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Cultural Portraits and Processions

Images of traditional attire and communal gatherings, featuring women in vibrant dresses during a Good Friday event, set in a dynamic outdoor environment.

Tanganyika. Arusha. Masai girls and women at the wedding. 1936, Tanzania, Arusha
Tanganyika. Arusha. Masai girls and women at the wedding. 1936, Tanzania, Arusha
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Photograph of the first post service in Thailand circa 1890, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia,
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Sinhalese notables, Ceylon, c1925. Artist: Unknown
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(French - Bombay , Indes Brahmanes et sadhus).
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Perhaps due to misunderstandings by early Western scholars attempting to understand Tibetan Buddhism, the term 'Lama' has historically been erroneously applied to Tibetan monks generally. Similarly, Tibetan Buddhism was referred to as 'Lamaism' by early Western academics and travelers who did not understand that what they were witnessing was a form of Buddhism; they may also have been unaware of the distinction between Tibetan Buddhism and Bon. The term 'Lamaism' is now considered derogatory.
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Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina young bathers in front of the Thui-toa "Kiosk on the edge of the water" of the Ngoc-So 'N temple (called by the Europeans "Pagoda of the brushes"), located on "the island of Jade »Du Petit Lac , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Jeunes baigneurs devant le Thui-toa «Kiosque du bord de l' eau» du temple Ngoc-so' n ( appelé par les Européens «Pagode des Pinceaux» ) , situé sur «l' île de Jade» du Petit Lac). Island, temple, toilet, pagoda, child, lake , pond, nudity, domestic life, Human beings, daily life, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi, the little lake of Hanoi, swimmers in front of the pagodon
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Pilger aus Baçrah Ba.srah, Pilger aus Bahrain (in der Mitte ein Schêch aus Kabul), Pilger aus Zanzibar, Pilger aus Baghdad.. Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Photographs. 1888 - 1889. Rare Book Division. Mecca (Saudi Arabia) , Social life and customs, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Pilgrims, Africans, Arabs, Zanzibar, Afghans, Ba.srah (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), Bahrain, Kâbol (Afghanistan)
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Varanasi (benares) and indien. Hinduistische verbrennungstelle
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Pastor Grieve and one of the Tari wigmen.The ancient sign of devil worship an inverted crossed Vee flanked by two smaller inverted Vees dating back to the days of Babylon has been found among the bewigged mountain tribesmen inhabiting New Guinea's 5000ft high Tari Valley. Tari is only a day's journey from the renowned Shangrila valley of Lavani, now being explored by Australian patrolmen. Seventh Day Adventist missionary Pastor Louis Greive who flew into Sydney last week after two months in the Tani Valley told me that devil-worship or the appeasement of evil spirits is widespread in New Guinea. June 23, 1955.
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Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a
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Pottery making at Tsa-la-gi , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. Maasai warriors wait instructions from the elders after daubing themselves with white clay during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders.
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Local men in warriors costumes at cultural event in Tuvalu, South Pacific
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Lama Priest & Temples Religion. May 27, 1946. (Photo by J.P.L. Photo).;Lama Priest & Temples Religion.
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Fourth grade malnutrition is rampant along the Maharashtra Gujarat border India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors wait instructions from the elders after daubing themselves with white clay during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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Indian Dancing Girls in traditional pose or 'attitude'. The two musicians to either side are playing the bowed stringed instrument known as a Sarangi. Date: circa 1910s
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Children from China in 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown
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Siam Thailand. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
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Seminoles File Kings Indians.
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The Communist Party of Burma (Burmese: ; CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Burma. The party is unrecognised by the Burmese authorities, rendering it illegal; so it operates in a clandestine manner, often associating with insurgent armies along the border of People's Republic of China. It is often referred to as the Burma Communist Party (BCP) by both the Burmese government and the foreign media. The Lahu (Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; La H) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia and China. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where about 450,000 live in Yunnan province. An estimated 150,000 live in Burma. In Thailand, Lahu are one of the six main hill tribes; their population is estimated at around 100,000. The Tai often refer to them by the exonym 'Mussur' or hunter. About 10,000 live in Laos. They are one of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, where about 1,500 live in Lai Chau province. The Lahu divide thems
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Thot Kathin is an important annual ceremony for Buddhists in Thailand and neighbouring countries. It takes place at the end of the monsoon season when monks are free to leave their monasteries and wander or go on pilgrimage. At this time, local devotees offer new robes and other essentials to the monks. Sponsoring a Kathin ceremony is considered a noble way of making merit in Thai society. Traditionally, the King of Thailand makes a donation to the monks at the temple of Wat Arun in Bangkok and travels down the Chao Phraya River in his royal barge to attend the ceremony.
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Ash finisher of alabaster, Volterra 1930-40.
