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Vibrant fabrics drying in various traditional settings across Africa and India, showcasing cultural attire and homesteads amidst lush landscapes.

Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo Island, FANAFO. FANAFO Kastom (traditional) village, Traditional Village Dwelling

Tanzania, Zanzibar. Bright cotton cloth, known as kangas, hang out to dry on a washing line in front of a traditional homestead with coconut palm thatch roof.

Cloths drying on fence, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo Island, FANAFO. FANAFO Kastom (traditional) village, Traditional Village Dwelling

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Wa. Village elder sits under tree beside traditional mud and stick Muslim mosque.

The People of the Nishi tribe still use animistc rituals for maintaining health and good luck, Kicho, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Kaladan River. A Rakhine woman weaves cloth at her loom situated beneath her house at Wa Bo village on the banks of the Kaladan River.

Janikura, traditionelles Rundhüttendorf der Gonja an der Damongo-Sawla-Raod im Central Gonja District in der Northern Region im Norden von Ghana in Westafrika *** Janikura, Traditional Round hut village the Gonja to the Damongo Sawla raod at Central Gonja District in the Northern Region at North from Ghana in West Africa

Monks and flowers in ceramic pots in monastery wat Klong Prao, Ko Chang, Thailand

The Akha are a hill tribe of subsistence farmers known for their artistry. The ethnic group may have originated in Mongolia around 1500 years ago. Most of the remaining Akha people are now distributed in small villages among the mountains of China, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and northern Thailand, where they are one of the six main hill tribes. The Akha began arriving in Thailand in the early 20th century and continue to immigrate, with some 80,000 now living in Thailand's northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai at high altitudes. They speak Akha, a language in the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman family.

Inside a house in the Mayan Village

West Indies, Caribbean, Dominica, Carib Village. Hut.

Dorze in the Guge Mountains, Ethiopia

Africa, Ethiopia, Jinka Village Region, Male hut detail

Mani stones at a sheet metal hut, Chim-puk Hermitage near Tsethang close to Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Residences of the Lu Mien-Yao tribe area of the Union of Hill Tribe Villages outside of Chiang Rai in the Nanglae District of Thailand.

Worshippers have thronged to the Kannappa temple for generations to seek relief from the evil effects of Saturn in Sri Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia

South Pacific, French Polynesia, Tahiti. Open air Tiki Temple park, ancient site use for royal ceremonies (aka Marae Arahurahu).

bangladesh, chittagong

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Toraja village

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

Christmas Crib On The Re Stream. Sellero. Italy

Madagascar, Island of Nosy Komba (next to Nosy Be) fishing village of Ampangoriana. Typical Sakalava embroidery tablecloths.

Pile of wood, Pastanga, Sikkim, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Solomon Islands, Owa Raha (aka Santa Ana), village of Gupuna aka Ghupuna. Traditional folkloric performance of woman's conch dance. Women blowing huge conch shells that have been handed down from generation to generation.

Dogon family in front of their house, Dogon Village, Mali

Goa, Panama. Wounaan Indian women doing a traditional dance

Mexico, Campamento Hidalgo, Mayan woman sewing embroidered clothing (Editorial Usage Only)

Airai Bai, sacred meeting house at heart of village, 200 years old, southern Babeldaob, Palau, Micronesia, Western Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Tibetan nuns brushing teeths at a water well, Sangngag Simkyil Nunnery, Tibet

Central America, Panama, San Blas Islands (aka Kuna Yala). Colorful hand stitched molas made by the Kuna Indians line alley between huts. (Editorial Usage Only)

Cotton sari being hung out to dry across village house wall, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Young man makes a dolko (basket) in the GANESH HIMAL - NEPAL

Kashmiri woman drying clothes, Dawar village, Kashmir, India, Asia India Copyright: xRxMakharia/DinodiaxPhotox -

PALONG VILLAGE houses - BURMESE TRIBE living in NORTHERN THAILAND

Thailand: Korlae fishing boats, Saiburi, southern Thailand. Along the east coast of peninsular Thailand, from Ko Samui southward, colorful, painted fishing boats have been built and decorated by Muslim fishermen for hundreds of years. The finest examples of this now declining industry originate in the boatyards of Saiburi District, Pattani Province. Among the characters depicted on the detailed hull designs are the singha lion, the gagasura horned bird, the payanak sea serpent, and the garuda bird that is both the symbol of the Thai Kingdom and the mythical mount of the Hindu God Vishnu.

Small temple Udhagamandalam Ooty Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Roadside temple in Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lasta, Lalibela. Two priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox church relax and chat beneath a shady tree. The stick is a prayer stick.

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Tengzug. Tourist group visits sacred Tengzug Shrines.

A person carrying a portion of the harvest to upper Idjeli village Idjeli Do or Dono Dogon, in Mali.

Africa, Kenya, The Ogiek people are hunter-gatherers who live in the Mau forest. They gather honey for consumption and for sale from beehives they make from hollowed-out logs.

Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay State, Bagan (Pagan), Old Bagan, Ananda Temple (Pahto Ananda, beginning 12th), the Ananda festival gathers thousands of pilgrims from all over the country

Tent of the Rashaida, an Arabic tribe, in the lowlands of Eritrea, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-12033 Editorial Use Only

Women carrying firewood up the 3.500 steps to the temples of Shatrunjaya, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

Benin, Small traditional village of Holi tribe

Back side of Balinese God statues in temple complex Taman Beji Griya Waterfall, Kabupaten Badung, Bali, Indonesia

Toda Marriage, Nilgiris, Ooty Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. ethnic group. Toda bride groom makes a small hole in a sacred tree, Asia

The Tai Dam or Black Tai are an ethnic group found in parts of Laos, Vietnam, China, and Thailand. Tai Dam speakers in China are classified as part of the Dai nationality along with almost all the other Tai peoples. But in Vietnam they are given their own nationality (with the White Tai) where they are classified as the Thai nationality (meaning Tai people). The Tai Dam originate from the vicinity of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam.

