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Cultural Festivals and Traditional Costumes

Vibrant portrayals of performers in traditional costumes during cultural festivals in South America, reflecting indigenous heritage and community celebrations.

SA, Peru, Cusco, Inti Raymi Festival, performer in colorful costume

SA, Peru, Cusco, Inti Raymi Festival, performer in colorful costume

Bolivia, Sucre, Tarabuco, Phujllay Yampara Independence Carnival Celebrations. Line Of Dancers Wearing Traditional Costume Including Gallos Or Spurs Attached To Their Sandals Or Ojotas.

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

India, Zanskar, Men In Gold Head Dresses Who Stage A Mock Abduction To Take Bridegroom To Meet Bride In Traditional Buddhist Wedding Ceremony.

Mali, Near Bandiagara, Dogon Country, Bandiagara Escarpment, Traditonal Dogon Dance In Village

Women of the Dard ethnic group during the opening parade of the Ladakh Festival. The Ladakh Festival is held every year in the first two weeks of Sept...

A Khampa prepares to ride at the Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Peru, Cusco Department, Sacsayhuman, 'Inti Raymi, The Inca Festival Of The Winter Solstice, Enacted At The Ruined Ceremonial Centre Of Sacsayhuaman In The Northern Outskirts Of Cusco. '

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Peru, Cusco, Vilcanota Mountains, Ice Festival of Qoyllur Riti. Pre Columbian in origin but of Christian significance today with pilgrimage to place of Christs appearance. Procession of masked dancers.

Navajo Rodeo

Nepalese monks chanting during 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal.

A Wodaabe girl chooses a partner from the dancing men at the Gerewol Festival, north of Abalak, Niger

India, Ladakh, Hemis Gompa, 'Lamas Wearing Kartas Receiving Offerings From Pilgrims During Hemis Festival To Celebrate The Birth Of Guru Padmasambhava, Founder Of Tibetan Buddhism.'

Sioux TribeEagle Dance

Indigenous Salasaca Indians in colourful garments, celebrating the Inti Raymi festival - or Festival of the Sun, Salasaca, Andes, Ecuador, June 2004.

Peru, Cusco Department, Cusco, The Wife Of The Emperor Pachacuti Being Carried In Her Throne At Inti Raymi. Women With Offerings Of Food In The Foreground.

Malakati Village Nanuya Lai Lai, Yasawa Is, Fiji.

China , Qinghai, Tongren, Line Of Women Dancers In Costume At Tibetan Festival

NM, New Mexico, Albuquerque, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Traditional Zuni dance perfromance, Red-tailed Hawk dance

Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, religious fiesta of the Zapotec Indian village

Mali, Near Bandiagara, Dogon Country, Bandiagara Escarpment, Traditonal Dogon Dance In Village

A local Buryat wedding ceremony taking place on Olkhon Island, Siberia, Russia.

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the satimbe mask perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. This mask honours the primordial woman who is said to have discovered the original Dogon masks. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

Mali, Near Bandiagara, Dogon Country, Bandiagara Escarpment, Traditonal Dogon Dance In Village, Dancer On Stilts Dressed As Woman, (Women Forbidden To Participate)

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

Italy, South Tirol, Sarntal, Sarntaler alps, Sarnthein, Klöckerlauf, Klöcker,

Empires of the Sun, Peru, Wari, Huari, Textiles

young Zuni Pueblo Indian White Buffalo Dance, Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico

Phom warriors in full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

A swirling dancer performs Pa-Cham, the Dance of the Heroes. This is a dance that commemorates the victory of Buddhism over sin and transports believers directly to the presence of Guru Rinpoche.

Pentecostes Festival held annually in May, Ollantaytambo, Peru. (Editorial Usage Only)

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Dancers wearing the 15ft high Sirige mask and stilt dancers perform at the Dogon village which is situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile Bandiagara escarpment.

A Lokata Native American Indian warrior in full traditional costume playing a wooden flute in the forest

Ceremony of former poachers, in the Virunga National Park, Rwanda, Africa

Toba Batak people dressed in traditional costume at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

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

Folk dance, Meghalaya, India Copyright: xJaishankarxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Khampas, the warrior horseman of old Tibet, compete at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Dancing in Peru Peruvian dancers with traditional dress in the historical center of Cusco. Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 22092904

Gathering of Masai warriors Ngorongoro Tanzania

SA, Peru, Cusco, Inca man blows conch to announce opening of Inti Raymi Festival (MR)

Mongolia, Altai Mt. Man with eagle

Aymara Elders In A Procession To Santiago De Curahuara De Carangas Church During Carnival, Curahuara De Carangas, Oruro, Bolivia

Crow Indian Horsemen, Montana, USA Hardin PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Crow Indian Horsemen, Montana, USA Hardin PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Mali, Near Bandiagara, Dogon Country, Bandiagara Escarpment, Traditonal Dogon Dance In Village

A Khampa participates in the dressage competition at the Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Africa, Mali, Dogon Region, Tireli village. Masked dancers on stilts

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Toba Batak people performing a traditional Batak dance at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesi...

