Cultural Traditions and Crafts

Images depicting diverse cultural practices, showcasing traditions such as women's roles in local crafts and vibrant attire in various settings.

Mozambique, Ilha de Mozambique. African teenage boy lying on two wooden unbalanced and twisted armchairs, smiling while playing with an empty plastic bottle

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Workers are working in a brick fieldduring a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19, on the eve of Earth day in the outskirts of Agartala, capital of the Northeastern state of Tripura, India.Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries.(Photo by: Majority World/Abhisek Saha/UIG)

Maasai Man, Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa

Portrait of smiling young Indian woman in traditional dress at market in Cuetzalan,Puebla State,Mexico.

Mozambique, Ilha de Mozambique. African teenage boy lying on two wooden unbalanced and twisted armchairs, smiling while playing with an empty plastic bottle

Poland in summer.Scarecrow on the wheat firld.Formerly very popular among farmers but to this day you can see them in the fields.Vertical view.

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Tongo. Talensi men sit in shade of tree in front of sacred rock formations.

Africa, Madagascar. A young girl working in the local sisal industry.

Qatar, Bedouin women weaving and spinning outside tent.

Polynesian woman weaves a hat on Tubuai Island, French Polynesia

Portrait of a mozambican worker in Mozambique Island, Mozambique.

Old woman walking in front of a colorful house in Roseau the capital city of the Caribbean island of Dominica.

Man by doorway at Varanasi, formerly Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India

Old women vidhwa mahila ashram mathura, uttar pradesh, india Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Portrait of a Quechua Indian woman weaving on a narrow loom at the open air Sunday market at Chincheros, Peru, South America

Colombia, North West Amazon, Tukano Indigenous People, Makuna Maloca/Communal Tribal Home Interior With Woman Rubbing Down Manioc Roots On A Flint Inlain Board To Make Flour For Casabe. Tukano Makuna Indian North Western Amazonia Maloca Cassava American Colombian Columbia Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino South America Tukano

Nepali boys and their kites

Two men dry a sheet in the wind after washing it, Karnataka, Asia.

Africa, Morocco, Worker unloads cow hide carried by mule in alley by leather tannery in old medina of Fez el Bali

Chilean man with Walking Stick in Ninhue

African hairdresser's beauty saloon for women, with funny painted portrait on the walls

Madagascar. Woman walks with large bundle of straw on head.

Myanmar, Mandalay Dock, 'Man Carrying A Crate Above His Head, Wearing Head Scarf. Banks Of The Irrawaddy'

A Samburu warrior carries home a small calf to his family's manyatta (homestead) situated in the foothills of the rugged Ndoto Mountains. ,The Samburu of Northern Kenya are a semi-nomadic pastoral community related to their more famous cousins, the _maa speaking Maasai.

Africa, Mali, Pays Dogon, villages along the Bandiagara Escarpment, head of state under the meeting shelter

Coffee Bay, Transkye, Wild Coast, South Africa. A local child gathering wood.

Young girl with firewood, Usambara Mountains, north Tanzania

Young woman at her window in a village in Burma

A Dassanech man uses his wooden headrest/stool to relax. His toothbrush, a fibrous stick of Salvadora persica, is stuck in the ground to his right, Ethiopia

Attractive young african woman carrying fruits on sand on gray studio background

Colombia, Vaupes Region, Tukano Tribe, 'Men And Women Emerge From Maloca Dancing The Manioc Dance, Adorned With Precious Feather Head-Dresses, Some With Bark-Cloth Aprons; Women Wearing New Tradecloth Skirts. Young Boy With Feather Crown Examines An Egret Bone Flute'

Elderly village woman outside her house wearing white sari denoting her status as a widow, Bijaynagar, rural Assam, India, Asia

Winnowing grain in the streets of Bungamati, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Woman cook from a quilombo in northern Brazil

Fisherman at Kappil Beach, Varkala, Kerala, India.

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Lebuk, a Karo village, during dance ceremony, horn player (Editorial Usage Only)

Panama, Portobelo, Street Scene, Old Man Reading Newspaper

Festival au Desert music festival in Essakane, Mali.

Haiti. family standing on road.

