Kenya, Laikipia County, Il Ngwesi village, children stand in the doorway of a traditional house.

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

Benin, Allada, Atlantique Department. A young girl wearing numerous necklaces attends a voodoo celebration.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, smoking her pipe.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Narok County. A Masai woman dressed in traditional attire at her homestead.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Narok County. A Masai woman dressed in traditional attire at her homestead.

Kenya, Maralal, Samburu County. A handsome Samburu man wearing the traditional long braided and ochred hair of all Samburu warriors.

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

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai girl decorates the face of her friend during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai warrior and his girlfriend during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai warrior wears a headdress made with ostrich feathers during an eunoto ceremony.

The finery worn by a married Maasai woman.

Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. A Samburu boy and girl hold hands at a dance in their local manyatta.

Kenya, Turkana, Loiyangalani. A Turkana woman wears many layers of beaded necklaces.

Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and beadss. A leather strap with cowrie shells hangs down her back.

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.

Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. Three Maasai warriors with long ochred hair wearing the traditional beaded belts of warriors.

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 Mtaita musician. His 'glasses' are made from the tips of calabashes. His ear ornaments are also made of calabashes or gourds.

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.

Richards Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, the guiding team and their vehicles.

Kenya, Laikipia County, Il Ngwesi village, children stand in the doorway of a traditional house.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Lotuko girls sit outside their family's house at Ilieu Kingdom. The style of Lotuko houses is unique with their low extended entrances.

Old lady with traditional facial tattoo, Mindat, Mindat Township, Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar

Ethiopia, Lasta, Amhara Region. A monk deep in thought outside the beautifully preserved twelfth century church of Yemrehanna Kristos.

Benin, Allada, Atlantique Department. A young girl wearing make-up at a voodoo celebration.

Benin, Bopa, Mono Department. A Fetish priest. He helps his people in spiritual matters and their general wellbeing.

Benin, Boukombe, Atakora Department. HRH Dicegnan, King of the region around Boukombe near the Togo border in north Benin. His distinctive ‘crown' would appear to have been made from a cheetah skin.

Loisaba, Elewana Collection, Laikipia, Kenya, portait of Samburu girl

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, enjoying her pipe.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, and large bamboo ear-rings.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, and large bamboo earrings.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, smoking her pipe and holding a water gourd.

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, smoking her pipe.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A shopkeeper displays strings of beads at his small shop in the sprawling 15th century Kurmi market.

North America, America, American, USA, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Warm Springs, Sara Joy Dowty MR 0613

Kenya, Maasai Mara, Maasailand. Maasai gather at a cultural ceremony for visotrs, singing and dancing. The men and women are cloaked in traditoanl red shukas and kangas, carrying sticks and spears, an...

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara, Masailand. Maasai men dressed in traditional attire with spears and sticks singing and dancing at a cultural ceremony at their homestead near Aitong just outside the...

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lalibela. A worshipper pauses outside the ancient rock-hewn church of Biete Giyorgis.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. Young Wodaabe men in traditional embroidered garments participate in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. Young Wodaabe men in traditional embroidered garments participate in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea. Small island of Ali. Local villagers in traditional attire performing welcome dance and sing-sing. Detail of elaborate belt and armband with beads and seashells.

North Korea, Kaesong. A monk at Ryongtong Temple. Founded by the Chontae Buddhist sect in 1027, Ryongtong temple is believed to have been the first Chontae Temple in Korea.

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Masai warrier wearing lion mane headress

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A jumping contest with a young guest.

Kenya, Mathew's Mountain Range. A Samburu guide in traditional attire.

Kenya, Mathew's Mountain Range. A Samburu Guide checks in with camp on his walky talky.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. A Gabbra man wearing a phallic joins Borana women to sing and dance at the annual Kalacha Festival. These two tribes speak the same language and have similar customs.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. An El Molo girl enjoys a dance at the annual Kalacha Festival. The El Molo live on the shores of Lake Turkana and are the smallest tribe in Kenya.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. An El Molo girl sings and dances at the annual Kalacha Festival. Her skirt is made from old fishing nets. The El Molo live on the shores of Lake Turkana and are the...

Laos, Muang La, Oudomxay Province. A woman from the minority Akha Puli wearing a headdress decorated with old French Indo-China silver coins. Her teeth are stained red by chewing betel nuts.

Laos, Pak Namnoy, Oudomxay Province. The decorated headdress of a woman from the minority Akha Pala people. Akha headdress styles differ between sub-tribes which all have their origins in China and T...

Laos, Pak Namnoy, Oudomxay Province. The tall decorated headdress of a woman from the minority Akha Pala people. Akha headdress styles differ between sub-tribes which all have their origins in China...

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy; Narok County. Masai men dancing at their homestead. They are wearing lion mane bonnets.

Tanzania; Lake Natron; Shompole. The traditional beaded jewellery on the upper arm of a Maasai warrior.

Kenya, Kajiado County, Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kajiado County, Ol doinyo Orok. Maasai warriors listen to elders’ instructions during an Eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. Maasai warriors dance during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. Maasai warriors participating in an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai girl decorates the face of her warrior boyfriend during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai warrior wears a headdress made from a lion’s mane during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. Maasai warriors blow Kudu-horn trumpets during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Naivasha County, Kedong Valley. A Maasai warrior jumps high in the air during a dance.

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional clothes and jewellery, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional clothes and jewellery, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

Chad, Arboutchatak, Guera, Sahel. A Peul woman and her daughter ride on the back of a cow loaded with her chattels and the structure of her house.

Chad, Arboutchatak, Guera, Sahel. Peul nomads on the move with their long-horned cattle. Their house structures are carried on oxen.

Chad, Wadi Archei, Ennedi, Sahara. A smiling Toubou girl.

Madyan, Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan. A Holy Man Counts His Prayer Beads In A Yurt In Madyan In The Pamir Mountains Of Tajikistan.

Remote Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan, China

A young Maasai girl at Magadi. The circular markings on her cheeks as well as her white beaded ornaments denote that she is a Kisongo Maasai, Kenya

A Maasai schoolboy in traditional attire sings during an inter-schools song and dance competition, Kenya

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.