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Traditional Cultural Practices

Images depicting traditional burial customs with carved effigies, tribal living, cooking scenes, and ceremonial activities in various cultures.

Africa, Tanzania, Masai Tribe. The Masai use traditional techniques to draw blood for their consumption.

Vietnam, Central Highlands, Plei Mrong , Montagnard Village Graveyard With Carved Wooden Effigies Of The Dead In A Squatting Position With Their Hands Over Their Faces

Fireplace, Teke tribal village, Congo River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Korean Symbol

Africa, Tanzania, Masai Tribe. The Masai use traditional techniques to draw blood for their consumption.

Mass celebration, Catholic Church, Sinchaj, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

South Ethiopia, a village of the Konso people, Ethiopia, Africa

Pokot women in the traditional beaded ornaments of their tribe sing outside the home of a pregnant woman in a blessing ceremony called Parpara. The sandals and sticks denote the numbers already in the house.

Myanmar, Burma, Kaladan River. A Rakhine woman weaves cloth at her loom situated beneath her house at Wa Bo village on the banks of the Kaladan River.

Africa, West Africa, Togo, Voodoo Hospital. Traditional healer performing voodoo ritual to heal the mentally ill at shrine in Togo.

Woman roasting beans for coffee ceremony, Lalibela, Wollo region, Ethiopia, Africa

View of the unique Trunyan cemetery with bamboo cages holding skulls and offerings, surrounded by lush greenery, creating a vibrant yet solemn scene, Trunyan Village, Bali, Indonesia.

Maasai man in traditional house, Kenya

Bamboo slitting the woman in Laos

Preparation of wood faggots in the street Harar Ethiopia

Woman going down the stairs of the temple of Besakih Bali Indonesia

Boy in front of huts of a religious student's village near Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Amhara region, in the Falasha village of Wolleka near Gondar, Gonder, Jewish village, woman selling home-made souvenirs, painted house, Ethiopia, Africa

Ghana, Ashanti Region, Kumasi, Weaver At Hand Loom Prodcungin Traditional Multi Coloured Kente Cloth

Evangelical church, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Nepal, Mustang, daily life

West Africa, Africa, Ghana, Nakpa. Dagomba woman in traditional dress washing gourds.

Makonde Art, St Joao Baptista Fortress, Ibo Island, Quirimbas National Park; Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Asia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik Region. Sago preparation / Karawari Tribe

Africa, Cameroon, Adamaoua, village scene

Dancer in traditional clothing wearing carved mask, Atchum, Fon's Palace, Bafut, Bamenda, North-West Region, Cameroon, Africa

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

Naga children beside small bamboo constructed, fan palm thatched murung (meeting hall) with traditional curved roof, Nagaland, India, Asia

Dorze in the Guge Mountains, Ethiopia

Ivory Coast, Gouessesso. Yacouba dance

Dorze in the Guge Mountains, Ethiopia

Janikura, traditionelles Rundhüttendorf der Gonja und zum Trocknen ausliegende Sheanüsse an der Damongo-Sawla-Raod im Central Gonja District in der Northern Region im Norden von Ghana in Westafrika *** Janikura, Traditional Round hut village the Gonja and to dry ausliegende Shea nuts to the Damongo Sawla raod at Central Gonja District in the Northern Region at North from Ghana in West Africa

Village in Coorg, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Dancers in traditional clothing wearing carved masks, Atchum, Fon's Palace, Bafut, Bamenda, North-West Region, Cameroon, Africa

The Tsachila people of Ecuador

fetish used to protect Lobi village, Burkina faso

Nupe pottery on sale in a market in Nigeria. The Nupe, traditionally called the Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba, are an ethnic group located primarily in the Middle Belt and northern Nigeria, and are the dominant group in Niger State, an important minority in Kwara State and present in Kogi State as well

Tibet, People, People Sat On Ground Near Prayer Wheels

Ethiopia, Lower Omo Valley, Turmi, tribal tribe Bena village with hut home with thatched roof

pandharpur yatra, camping sight at pandharpur, maharashtra, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Colorful Women in Native Zulu Tribe at Shakaland Center South Africa (MR)

Hut of sedentary Tuareg herders of goats SaharaAlgeria

Black African at the souvenir stand with wood carvings black African at the souvenir stand with wood carvings, South Africa, Africa

Group of women, Lalibela market, Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Africa, Ethiopia, Jinka Village Region, Male village detail

a show silk production in the Jim Thompson House near the Siam Square in the city of Bangkok in Thailand in Southeastasia.. ASIA THAILAND BANGKOK THOMPSON HOUSE SILK

A Dogon man in a village at the Bandiagara Escarpment in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.

Colombia, Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Chendukua, 'Old Traditional Centre Of Chendukua Two Mamas/Priests Talk And Ceremonially Greet Each Other By Exchanging Coca Leaves, Outside Old Nuhue/Temple With Conical Thatched Roof & Sacred Potsherds In Rack At Apex. Bananas And Plantains Grown Close To Village Yucca/Manioc And Maize On Cleared Hillside Behind. Kogi Tribe '

Monks and ruins of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Maasai village, huts, Maasai, Tanzania, Africa

Priest examining vegetation in church forest on Tana Kirkos. Church forests are forest fragments surrounding orthodox churches, remaining intact in a largely deforested landscape as they are considered sacred. Ethiopia. 2018. Editorial use only.

Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal Island, capital city of Honiara. Kakabona Cultural Village. Traditional palm basket weaving demonstration.

Medhane Alem Adi Kesho, Orthodox rock-hewn church near Wukro, Misraqawi Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa

in ethiopia africa the poor house of people in the desert of stone

Repainting Sri Subramaniya Swamy Hindu Temple blue, Munnar, Western Ghats Mountains, Kerala, India

Hindu shrine immersed ijn floodwater , Bheel Dakatia, Bangladesh.

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Karo village of Duss, villagers stand around ceremonial gate used in weddings, called muldah (Editorial Usage Only)

Africa, Ethiopia, Axum. Ritual coffee ceremony (MR)

KENYA, NAMANGA, (BORDER TOWN TO TANZANIA), MASAI WOMEN SELLING BEADWORK JEWELRY

A man stands in a doorway holding lit lanterns; Ulpotha, Embogama, Sri Lanka

Women collecting water from well at Dhakne village, Shahapur Thane Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Woman entering the ancient 14th Century Ura Kidane Mehret Monastery (Ethiopian Orthodox Church), Zege peninsula in Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Flour milling, traditional house, Bait al Safah museum of local history, old clay settlement of Al Hamra, Al Hamra, Oman, Asia

Fire making, Warrior, Maasai, Tanzania, Africa

Firewalkers of Beqa Island, Fiji. This is the island where this practice originated. Many generations of young men learn the art and skill of walking of the hot rocks. (MR)

African drums in the 16th century Christian monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam by Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

Dorze in the Guge Mountains, Ethiopia

KALO POTHI (2015), directed by MIN BAHADUR BHAM.

India, Goa , Man In A Cemetary Cleaning Bones That Have Been Removed From A Family Grave Which Will Be Replaced To Make Room For The Next Family Member

A sculptor gives final touch to a lord Ganesh idol at a workshop in Lalbaug for Ganesh ganpati festival, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Songo Village. Dogon-tribe blacksmith.

Xhosa ritual, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape

Monks at the Vat Phou Temple in Champasak, Laos, Asia

Two Himba women in their hut working to keep the fire on the stone their clothes are made of goat skin

Indian guru during the Flower Holi Festival, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Handicrafts For Sale In Segou, Mali

A scene in Thillai Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Traditional Bure, Vatukarasa Village, Fiji

Canada, Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows. Norstead Viking Village, replica of Chieftain's Hall.

Tiebele. kassena village Tiebele, the royal court made by painted kassena houses, Burkina Faso,, the royal court made by painted kassena houses, Burkina Faso Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 8593603

A woman getting water from the well, Nattukottai Chettiar house at Kanadukathan in Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Benin, Collines County, Tchogodo, Hountinmin Convent, The Oracle Fa Soulin Aitcheou Prediticting To The Queen Of Ahosonin Deekon Convent

Benin, Ketou, Plateau Department. A carved wooden mask representing the female sex. The mask fits onto a dancer's head with his face covered by a veil.

West Africa, Africa, Togo, Tamberma Region. Close-up of Batammariba idiophone, a hand instrument played during traditional dances.

God siva in masi magma festival at vaithi beach in Pondicherry Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Cameroon, Maga. Group of african men wearing colourful african traditional outfits standing in line (RF)

Tibetan monk going out of library Dulanji Himachal Pradesh India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Monument To Jesuit Missionaries, San Ignacio De Velasco, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

Weaving, San Antonio Palopó, Guatemala.

Burma, Mandalay, Shaykyatyet

Pilgrims, rock church, traditional dress, white cloaks, ceremony, rock church, church carved in rock, Bete Medhane Alem, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

curtiduría Chouwara , Medina Fez el-Bali. Fez , Marruecos, Africa.

Victims of the famine on a street in Baidoa, Somalia.

Tharu village tribal, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Toda tribe women in front of the hut at Kinnakorai, Nilgiris, Ooty Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. One of the great aboriginal tribes of India, Asia

Africa, West Africa, Togo, Voodoo Hospital. Traditional healer performing voodoo ritual to heal the mentally ill at shrine in Togo.

mortar and pestle preparing prasad kottiyur siva temple festival, kerala, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

A goldmine worker shows pieces of rock containing gold in Sudan.

Nepal, Mustang, traditional village

Kiicha - Native American Shelter, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Historic Downtown San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA

Village of Turning of the Bones Ceremony, which occurs every five to seven years throughout Madagascar, Ambositra, Madagascar, Africa

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