Indian men wearing traditional clothing and Rajasthani turbans in village of Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Devnagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Senior man squatting outdoors. (Editorial Use Only)

Young woman. India

People are watching Bakh MAl Akhada wrestling Shivratri fair, Kutch, Gujarat, India Copyright: xVivekxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

VILLAGERS gather underneath the trees in the TOWN SQUARE of CHITTIGONG VILLAGE - BODHA HIMAL, NEPAL

A boy hanging sisal out to dry on the road to Quindio in Colombia, South America

A HAPPY RURAL MAN STANDING AND TALKING OVER PHONE

Africa, Tunisia, Kerkennah Islands. Olive picking

Philippines, Luzon, Manila, Boy At Ati-Atihan Festival With Striped Painted Body And Wearing A Red Headdress

Portrait of a man piling salt into a basket on the east coast of the island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rabari woman and child of the Sorathi subgroup found in and around the Gir Forest National Park Gujarat. W India.

Sacred cow and woman in the streets of VrnaçîIndia

Peru, Amazon River. Indigenous Indian girl carrying her washing in the village of Islandia.

Child bridegroom and bride, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xBrijeshxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Argungu, Nigeria - 14 February 2026: View of the vibrant Argungu Fishing Festival, with fishermen wading through the murky water, casting nets in a flurry of movement.

Manhica, Mozambique - 22 January 2026: View of a woman carrying a heavy load on her head, surrounded by onlookers and vehicles under a vast, cloud-streaked sky.

Dog and man lying beside the Ganges Vrnaçî India

Rajasthani Woman in traditional dress sitting in window opening of old building Ranthambhore Rajasthan India

MUJER DE ESPALDAS. Location: MUSEO DE ARTE POPULAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Woman in a hijab sitting on a camel under a clear blue sky, Morocco bola04287 Copyright: xConnectxImagesx ,model released

Woman in a purple hijab resting her arm on a rustic woven basket against a blue sky.

Smiling boy using mobile phone while relaxing on hammock

A fisherman at Mahferhin, a fishing village in the southeast of Socotra Island.

Woman Balancing Clay Pots on Head

Two Masai tribesmen standing at the edge of infinity pool, Namunyak, Matthews Mountains, Kenya

Coffee Bay, Transkye, Wild Coast South Africa. A local woman at work.

Children in traditional attire seated side by side at a cultural event

South America, Peru, At Vista Alegre on the trail from Huancacalle, a local woman contemplates a trekking group struggling down a muddy trail.

Man playing the tabla

Sex worker doing her makeup at Sangli, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Peruvian woman in doorway, with child on back

mother and daughter smiling, while making tea in the courtyard of their house, Rural India

South Asian Indian girl playing Gilli danda game MR 201 Copyright: xVxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Henna Painted On The Surface Of A Woman's Palms; Ludhiana, Punjab, India

India, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, Bada Bagh, two women sitting at royal cenotaphs (Large format sizes available)

The oldest carnival in Portugal in Lazarim.

Asia, Vietnam, Tho Ha village. Man spraying finish onto wooden table. (Editorial Use Only)

South Asian girl working street performer balancing act by walking on rope with bamboo in hand after performance parents of the child collect money from people in Bombay now Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Parent with son at Table Land, Panchgani, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManojxNavalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Portrait of a Malaysian woman with boots sitting on an old chair in the forest.

Madagascar, Antananarivo, Group Listening To Wind Up Radio.

Portrait of man sitting at table with drink

South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Mpumalanga, Ndebele Cultural Village At White River With Women In Traditional Dress Outside The Arts And Crafts Shop

Pirate-dressed street artist, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Caribbean

PORTRAIT OF A HAPPY YOUNG MAN DUSTING AWAY HOLI COLOURS FROM HAIR

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of laborers balancing precariously on a bamboo structure, carrying woven baskets against a bright sky.

Africa, Mozambique, Mozambique Island. Young boy playing with a rubber tire.

Mali, People, Two Touareg Men In Traditional Dress Holding Hands.

People, men and women manually harvest rice, dry rice. Indonesia

Women on ghats river leading to India

Argungu, Nigeria - 15 February 2027: View of a man balancing a large gourd on his head against a stark white backdrop, with smaller gourds slung across his back.

