Close-up portrait of old lady with glasses and traditional facial tattoo smoking a pipe, Mindat, Mindat Township, Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Maasai Man dressed in traditional attire.

Kenya, Nginyang, Baringo County. A Pokot warrior wearing a traditional, distinctive clay bun hairstyle with his spear and wooden stool in hand.

The finery worn by a married Maasai woman.

Myanmar, Burma, Namu-op. The detail of a beautiful silver pendant, known as Phè gho, worn by Akha women.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing traditional costume with a headdress of silver and beads.

Mali, Gao. A Songhay woman at Gao market with an elaborate coiffure typical of her tribe.

Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of the circle. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and...

Three young girls, their bodies lightly smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wear round white-beaded necklaces, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. Their other neck o...

An old Himba woman, upright despite her years, rides her donkey through harsh land where mid-day temperatures rise to 400C. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her hair i...

An unusual braided hairstyle of a Dassanech young man of the Omo River Delta. The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa. As such, the...

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...

A Samburu warrior resplendent with long, braided, Ochred hair. The round ear ornaments of the warriors are fashioned from ivory. Samburu warriors are vain and proud, taking great trouble over their...

A Galla girl from Kenya's Coast Province in all her finery. Her bracelets are made of aluminium. Originating from southeast Ethiopia, many Galla are Muslims.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A Young Toposa girl in her beaded finery. Christian crosses are common ornaments and denote the infiltration of missionaries in this area.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man with a painted face during a Gerewol ceremony.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Ethiopia, Asiynta Village, Afar Region. An Afar girl of the Darhimela clan with braided hair and facial scarification. Her eyebrows and the bridge of her nose have been lightly tattooed.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. A Rendille woman sings and dances at the annual Kalacha Festival. Her large necklace, called mporro, denotes she is married.

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Maasai Man dressed in traditional attire.

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Maasai women dressed in traditional attire.

Kenya, Nginyang, Baringo County. An old Pokot man wearing a traditional, distinctive clay bun hairstyle decorated with ostrich feathers.

A young Pokot woman sings to celebrate the opening of a new pre-primary school at N’gaini, a remote area of the Kerio Valley. Despite her youth, her jewellery denotes she is already married.

Africa, Namibia, Bushmanland, Nhoma. Portrait of a Bushman woman

The well-known Bhutanese film star, Dorji Om, at Gangte Goemba monastery.

A dancer from the Sukuma tribe wearing a mix of traditional and modern dress celebrates the annual farmers’ holiday called Nane Nane day, which takes place on 8th August each year.

Myanmar, Burma, Naga Hills. A Tangkhul Naga in his ceremonial finery celebrating the Naga New Year Festival (Kaing Bi) in Leshi village.

Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. A safari guide spotting for tourists whilst out on safari.

Niger, Niameyn girl in traditionnal clothes and a black coif, with tribal scarifications on her face

Kenya, Turkana District. An old Turkana man holding his carved wooden stool cum headrest in his right hand.

Myanmar, Burma, Namu-op. A happy Akha woman stands beside her favourite water buffalo wearing traditional costume with a headdress of silver and glass beads.

Myanmar, Burma, Namu-op. An Akha woman wearing a headdress of silver and glass beads, carries a large bamboo basket supported at the back of her neck by a yoke.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing traditional costume with a silver headdress and necklace embellished with glass beads.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. A Mong la Akha woman wearing a traditional headdress of silver and beads.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing a traditional headdress of silver and beads.

Kenya, Samburu District, Wamba. Immediately an initiate completes his lmuget loolbaa ceremony (the ceremony of the arrows) a month after his circumcision, he becomes a junior warrior of the Samburu tr...

Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu. A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn b...

Kenya, Trans-Mara, Lolgorien. The Maasai do not eat game meat or birds. Consequently, the wildlife in their vast grazing areas has been left relatively undisturbed. The warriors do hunt lions, howeve...

A young Himba girl at Opuwo, an important administrative centre of the Himba. Her hair is plaited in the traditional Himba way.-ent-B;The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh,...

Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting in a circle. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Their long hair is styled in the tr...

Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of the circle. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and...

Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them sways on her knees in the centre of the circle. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, but...

A Himba woman milks a cow in the stock enclosure close to her home. Traditional milk containers made from hollowed wood are preferred to their modern equivalents. The bodies of Himba women gleam from...

A Himba woman milks a cow in the stock enclosure close to her home. Traditional milk containers made from hollowed wood are preferred to their modern equivalents. The bodies of Himba women gleam from...

A young girl, her body lightly smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wears a round white-beaded necklace, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. Her other neck ornament,...

A young girl, her body lightly smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wears a round white-beaded necklace, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. Her other neck ornament,...

A young girl, her body lightly smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wears a round white-beaded necklace, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. Her other neck ornament,...

An attractive 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...

Two happy Himba girls ride a donkey to market. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Their long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdre...

A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits and keep them covered. His heavy white-beaded necklace, ombwari, will have b...

A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits and keep them covered. His heavy white-beaded necklace, ombwari, will have b...

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 lamb...

A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces. Yellow and...

A Datoga woman with a beaded hat worn on ceremonial occasions. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands, necklaces and...

A Datoga woman with a beaded hat worn on ceremonial occasions. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces....

A Datoga woman in jovial mood. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands, necklaces, earrings and rings. Yellow and li...

A lively Nyag'atom dance is enjoyed by villagers in the late afternoon. The elevated houses in the background are both homes and granaries, which have been built to withstand flooding when the Omo Riv...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her teeth will be removed for the...

An Afar girl has tribal 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 deser...

A group of Nyag'atom girls with braided leather aprons and beautifully decorated supple goatskin skirts relax on the banks of the Omo River.The Nyag'atom are one of the largest tribes and arguably th...

A Nyag'atom woman grinds sorghum using a flat stone. The Nyag'atom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. They form a pa...

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....

Close-up of a young Hamar woman's 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 Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralis...

A Hamar girl in traditional attire. Her leather skirt is made from the twisted strands of goatskin. Cowries are always popular to embellish a woman's or girl's appearance.The Hamar are semi-nomadic...

Two Hamar girl in fashionable dress at Turmi market. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women and girls wear striking traditional dress. Skins are widely used for cl...

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-fa...

A Hamar man with an unusual hairstyle decorates a girl's face before the start of a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that inclu...

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-oc...

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-fashio...

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-oc...

In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony, which every male member of t...

The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. Young men l...

The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. Young men l...

A young Kwegu girl garlanded with wild Desert Rose flowers. Adopting the practice of Karo women and girls, many Kwegu girls pierce a hole below the lower lip in which they place a thin piece of metal...

The braided hairstyle of a young Dassanech man. The stick in his mouth is used a toothbrush to clean his teeth.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed...

An old Turkana woman wearing all the finery of her tribe.In a hole pierced below her lower lip, she wears an ornament beautifully made from twisted strands of copper wire. Leaf-shaped ear ornaments a...

A Turkana girl with a large gourd-like container used as a receptacle for water or milk. In the absence of gourds, the Turkana carve their containers from soft wood, such as that from the common comm...