Dance troops preform at the Litang Horse Festival, representing various regions of Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Zuni Pueblo Indian Buffalo Dance, Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico

Ladakhi women wearing traditional SILK EMBROIDERED TALL HATS, TIKSE Monastery Masked Dances - LADAKH, INDIA

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, Meskel religious holiday's demerar ceremony around building a bonfire for the next morning. (Editorial Usage Only)

Men in traditional Tibetan dress, Yushu Horse Fetival, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

A painted Karo warrior protecting his village's goats, in Ethiopia's Omo region, Africa (MR)

Ecuador, Cuenca. Female dancers dressed as Inca in folklore ballet troupe during annual parade and festival to celebrate founding of Cuenca in 1557. Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

blessing ceremony by Inca shaman Lucas Checa Perez and son

Sami Camp Honningsvag Norway

Dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with Secretary Gale Norton, tribal representatives, and other political dignitaries participating

Peru, Cusco, Vilcanota Mountains, Ice Festival of Qoyllur Riti. Pre Columbian in origin but of Christian significance today with pilgrimage to place of Christs appearance after performing miracles locally.

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask and stilt dancers perform at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.

Mali, Dogon Country, Tereli. A masked dancer leaps high in the air at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.

Kazakh hunter at Eagle Festival, Xyahncye (MR)

Morocco, Tinfou (near Zagora, Taureg man in traditional dress on sand dunes (MR)

A Tibetan Yak Driver Framed by the Horns of a Yak Near Cho Oyu in the Chinese Himalaya.

Khampas, Qamdo monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Long Horned Miao at Lusheng Festeival, eastern Guizhou, Guizhou, China, Asia

Thailand, Chiang Mai, Traditional Thai Drummer With Large Drum In The Flower Festival Parade

Tibetan people in traditional clothing with horses at Horse Race Festival, Litang, western Sichuan, China

Navajo participants in dedication ceremonies at the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation. School design, by architectural firm headed by Navajo member, incorporates Navajo cultural elements

Bauchi, Nigeria - 30 March 2025: View of a figure adorned in a dazzling gold robe and a striking headpiece of spikes, stands against a backdrop of blurred greenery.

Africa, Mali, Dogon Region, Tireli village. Masked dancers. (Editorial Usage Only)

Africa. Rwanda. Traditional Intore dancers near Volcanoes National Park, site of the largest remaining group of mountain gorillas in the world.

Ourga, Mongolia The Minister of Finance of independent Mongolia on the market square , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Le ministre des Finances de Mongolie indépendante sur la place du marché). Animal transport, horse, political figure, religious habit, real animal, costume, Tibetan rite Buddhism, exists in high definition, group portrait, place, hairstyle , headgear, Transport, personality, clothing, animal, religion, HD, human beings, Ourga, group of Mongols

A Shaman recounting the myth. Folk Festival commemorating the origin myth the Tien Shan Maral (Tian Shan wapiti), an origin myth of the Kyrgyz tribes. Near Tasch Baschat, Naryn region. Kyrgyzstan

Hopi girl, dressed in woven cotton dress stands on a bluff overlooking her ancestral lands and Hopi Indian Reservation from the ancient town of Tewa located on the First Mesa near Polacca, AZ

Dance performed by Bison horn maria tribal people, Bastar region, Chhattisgarh, India. Tribal indians are also called adivasi

Women Drying Saree in Kumbh Mela Festival at uttar pradesh India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Schnappviehcher symbolize the winter during the carnival in Tramin. The butcher the spring.

New Year celebration, Xining, Qinghai, China, Asia

Dogon ritual masked warrior, Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali

Jesus on Palm Sunday

Dogon people (men only) in traditional dance costumes in the village of Sangha in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.

Canada, Baker Lake, Nanuvut, inuit group on typical tent

Nigeria, Kano, Salah Day Marking The End Of Ramadan. The Emir And His Entourage.

Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochine An exhibition of votive paper objects (boat, rider, characters.), At the angle of the "rue du Vieux Marché" and "rue des drugs , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Une exposition d' objets votifs en papier ( barque , cavalier , personnages. .. ) , à l' angle de la «rue du Vieux Marché» et de la «rue des Médicaments»). Horse, animal represented , fantastic animal, exists in high definition, boat, commercial inscription, incense, object of worship, street , district, Animal , HD , Inscription , information , Religion , Habitat , Architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi, Votive Objects, Street Medics

Tzotzil Maya Woman, San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico

Tibetan racers, Yushu Horse Fair, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Women Drying Saree in Kumbh Mela Festival at uttar pradesh India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Colca valley,Church of Maca,Arequipa,Peru,South America.

Participants at the tsechu in Wangdue Phodrang getting ready for a performance. Wangdue Phodrang is a town and capital of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan.

TIBETAN WOMAN with antique COIN HAIR PIECE at LAKE MANASAROVAR (4550M), BUDDHIST & HINDU site - KAILASH, TIBET

Man in tribal dress at the annual Hornbill Festival in Kohima, India, Asia

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

Effigies of the dead, Lemo cliff tombs, Toraja area, island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Drummers of Konyak tribe, Hornbill Festival, Nagaland, India.

Asia, Bhutan, Haa Tshechu. Black Hat Dance and dancers.