India, Nagaland, Kohima, annual meeting of all the Naga tribes during the Hornbill Festival

Portrait of a woman with traditional tattooed face in Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar

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

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

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Pa-O girl selling fabric at Indein market.

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

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Pa-O girl selling fabric at Indein market.

Myanmar (Burma), Chin State, Mindat, local festival with traditional clothes

Mursi tribe, people with lip plate, Mursi Village, South Omo, Ethiopia

Surma men, Ethiopia

Portrait of Namargo, Mursi Tribe, Minisha Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kendwa, Masai group seafront

Young boys fishing in the Marovo Lagoon before dramatic clouds, Solomon Islands, Pacific

Tongan women in pounding grain on the shore of Lake Kariba, at sunset, Zambia, Africa

Bronze statue, West Africa

Melanesia, Vanuatu, Rano Island, group of local males posing in forest in traditional dress.

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

Myanmar (Burma), Shan state, Pao's tribe, Naung Yar Sai, Moe Bu and her grand-mother Moe Phar Jhun sharing a tea

Young women of Miao minority wearing traditional costumes and silver jewellery, Guizhou, China

Sahara desert, Morocco. Silhouette on the dunes at sunset.

Kunene region, Northern Namibia, Africa. Himba people.

Ethiopia, Seba Village, Afar Region. A young Afar woman with braided hair and facial scarification typical of the Darhimela clan.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. An old Borana man wearing a phallic on his forehead. They are known as kalach and are used by men of both the Borana and Gabbra communities on special occasions.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. A Somali woman maintains the rhythm of a song on a drum outside a traditional thatched house at Kalacha.

Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. A Borana man and women sing and dance at the annual Kalacha Festival.

North Africa, Egypt, Hurghada, Eastern Desert Mountain Range.

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai elders dressed in traditional attire at their homestead, preparing for one of their customary ceremonies.

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

Kenya, Samburu County, Bawa. A Samburu warrior with beaded bracelets rests his hands on a walking stick.

Vietnam, Sapa. Red Dao woman on rice paddies at sunrise (MR)

Thailand, Chiang Rai. Portrait of woman of Ahka tribe wearing traditional dress and headgear with silver coins (MR)

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.

Africa, Ethiopia, Omo River Valley. Mursi tribe woman with lip ring and decorations.

Male Maasai dancers, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

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.

Woman of the Ann tribe, nr Kyaing Tong, Golden Triangle, Myanmar, (Burma)

Akha woman, hill-tribe, nr Kyaing Tong, Golden Triangle, Myanmar (Burma)

Tanzania; Lake Natron; Shompole. The traditional hairstyle of a Maasai warrior.

Tanzania; Lake Natron; Shompole. A Maasai warrior looks out over Lake Natron.

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.

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional headdress made of heavy silver baubles and beads sewn on a bamboo cap, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional headdress made of heavy silver baubles and beads sewn on a bamboo cap, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

New Zealand. Moko face tattoos are a visual language that connects the wearer to their ancestry.

USA, Arizona, Scottsdale. Participant in an inter-tribal dance at the Red Mountain Eagle powwow held at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

Camel Driver, Sahara Desert, Merzouga, Morocco, (MR)

Young Black Miao girl preparing for festival, Kaili, Guizhou Province, China

Young Long Horn Miao girls, Sugao, Guizhou Province, China

Long Horn Miao, Sugao, Guizhou Province, China

The finery worn by a married Maasai woman.

Indian woman with head dress, Ticuna Indian Village of Macedonia, Amazon River, near Puerto Narino, Colombia

Lakota Indians in the Badlands of South Dakota, USA MR

Native Indian from Pendelton holding baby,Yakama Nation, Warm Springs Pow Wow, Oregon, USA MR

Namo Yate hunting with a lance which is made from the stem of a palm tree. Large terrestrial game like peccaries and tapir are hunted in this way. Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainfo...

Huaorani Indian - Ontagamo Kaimo carrying a peccary that he hunted for food. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

Huaorani Indian girl - Carmen Kaiga. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

Africa, Namibia, Bushmanland, Nhoma. Bushman hunter walking in tall Bushman grass