Cultural Attire of Ethnic Minorities

Portraits of women in traditional clothing from the Himalayan region, showcasing intricate headdresses and rich cultural heritage.

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

LADAKHI WOMAN showing familial wealth via her PERAK, traditional head piece of silver, coral and TURQUOISE - LADAKH, INDIA

Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. China

A Tibetan woman in Champing Valley, Sichuan, China, Asia

the monastery Gongkar Choede

Nun with typical buddhist garment

Bolivia, aroma, Ayllu, Aymara, traditional costume,

Local woman from the Akha tribe with typical headgear, portrait, Hokyin Akha Village, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Golden Triangle, Myanmar, Asia

Giraffe necked Paduang woman, Shah Hills, Myanmar Burma, Asia

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

India, Arunachal Pradesh, man

Visitor of the Hornbill Festival, Nagaland, India, Asia

Khampa woman traditionally dressed at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Old local woman from the tribe of the Akha with typical headgear, portrait, Hokyin Akha Village, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Golden Triangle, Myanmar, Asia

Jiarong Tibetan women in traditional clothing celebrating Pear Flower Festival, Jinchuan, Sichuan Province, China

Woman from Hill Tribe, Pang Daeng Village, Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand CAP/MEL MEL/ Copyright: xMelxLonghurst/CapitalxPicturesx

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

Tibet. Portrait Of Tibetan Man In Traditional Costume.

Tibetan man in traditional clothing, Jinchuan County, Sichuan Province, China

Old woman standing at prayer wheels, Thimphu, Bhutan, asia Copyright: xPradipxBarrai/DinodiaxPhotox

Mindrolling Monastery, Tibetan with prayer chain

Burma (Myanmar), Kaungdine Village, Inle Lake, Padaung tribal woman with many neck rings, view from side.

Red Zhao woman, Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam

Asia, Bhutan, Punakha. Portrait of elderly woman spinning hand-held prayer wheel in Punakha Dzong temple.

Asia, Western Mongolia, Bayan-Olgii. Suhayt, Traditional Kazakh dress for Muslim women of the area. (Editorial Use Only)

Burmese woman wearing a traditional head covering and smoking a cigarette; Yawngshwe, Shan State, Myanmar

Male Quechua Indian playing the Zampona flute at a festival in Ayata, Bolivai.

Aoleang Monyu festival at Sangu Tangten Village, Nagaland, northeast India, portrait of a Konyak Naga man with traditional tattoos in warrior dress and hat

Old Tzutjil Maya Woman, Santiago De Atitl

A senior Mongolian woman in traditional dress in front of a temple at the Erdene Zuu monastery in Kharakhorum (Karakorum), Mongolia.

Asia, India, Ladakh, Leh. A Ladakhi Woman shows off her beautiful coral and turquoise jewelery and perak headdress in Leh, Ladakh, India. (Editorial Usage Only)

Woman of the Akha Pala tribe in traditional dress with a basket of rice, Ban Pakha, Phongsali Province, Laos, South East Asia, Asia

Puja at the Rowaling Festival

Tibetan Buddhism, portrait of Tibetan pilgrim with a colorful hat, ascend to the Dolma La Pass, pilgrimage route around the sacred Mount Kailash, Gang Rinpoche, Kora, Ngari, Gang-Tise Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, West Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic China, Asia

Siem Reap, Angkor, Temple Preah Khan, old lady prays for you and then ties a ribbon around your hand

Sherpa woman at Dasaain festival in Seduwa village in the Makalu region of east Nepal. The solid gold earrings and silver coins around her neck and on her headdress would have been her dowry when she married

Pilgrim who walked part-way around the sacred mountain and then passed three times under a waterfall

Wixarika or Wixaritari (Huichol) community in the municipality of Mezquitic, town of San Miguel Huaixtita located in the Sierra Norte of the state of Jalisco, the Huicholes are one of the ethnic groups originating from the west of the country that has best preserved their traditions, their rituals and their way of life. San Miguel, Jalisco; Mexico

CHINA, TIBET, LHASA, JOKHANG TEMPLE, TIBETAN WOMAN, PILGRIM

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Bodhnath, tibetan woman, walking around the stupa, pradakhshina

White Eared-phesant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) adult, being fed by Buddhist monk, Zhuo Ke Temple, near Maerkang, Sichuan, China, Asia

Tibet, Tibetan in the Friendship highway

China, Yunnan, Kunming, Tibetan monk with two-stringed musical instrument

During the celebrations of "El Señor de la Columna" in the sanctuary of Yosonotú, during which the Mixteco and Triqui groups perform traditional rituals such as "el pedimento". Yosonotu, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Tibetan Buddhism, portrait, pilgrim wearing a pink headscarf, pilgrimage path to holy Mount Kailash, Gang Rinpoche, Kora, Himalayas, Ngari, West Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Asia, China, Yunnan Province, Kunming. Young Jinuo woman in traditional costume portrait (Editorial Usage Only)

sombrero tipico tz'utujil, Santiago Atitlan, departamento de Sololá, Guatemala, Central America.

