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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)
Akha woman, hill-tribe, near Kyaing Tong, Golden Triangle, Myanmar (Burma)
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Nepalese girl bidding Namaste (Welcome), ManangA Tibetan monk of stands outside of a dormitory building for the Nyingmapa Order Po Dang Gompo, or Palace Monastery in Sadeng, TClose up of a woman wearing nose ring, India, Asia Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotoxMale Khampa wears coral, zee stones, fox fur hat & tiger skin at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)HEAD MONK of JAGLUNG Monastery holds a bell and dorje in a flowery Himalayan field, DO TARAP VALLEY - DOLPO DISTRICT, NEPALOld Karen woman sitting cross-legged, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Asiaa woman smoking a traditional cheeroot cigar in Bagan, central Myanmar.Ecuador, Santo Domingos de los Colorados, portrait of ecuadorian indianGaruda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park is an entertainment center of Bali history.Naga tribal men in traditional clothing, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, AsiaTibetan women circling incense pile, Horse festival, Tagong, Tibetan area, Sichuan, ChinaSouth Korea, Religion, Confucian, Portrait Of Elderly Man In Traditional Robe And Kat Horsehair Hat Of Confucian Believer.TIBETAN WOMAN in doorway at the KAGYU SECT SERALUNG MONASTERY - LAKE MANASAROVAR, TIBETBhutan, Paro, Black hat dancerMale Khampa wears coral, zee stones, fox fur hat & tiger skin at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)Rural woman in traditional wearing, Pastanga, Sikkim, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotoxGhandruk, Annapurna Himal, Nepal, AsiaWoodcarver, Ollantayambo, Peru.Galbadrakh Davaa, MongoliaTibetan sitting in front of a door turning a prayer wheel, Tsetang, Himalaya Range, Central Tibet, Ue-Tsang, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, AsiaChina, Beijing. A China Hajj pilgrim at an Islamic Classics collegeBhutan, Kyicho Temple, Man And Elderly Woman Sitting On The Floor Beside A Prayer Wheel On A PlinthMyanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. A Padaung woman belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing a traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-five rings which elongates the neck.Apache Indian, Apache Spirit Ranch, Tombstone, Arizona, USA MRAsia, Bhutan. Man dressed in traditional gho with prayer beads or a japa mala in his hands at Temple in Thimphu.Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.Guatemala, Chichicastenango, Mayan shaman at the holy site of Pasqal AbahMeirapaibis torch bearer of Manipur India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotoxPriest making an offering at a Barong dance performance in Batubulan, Bali, IndonesiaNepal, Upper Mustang, Lo Manthang, Elderly man praying with prayer wheel in the square near the kings palace.Myanmar (Burma), Yangon State, Yangon, Kyeegmyintaing Quarter, Ma Siyiya and Ma Sayana nuns go door to door to get some food donationsCentral Mongolia, Karakorum, Erdene Zuu Monastery, Portrait Of Local Monk In Traditional ClothingBhutan, Punakha Dzong. Punakha Drubchen Festival, performer in traditional attire. (Editorial Use Only)Khampa crowd at the Nyingma Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, ChinaBhutanese woman in Bodhgaya. IndiaMonk, Paelkhor Choede Convent, Gyantse, TibetANCIANA DE LA TRIBU NAVAJA. Location: EXTERIOR. ARIZONA.The Tzotzil Mayan Indians from San Juan Chamula have a fierce reputation for hostility to outsiders.Khampas, the warrior horseman of old Tibet, compete at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)Kazakh man in his yurt (MR)Wancho tribal in traditional attire and holding spear in Tirap district Arunachal Pradesh India 1982 NO MR Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotoxMyanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Hpo Win Mounts, Po Win Daung, Phar Mone smokes a cheroot, the Burmese traditional cigareThe Yupik Miracle Drummers and Dancers perform at the 2009 Festival of Native Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska. The group are tradition bearers from the Yupik culture and have been performing together since 1994, promoting drug and alcohol free communities. The festival is one of interior Alaska's greatest celebrations of Alaska Native culture.Young Buddhist novice monk, follower of the Gelugpa or Yellow Hat school in Phuktal Monastery, Zanskar Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Himalayas, North India, India, AsiaBoy with leather mitts for doing Buddhist prostrations.Old woman with a prayer mill on the Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, AsiaTibetan nun, woman in doorway.Two men of the Akha Loma tribe, both wearing traditional dress, Ban Noy, Phongsali Province, Laos, South East Asia, AsiaUSA, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Aztec Indian woman in festival dress.Tibetan nomads in traditional clothing at horse festival.MEXICAN woman in black carries a statue during EASTER PROCESSION - TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICOPortrait of monk, Myanmar, Shan, MyanmarVietnam, Xuan Thuy National Park, Red River Delta, Ramsar, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve. Giao Thien Commune Nha Boi Buddhist Temple.Young Burmese woman on the roof of a temple, Bagan, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia, AsiaWhite Cloud Taoist Temple, Beijing, China, AsiaVietnam, Den Ba Chua Kho , Woman Carrying A Display Of Temple Offerings And Money On Her HeadTraditional dressed man is practicing archery, Thimphu, BhutanNatives nomads in their tent, Phobjikha, Pele La, Bhutan, AsiaTibetan pilgrims in Lhasa, Tibet, AsiaLocal man taking part in archery competition using traditional bow, Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, AsiaChildren wearing gho and kira, national Bhutan dress for men and women, Bhutan, South Asia, AsiaRemarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.Laos: Brao weaver with foot loom, Bolaven Plateau, Champasak Province. The Brao people are an ethnic group that live on both sides of the Cambodia-Laos border. There are approximately 60,000 Brao people, broadly defined, worldwide. They mainly live in Attapeu and Champasak Provinces in southern Laos, and Ratanakiri and Stung Treng Provinces in northeastern Cambodia.Lady of Apa Tani tribe in Lower Subansiri adorned with bead garland nose plugged with bamboo ornament 1982 Arunachal Pradesh Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotoxIndia, Himachal Pradesh, Chamba Valley. A Gaddi (semi-nomadic shepherd) from Chamba smokes a hookah, or water pipe, on the trail linking Kugti village, Kugti Pass and the summer grazing meadows of Lahaul.Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Doi Lan, Lisu Elder Reading A Pair Of Chicken Wings For Oracular SignsA woman taking a rest, with building materials, a stone slab on her back, Himalayas, Kingdom of BhutanBuddhists in SW TibetSOUTH VIETNAM, TAY NINH, CAODAI GREAT TEMPLE, PRIEST, PORTRAITMexico, Veracruz, Celebration of ' Day of the Dead ', The ' Day of the Dead ' is a holyday in Mexico that most of the people visit the cemetery and built private altars in their homes. On the altars they have fruits, cempasuchitl flowers, drinks, sweets, bread and the favorite foods of the dead.Man attending a funeral ceremony at a rante, the ceremonial site for a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, IndonesiaFortune tellerElderly man in traditional Ladakhi clothes, Spituk Monastery (Gompa), Leh district, Ladakh, India, AsiaTIBETAN refugee at Thuptencholing Gompa - SOLU VALLEY, NEPALTibet, the Drepung MonasteryThimphu, Bhutan - 28 September 2025: View of women standing in vibrant traditional dresses, a kaleidoscope of colours against the backdrop of Thimphu Dromchoe festival.Shaman In Pac-Chen Mayan Community. MexicoThe yurt of a local herder. The Alaj valley in the Pamir Mountains. Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan. (Editorial Use Only)Ikat blankets, Sumba Island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, AsiaCeremonial dress at Sultan's Palace, Yogya Karta, IndonesiaSerbian village women and children watch a religious and cultural celebration in church grounds.- May not be used in defamation towards Serbian people, country, past or presentThailand,Trat Province,Koh Chang,Koh Chang Ferry,Monk Taking PhotoHigh priest at the largest and most important religious festival of the Cham, Po Nagar Temple, Vietnam, Southeast AsiaSanctuary of Fatima. Portugal. 70's.Piper (Avelino Morales Cata) playing vulture bone flute during the Good Friday celebrations. La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes Ecuador.Switzerland, Canton of Grisons, Müstair, Benedictine abbey St. Johann in the Münstertal, sisters, garden, sister JohannaRetirement home for poor women run by Dominican Sisters. Senior woman holding rosary beads while reading prayer in church. Dong Nai. Vietnam. Balinese man wearing traditional Udeng, Udheng during Nyepi Day ceremony, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, AsiaMyanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Leshi, the Sagaing Briadger General Myint Soe (on the left) and the Nagas chief U Phla Phe during the opening ceremony for Naga New YearBurma, Myanmar, Putao, details of a bamboo crossbow and a quiver of a traditional hunterMonk with camera, Chim-puk Hermitage near Tsethang close to Lhasa, Tibet, AsiaHigh priest at the largest and most important religious festival of the Cham, Po Nagar Temple, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, AsiaChina, Beijing. A China Hajj pilgrim at an Islamic Classics collegeMrs. Zhou Chao Hui, widowed Chinese Christian farm wife living at Tongshan, a village beyond Wanzhou City (also called Wanxian), important port city on the Yangzi River in Chongquing Municipality, gateway to Eastern Sichuan Province. Mrs. Zhou is life-long Roman Catholic believer and her bedroom is like a chapel with Jesus and Christian images at her winA Muslim Man Wearing A Prayer Hat, Muara Pinang Sumatera Selatan IndonesiaTibetan woman in traditional dress attends Amitabha Empowerment at Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA