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

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Zanskar, an elderly woman from Hanupatta village (3760m) turns a prayer wheel

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Hemis, Naropa festival of 2018, two hundred and ninety nine Ladakhie women performed the dance of Shondol, recorded in the Guinness World Records as the biggest Ladak...

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh, annual Ladakh Festival, man of a cultural troupe of the Gya-Meru region wearing the singge-snamtchok, a headdress immitating th...

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

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A hermit who is attached to Betre Maryam monastery on the Zegie Peninsula of Lake Tana..

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung lady wearing her heavy brass coiled rings around her neck.

Surma men, Ethiopia

Nepal, Great Himalaya Range, Helambu Region, Bagmati Zone, portrait of an old woman

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

Myanmar (Burma), Kayah state, Kayah tribe, Daw Du Mar Gyi, kayah woman called bat-woman

Ecuador, Imbabura, Chilcapamba, portrait of a traditionally dressed Ecuadorian peasant

Ecuador, Imbabura, Chilcapamba, portrait of a young peasant girl dressed Ecuadorian traditional way

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

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, a young Indian woman in a blue and gold saree wearing sunglasses and laughing sitting on the promenade on over Marine Drive in South Mumbai MR

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

Gold necklace and traditional costume of Minho. Our Lady of Agony Festivities, the biggest traditional festival in Portugal. Viana do Castelo.

Portrait of a girl with the traditional face make-up and sun screen, Thanakha, Myanmar (Burma)

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.

Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. A Samburu warrior's hair is ochred and tied up in braids at a dance at a local manyatta

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

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.

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. Happy Padaung women belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing their traditional heavy brass necklaces which elongate their necks.

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.

Ethiopia, portrait of a Mursi woman

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

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.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A Toposa girl stands beside her family's village with raised granaries.

Close-up portrait of senior Kayan woman wearing traditional brass neck rings, Lake Inle, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

Portrait of Kayan woman sewing, Lake Inle, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

Close-up portrait of senior Kayan woman wearing traditional brass neck rings, Lake Inle, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh, annual Ladakh Festival, man of a cultural troupe of the Gya-Meru region wearing the singge-snamtchok, a headdress immitating th...

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh, annual Ladakh Festival, woman of a cultural troupe of Skurbuchan and Sham region wearing perak, a traditional headdress adorned...

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Leh, annual Festival of Ladakh, men of a cultural troupe of Gya-Meru region

India, state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh (3500m), annual Ladakh Festival, Buddhist temple of Gompa Soma (Chokhang), an elderly woman comes out of a temple room after tur...

Benin, Nosthern distict, Atacora department, Koussoukoingou area, woman Otammari ethny with her tribal scarifications during an initiation ceremony

Close-up portrait of smiling senior Kayah woman, near Loikaw District, Kayah State, Myanmar

San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. Native Indian necklace bead work

Africa, Togo. Koutammakou, Tamberma people. Unesco World Heritage site. Portrait of an elder woman with a wild boar tooth in her lower lip

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

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung lady wearing her heavy brass coiled rings around her neck.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung lady wearing her heavy brass coiled rings around her neck.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung lady wearing her heavy brass coiled rings around her neck.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung ladies wearing their heavy brass coiled rings around their necks.

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur. Mehrangarh Fort (built circa 1460 on National Geological Monument, part of the Malani Igenus Suite in Thar Desert region), wall frieze of hands, with necklace

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, hand of a woman holding a rosary (Buddhist prayer beads) and reading Buddhist texts

Middle East, Oman, Muscat. Precious stones and jewellery in the window of a shop in the Muttrah Souk.

Africa, Ethiopia, Southern Omo Valley, Nyangatom Tribe. An elderly Nyangton woman with four ear piercings and blue beads.

Africa, Ethiopia, Omo River Valley, South Omo, Hamer tribe. Hamer man with beads and decorations.

Surma men, Ethiopia

Kenya, Marsabit District, Ngurunit, rendille tribeswoman

Souvenir jewellery, Lijiang (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Yunnan, China

United States, Arizona, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, navajo lady with traditionnal turquoise jewelery

Nepal, Great Himalaya Range, Helambu Region, Bagmati Zone, portrait of a woman

Colorful dress and face painted local tribal girl celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Paya in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Colorful dress and face painted local tribesman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Colorful dress and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Mount Hagen in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Portrait of a young Hamar woman with necklaces made of Cowry shells and with traditional hairstyle with red clay in her hair, Omo river valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

China, Guizhou province, Rongxin Zu, Cowrie Shell Miao woman

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.

Back view of traditional pow wow dancer, Carlton Yazzie (Dine aka Navajo), dressed in colorful regalia of a roach headdress, beaded vest and eagle feather bustle holds a wooden coup stick Idaho, USA

Indonesia, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Papuan

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.

Myanmar (Burma), Kayah state, Kayah tribe, Daw Du Mar Gyi, kayah women called bat-women

Myanmar (Burma), Kayah state, Kayan tribe (Padaung), Loikaw area, Kon Ta, Moe Ki a woman named giraffe women

Myanmar (Burma), Kayah state, Kayan tribe (Padaung), Dau Ki (Pan Pat group), Moe Hope and Moe Bone getting ready for dancing