young Inuit boy in traditional skin clothing. Grise Fjord, Nunavut, northernmost community in Canada
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Blackfeet father in traditional regalia puts arm around young boy during an American Indian gathering in Bitterroot Valley Montana
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Aztec tribe people of ancient civilization set, man woman in traditional dress clothes
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Participants in the Miami Naked Bicycle Race, an event to protest the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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MARTINIQUE. French Antilles. West Indies. Fort-de-France. Woman in colonial dress in parade during Carnival. (Editorial Usage Only)
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MR Tahitian Girls (age 23 & 24) Moorea Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacifiic
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Muddy crowd, Saugerties, NY USA
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Portrait of children wearing Plena traditional attire, outdoors
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Marching Band In The Procession Of The Carnaval De Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia
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Mexico City, Mexico - 04 November 2023: View of the vibrant Day of the Dead parade, where children in traditional costumes dance amidst the cheering crowd under the bright sunlight.
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West Indies, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Union Island, Boy Dancing Beside Sound System At Easterval Easter Carnival In Clifton
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Indian Market, Native artisan.
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Navajo Song and Dance” Competition, Shiprock Navajo Fair, Navajo Indian Reservation, Shiprock, New Mexico
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Street musicians at Djemma el-Fna Square, Marrakech, Morocco, Africa
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Guru and tourist on nature
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Closeup portrait of a woman with a sugar skull makeup dressed with flower crown. Halloween concept
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Dancing couple at Floklereabend, boy, girl, music band, La Macarena, Colombia, South America
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Portrait of three musicians standing with their musical instruments
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Carnival Artisans.  Cordoba family workshop, artisans float builders.  Family Cordoba in front of giant figures.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with U.S. Embassy Suva employees and families in Nadi, Fiji, on February 12, 2022.