A young Ethiopian man stands in a crowded city market in an impoverished neighborhood of Harar, Ethiopia while checking his emai

women in ao dai at rice field

Jordan, Wadi Rum Protected Area, A Bedouin man crushes the twigs of desert species of saltwort, Seidlitzia rosmarinus, to make a traditional soap in the Wadi Rum Protected Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The last remaining tribal people of the El Molo Tribe

man doing Jogging on beach MR.NO.448 Copyright: xVinayxParelkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Kenya, Music, Man using animal horn as musical instrument.

Mexico, Guerrero, Zihuatanejo. Fisherman Mending Nets (MR)

Philippines, Luzon Island, The Cordillera Mountains, Kalinga Province, Tinglayan. Liglig Headhunters Village - old woman with traditional tattoo on arms and hands.

Woman with sled, snow, "Froehliche Weihnachten" in writing, German for "Merry Christmas", historic illustration

Fisherman fixing nets on beach, The Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Detroit, Michigan, The annual Brazil Day Street Festival featured food, a samba dance contest, and henna applied to a festival-goer's hand.

A Bedouin woman tends to domestic chores amidst unusual living conditions.

Boys cutting grass on ground, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

A young man holds his kalashnikov rifle while overlooking the Omo river in the remote Omo Valley of Ethiopia

Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Mae Suai District, Doi Lan. Lisu Girl Collecting Moth Larvae From Bamboo Her Father Has Chopped Open

Aboriginal performer, playing the didgeridoo. The Rocks, Sydney harbour, Australia. 2009.

Zulu children, Zulu hut, Hidden Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Burundi, Bujumbura, school boy sitting on chair with legs crossed at ankle by wall and smiling. (MR)

Portrait of three Buddhist monks along the Tonle Sap river in the waterfront area of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Old woman is sweeping dry leaf on the outdoor cement floor by big long broom.

Woman walking out house, Kuldhara, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Rendille women, Kenya.

Indian woman celebrating annual Hindu Holi festival of colours with powder paints in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Female farmer or rural woman walking on village street along with her school going daughter carrying an iron gold pan.

Africa, Zanzibar, portrait of a man

girl in boat at Papi Hills Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh India MR 704K Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

A man engaged in block printing a piece of cloth. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Malagasy artisans at work, Madagascar

Mexico, Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta. Fisherman carries freshly caught fish on a rope. (Editorial Usage Only)

Rwanda. A photographer arrives to take pictures of locals with our helicopter.

Malagasy man making charcoal in unprotected forest, Madagascar

A Traditional Qashqai women prepares bread at the Restaurant Yord, Shiraz, Iran

Marsa alam, egypt 9 february 2025: two men in a cozy, colorful setting preparing traditional tea, showcasing cultural heritage and hospitality in marsa alam, egypt

A girl and a dog in the Mixtec village of San Jose Contreras near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Burundi, Bujumbura, boy photographing his cheerful school friends. (MR)

An Indian with a bird feather

Meditation, sound therapy and woman with bowls in park for mindfulness, spiritual cleanse and energy. Outdoor, ritual and men and women with vibration or frequency for healing, balance and wellness

A beggar is sitting in front of the luxurios Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in the suburb Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Australia, NT, near Alice Springs. Aborigine woman painting

Bolivia, La Paz, Copacabana, Car blessing ceremony. Car with bonnet covered with flower petals.

Portrait of a farmer with a stick

Nigeria, Street market; Kano

Close up of laughing mans face

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Balloon and toy windmill seller on Chowpatty Beach.

A Bedouin woman wearing traditional headgear and asaba headcovering, sits by a Buick car , Abu Dhabi

U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton walk with school children, Kisowera School, Mukono, Uganda, Barbara Kinney, White House Photograph Office, March 24, 1998

Locals in the Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa

Guatemala, Antiqua, In observance of Lent the Catholic celebrations leading to Holy Week images of Jesus and the Holy Virgin are carried from their churches through the city.

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Joe Slowinksi tended to by colleagues after being bitten by poisonous kraite

Boys in traditional costume, east coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mahatma Gandhi working charkha spinning wheel, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1935 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mali, Douentza City. Sunday Market

Anefo photo collection. Royal couple Princess Beatrix Prince Claus Ethiopia; Preparation E.D .. undated. Ethiopia

Rasta at a decayed wall of crumbling plaster, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Central America

A construction site, a domestic house being built in a rural setting in New York State, USA. Woodstock, New York, USA. 8/2/2012