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Hindu woman pressing cow dung to dry on the wall of a house, India, Asia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885
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Angkor, Cambodia, Indochina a Cambodian family traveling , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Angkor , Cambodge , Indochine Une famille cambodgienne en voyage). Buddhism, woman, costume, portage, temple, Hinduism, tower, sculpture, child, portrait, family, sculpted decor, religious architecture, man, Religion, human beings, clothing, transport, art, housing , architecture, Cambodia, Cambodian family traveling
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Tonkin. Brodeurs et dessinateurs Embroiderers and designers. Imprimeries Réunies de Nancy. Postcards. 1900 - 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Vietnamese, Fabric shops, Artisans, Handicraft, Textile painting
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Sri Lankan Tamils or Ceylon Tamils, are a section of Tamil people native to the South Asia island state of Sri Lanka. According to anthropological evidence, Sri Lankan Tamils have lived on the island around the 2nd century BCE. Most modern Sri Lankan Tamils claim descent from residents of Jaffna Kingdom, a former kingdom in the north of the island and Vannimai chieftaincies from the east. They constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Province, and are in the minority throughout the rest of the country. Sri Lankan Tamils are culturally and linguistically distinct from the other two Tamil-speaking minorities in Sri Lanka, the Indian Tamils and the Moors. The Sri Lankan Tamils are mostly Hindus with a significant Christian population.
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Emperor Menelik's Bodyguard - seemingly at some form of exhibition/Intenrational show in Germany as the 'kitchen' sign is in German. Date: 1907
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Group containing King Faisal I and Fahad Beg.
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Tonkin is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin. Locally, it is known as Bac Ky, meaning 'Northern Region'. Located on the fertile delta of the Red River, Tonkin is rich in rice production. Its capital was Ha Noi, or Hanoi, which is now capital of unified Vietnam After the Viet Minh army defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (in Western Tonkin) in 1954, the republic transformed into what became known as North Vietnam, consisting of Tonkin and North-central Vietnam.
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Seoul, South Korea: June 28, 1947 A native Korean funeral procession which derives from a mixture of the religions of Buddhism and Confucianism. The period of mourning typically lasts three years.
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Indias de San Blas - Rep. de Panama - San Blas Indian Boys - Rep. of Panama , Indigenous peoples, Children, Cuna Indians, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Wat Phra That Haripunchai was founded in 1044 by King Athitayarat of Haripunchai on the site of Queen Chamathewi's (Chama Thewi or Chamadevi) royal palace. Legend has it that the queen's personal quarters are enclosed in the main 46-metre high Lan Na-style chedi, covered in copper plates and topped by a gold umbrella or plee. Lamphun was the capital of the small but culturally rich Mon Kingdom of Haripunchai from about 750 CE to the time of its conquest by King Mangrai (the founder of Chiang Mai) in 1281.
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The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910
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D'Urban, Natal Zulu (U'tambosa). 1873 - 1874. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Zulu (African people)
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Yule Island is a small island in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Catholic missionaries settled there in 1885 and are still present and this card shows a priest leading a group of young Papuans in song. Date: circa 1910s
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Woman of the Tiyan caste in Malabar, where the females of many castes wear no clothing above the waist. Metal discs or rolls of palm-leaf are inserted in the lobes of the ears, which are dilated during infancy. The tali (marriage badge) and metal talismans are suspended from a necklace round the neck.
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***** been appointed to ia's first council of ministers, under the country's new constitution which has just come into force. Top row left to right : S. L. Akintola, 41, Minister of Labour: Alhaji Usman Nagogo, C B. E. 47 Minister without Portfolio: Sir Adesoji Aderemi, K. B. E., C. M. G., the Oni of ***** Ife, 61, Minister without Portfolio. June 19, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).;***** been appointed to ia's first council of ministers, under the country's new constitution w
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Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. The asmeatters are worthy woodworkers. According to the manufacturer, the object presents the Christ's figure "with a wife". December 1958. New Guinea
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sri lanka, kandi, ragazza cingalese indigena, 1900 1910
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Locals attending traditional native ceremony at tribal gathering in Fiji, South Pacific
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Little Rock, Arkansas. At a religious meeting. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Beth Dean shows her art in the dramatic intensity of an aboriginal tribal dance. August 14, 1953.
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Natives at tribal gathering in Western Samoa, South Pacific
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Engraving depicting famine in India: starving people in a government relief camp.
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Crowds standing next to a river where Mahatma Gandhis ashes dissolve, Dhaka, February 1948 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox
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Future Emperor Haile Selassie (left) with Emperor Lidi Yassou, Emperor (center) and Iere Binu (a.k.a. Fataouarri Burow), ca. 1920s. Iere Biru was called back from disgrace for corruption during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1935-36.
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Head of a Chinese and a Khoi. .