Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A Hausa man in fine traditional attire with an elaborate multi-coloured turban.

Woman wearing a yellow Sari, Ram Devra pilgrims festival, Ramdevra, Pokhran, Rajasthan, North India

Woman wearing a yellow sari behind a yellow veil, Ram Devra, near Pokaran, Rajasthan, North India

Man wearing a wine-red turban, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, North India

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A pretty Wodaabe girl with traditional facial scarification watches a Gerewol ceremony performed by the young men of her tribe.

Romania, Maramures, Rozavlea. Young girl in traditional Maramures dress attending a blessing and ceremony in remembrance of war heroes.

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

India, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer Fort, Local Woman wearing traditional outfit

India, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, Gadi Sagar Lake, Indian Woman wearing traditional Saree outfit

India, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, Old Town, Local woman wearing traditional outfits

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

A Samburu warrior in traditional dress with long ochred hair.

Ethiopia, Harerge Province, Harar. An Harari girl in wedding attire. Unlike Muslims elsewhere, Harari women love bright clothes and are seen in public without face veils. The beautifully embroidered s...

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Daphna. A local beduin guide dressed in traditional clothing prepares a lunch time meal over an open fire in the dead chasm within Wadi Daphna. (MR)

Mali, Dogon Country, Sangha. A young man dressed in traditional Dogon attire. The unusual hat is peculiar to the Dogon people.

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...

Balangida Lelu, Northern Tanzania.The finery of a Datoga woman. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass ornaments of every des...

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

!Kung women sing and clap their hands to the rhythm of their menfolk. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having y...

An old !Kung man. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and musc...

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...

Two Maasai warriors watch a hot air balloon flight over Masai Mara.

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 Toposa girl with scarification on her forehead wearing beaded necklaces and two beads on her chin which can replace one large metal circular ornament on occasions.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A Hausa man dressed in turquoise with an elaborate blue turban.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A Hausa man dressed in large flowing, embroidered robe and a vivid red turban.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A Hausa man dressed in a fine pink turban.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. The Emir of Kano sits cross-legged in his palace reception hall where he meets members of the Hausa community who come to pay him their respects.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A group of Hausa dignitaries wear beautiful traditional flowing robes with very fine turbans.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. The Emir of Kano mounted on a white horse pauses beside a traditionally decorated wall at his palace with a group of well-dressed followers in attendance.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. Hausa horsemen gallop through a market in Kano.

Men with the chokha, the traditional attire of the Caucasus. Holy Trinity Cathedral (Tsminda Sameba) of Tbilisi. Georgia, Caucasus

Devotion and faith at the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Tsminda Sameba) of Tbilisi. Georgia, Caucasus

Beautiful girls wearing traditional dresses, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art (National Art Museum of Azerbaijan). Baku, Azerbaijan

Russia, Komsomolskaya Bay, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Port of Provideniya. Native cultural show, woman in traditional attire.

Bhutan, Thimphu, capital of Bhutan. Local archery competition played in traditional Gho, national dress for men. Most popular sport in Bhutan and the National Sport.

Bhutan, Thimphu. Buddha Dordenma statue. One of the largest Buddha statues in the world. Local visitors in traditional attire walking along the golden base of temple.

Mediterranean Europe. Greece. Athens. The Evzoni or Greek Soldiers in traditional Sunday and feast clothes during the changing of the guards in front of the tomb to the unknown soldier outside Parliam...

Japan, Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Tunnel of Torii Gates

Statue in traditional dress, Morondava, Madagascar, Africa

Bolivian woman training a young llama (Lama glama), San Juan, Potosi, Bolivia

Ten-year-old girl wearing hat with soyombo emblem riding a horse, participant in the horsemanship competitions of the Naadam Festival, Mongolia

Traditional Mongolian wrestler, Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tourist wearing a traditional costume, Sapa, Vietnam

Traditionally dressed women in gorgeous robes at the most important festival of the Cham, Po Nagar temple, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Monks and nuns, colorful robes in red, yellow, blue, praying, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Two smiling women in a doorway, Varanasi, Benares or Kashi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Dancer, Heritage Hotel or Laxmi Niwas Palace Hotel, Bikaner, Rajasthan, North India, India

Women wearing saris, Fort Pokaran, Pokaran, Rajasthan, North India, India

Women wearing colorful saris, marble tomb of the Scindia dynasty, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, northern India, India

Women wearing a sari climbing the steps to Kandariya Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho Group of Monuments, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh, India

Konyak warriors with full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival in Kohima, India

Konyak warrior with full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival in Kohima, India

Young Indian women at Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India

Swiss Guards, St. Peter's Basilica, St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Woman in traditional Beurer Gwand costume, local costume group Edelweiss Neubeuern in Upper Bavaria, Costume and Riflemen's Procession at the Oktoberfest, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Ceremonial driving down of cattle from the mountain pastures, returning of the cattle to their respective owners, Pfronten, Ostallgaeu district, Allgaeu region, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany

Niger, Agadez. The minaret of the 16th century Agadez mosque which is claimed to be in the tallest adobe structure in the world.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe boy wearing a sword in colourful matching attire.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. Wodaabe men in colourful attire watch the young men of the tribe dance during a Gerewol ceremony.

Romania, Maramures, Rozavlea. Young boy in traditional Maramures dress attending a blessing and ceremony in remembrance of war heroes.

Romania, Maramures, Rozavlea. Young girl in traditional Maramures dress attending a blessing and ceremony in remembrance of war heroes.

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur. A Rajasthani musician in traditional attire plays a local string instrument called rawan hatha.

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur. A Rajasthani musician in traditional attire plays a local string instrument called rawan hatha.

Qatar, Doha, new skyline of the West Bay central financial district of Doha, Women wearing Burkas

USA, Louisiana, New Orleans, Vacherie. 'Laura' historic Antebellum Creole plantation, interior. Wooden cutout of plantation family member in vintage attire.

Targul de Fete de pe Muntele Gaina, Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Targul de Fete de pe Muntele Gaina, Carpathian Mountains, Romania

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

China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna. A lady of the Jinuo ethnic minority near Jinghong.

China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna. A lady of the Jinuo ethnic minority near Jinghong.

China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna. A lady butcher of the Jinuo ethnic minority in a market near Jinghong.

China, Yunnan, Lunchun. A beautiful lady of the Yao ethnic minority on her mobile phone n Luchun.

China, Yunnan, Xingmeng. A Mongolian lady in the small village of Xingmeng, west of Tonghai, where some 4000 Mongolian descendants of members of Kublai Khan’s expeditionary force still reside.