Tibetan pilgrim with hair jewellery walking around the mountain at Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibet, China, Asia

China, Tibet, Tsurpu Monastery , Buddhist Nun Wearing A Head Scarf

senior indonesian man in prayer hat, muara pinang indonesia

Traditionally dressed woman from the Akha people, hill tribe, ethnic minority, portrait, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Khampa man with gold & coral hair peices smokes at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Yimchungru tribesman during Hornbill Festival, portrait, Nagaland, India.

Yellow Hat Lama blowing trumpet at Ladakh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, India

Tibetan nomad woman in chuba,traditional dress,outside Sershul.

Indonesia, Bali, Mourner at Hindu Cremation ceremony in Gianyar. (MR)

Traditional dressed man on the festival of the tribes in Gerze, Western Tibet, Asia

A FEMALE DROKPA (Tibetan nomadic yak herder) with large SILVER CHUBA CLASP - Southern route to MOUNT KAILASH, TIBET

Ladakh, India, September 4, 2018: Portrait of native Indian woman in traditional clothes on festival in Ladakh. Illustrative editorial, Asia

Man carving in the traditional village of Paia near Along, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, India, Asia

Dao, Large Knife, 'Miji' Tribe Man With Traditional Dress, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Nepal, Mustang, smoking marijuana

Thailand, Mae Hong Son, Nai Soi, Karen tribeswoman,

Ladakhi, Leh, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Old monk, portrait, Shwe Yan Bye Monastery, near Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

The festival of Bala Chaturdashi is a celebration in Nepal that is held at Pashupatinath Temple near Kathmandu every year in late November or early December. Hindu pilgrims from all over Nepal as well as India gather at Pashupatinath temple, which is considered to be the most sacred temple of Shiva (Pashupati), in Nepal. An all night vigil by the light of small wick lamps marks the beginning of Bala Chaturdashi. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Khampa men at the Monlam Chenmo masked dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Tzutjil Maya Man, Santiago De Atitl

Yellow hat monk at the the famous Tigers Nest Taktshang Goempa monastery, Bhutan, Asia

Yatiri (Aymara Healer) Performing An Ancient Sacrificial Burning Rite To Bring The Good Will Of The Goddess Pachamama (Mother Earth), Isla Del Sol In ...

Nyaungshwe ( YAUNGHWE) city; Inle lake Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia; Pa-O or Pao woman in traditional dress, ethnic minority, traditional costume,

Buddhist monk in Nepal

Nepal, Mustang, traditional thangka festival

Man, portrait. Cambodia, Angkor, Bayon Prayers

A Muslim Man Wearing A Prayer Hat, Muara Pinang Sumatera Selatan Indonesia

Nepali with Dhaka Topi National Cap, Tamang ethnic group, Nagarkot City, Bagmati Province, Bhaktapur District, Nepal, Asia

Japan, Tochigi, Nikko, 'Toshogu Shrine, Toshogu Grand Procession, 1,000 Samurai Procession, Middle Aged Man In Edo Era Samurai Costume.'

Man attending a funeral ceremony at a rante, the ceremonial site for a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

A KALLAWAYAS (Shaman) preforms a KOADA (Offering) to PANCHA MAMA (Mother Earth) - ISLE DEL SOL

Mayordomo (Village Elder) By The Church Of San Lorenzo, Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico

Asia, Western Mongolia, Bayan-Olgii. Suhayt, Traditional Kazakh dress for Muslim women of the area. Woman in her kitchen. (Editorial Use Only)

Monk holding a conch Mustang Nepal

Hmong hill tribe woman in traditional dress at a new year festival at Hung Saew village, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

Asia, Burma (Myanmar) Shan State; Ann tribal woman in traditonal dress. Betel colors the teeth.

CHINA, SOUTH YUNNAN PROVINCE, HANI VILLAGE, HANI WOMAN WITH TRADITIONAL HEAD DRESS

ASIA, Russia, Kamchatka Closeup of native woman wearing traditional headdress (MR)

So-called giraffe-neck or snake-neck woman from the tribe of the Padaung belonging to the Karen tribe, Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia

Khampa man with Yak hat at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

A senior Mongolian woman in traditional dress in front of a temple at the Erdene Zuu monastery in Kharakhorum (Karakorum), Mongolia.

Myanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Leshi, Wanka from the Naga Konyak tribe participating at the New year ceremony

A Mexican Charro holds a banner during an exhibition in Mexico City

Buddhist man at Dashchoilon Khiid Monastery

Woman holding a prayer wheel, Pela La Pass, Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan, Asia

Nepal, Mustang, smoking marijuana

Ladakhi women at Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India Copyright: xNirbhayxJain/DinodiaxPhotox

China, Xizang, Tibet, Women Walking Together Along Prayer Wheels At Potala Palace

Khampa crowd at the Nyingma Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Bodhnath, tibetan woman, walking around the stupa, pradakhshina

Dushuluun, nomad man in his yurt, with medals.

Wixarika or Wixaritari (Huichol) community in the municipality of Mezquitic, town of San Miguel Huaixtita located in the Sierra Norte of the state of Jalisco, the Huicholes are one of the ethnic groups originating from the west of the country that has best preserved their traditions, their rituals and their way of life. San Miguel, Jalisco; Mexico

China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang. Buddhist Lama of Red Hat sect. (Editorial Usage Only)

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