Sacred fromager tree in the center of the traditional Bedik village of Iwol, Senegal.

BURMA, , AMARAPURA - NR MANDALAY, MONKS CROSSING THE U BEIN BRIDGE

Incense farmer Said during the incense harvest, Madar Moge, Sanaag, Somaliland

Aerial view of broken coconuts Lord Ayyappa temple, Sabarimala, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Potter and his wife and horse motif for Kathwar tribals for worship, Panch Mahal district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Asia, India, Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari (Kanyakumari). The Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar Statue near Kanniyakumari.

Performer preparing for a Sing-sing at Paiya Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Sekku, traditional wooden oil extractor, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Asia, India, The weekly Anjuna market is one of Goa's most popular for travellers, here the stall owners try to attract custom with circus type acts

Aerial view of a man cutting branches of banyan tree Indian fig illegally for Vat Savitri Festival celebrated by married women only on Hindu month of Jyeshtha on the full moon day, Borivali, Mumbai Bombay, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Burmese female Buddhist nuns dressed in pink going door to door collecting alms in Magway, Magwe Region, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Africa, Ethiopia, Omo river region, Putting a thatch roof on a hut in an Oromo Village (MR)

Offerings to Siva Parvati in the middle of the hill, Palani, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

cementerio de Lancetillo, La Parroquia, zona Reyna, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America.

Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay State, Bagan (Pagan), Old Bagan, Ananda Temple (Pahto Ananda, beginning 12th), the Ananda festival gathers thousands of pilgrims from all over the country

China, Guangxi Province, Near Guilin, Longji Area, Grave

Vietnam. Buddhist Monks with orange umbrellas walking in the rain.

Pilgrims sitting under tent for protection from scorching heat at Runecha Ramdevra fair, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Tourist guide pointing to old relics in Sarnath, India

Totos are one of the most primitive communities in the world and this isolated tribal group resides only in Totopara at the foot of the Himalayas just to the borderline between West Bengal and Bhutan. Totos live in elevated bamboo huts raised on machas (raised platforms), and have straw thatches. The Totopara name comes from the toto community and the place located on the fringe of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Toto Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.

Oasis of Love, a catholic center for mentally disabled persons in Kpalime, Togo

Door ; Village Bhogwe ; Konkan ; District Sindhudurga ; Maharashtra ; India

Idol of Lord Hanuman Maruti at Kaushambi 60km from Allahabad Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Africa, Cameroon, Ngaoundere, El Kebir sacrifice feast, the body guards of King Mohamadou Hayatou Issa

Woollen colourful clothing on handloom Muktinath Nepal Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

Old Bagan, Myanmar - 17 February 2026: View of a herder guiding goats past an ancient temple silhouetted against a serene, dusky sky.

Tibetan nuns brushing teeths at a water well, Sangngag Simkyil Nunnery, Tibet

Maasai warriors at the fireside. Olonana village. Maasailand. kenya.

Lalibela, pilgrims camp at the traditional round huts, typical Tukul houses, Ethiopia, Africa

Trees in a critical position due to deepening of the Moyar lake near Ooty Udhagamandalam, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. Church, Asia

View of grounds Exterior open space of present day slave museum Museum of slavery historical arrival site for housing detention camp internment of captive slaves with figures depicting slaves show, Port Louis, Mauritius, Africa

Cambodia, Religion, Monks Sitting On A Horse Drawn Cart

Nenmara vallangi vela festival, kerala, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Nun and solar oven, Chim-puk Hermitage near Tsethang close to Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Man standing next to hut with a straw roof, Christian church in Konso, Ethiopia, Africa

Indonesia, Bali, near Ubud. Bamboo 'panjar', an offering to Hindu Gods tower above rice field next to Frangipani

Traditional red roadside shrine to folk saint Gauchito Gil, Little Gaucho Gil, Argentine patron saint of travellers, cowboys and Gauchos, Argentina, South America

Islamic graveyard in Osh, Kyrgyzstan Osh, Kyrgyzstan - October 05, 2014: A traditional muslim cemetery at the foot of Sulaiman Too Mountain Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 13461677

Locals and monks on a teak bridge, U Bein Bridge, over Thaungthaman Lake, Amarapura, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Asia

India, Uttar Pradesh, Saheth temple

Africa, West Africa, Togo, Voodoo Hospital. Traditional healer performing voodoo ritual to heal the mentally ill at shrine in Togo.

Chiselling the tree trunk prior to celebration of Toda marriage, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Wall painting sehariya tribe house, Kota, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Thai women hanging their personal message plaque near the entrance to the Akha Cottage restaurant and coffee shop in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Surma Donga Warrior, Tulgit, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Africa, Ethiopia, Tigray Province, Abraha Atsheba. Ethiopian Orthodox priests celebrate Timkat (Epiphany), the church's most important Holy Day

Rock churches in Lalibela, pilgrims visit the rock church of St George, Bete Kiddus Georiys, Bete Ghiorgis-Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Himba village Epupa Namibia Angola border

Traditional red roadside shrine to folk saint Gauchito Gil, Little Gaucho Gil, Argentine patron saint of travellers, cowboys and Gauchos, Argentina, South America

Terracotta horses, each a votive offering to village guardian deity, Ayyanar, at the Solai Andavar shrine, Palathur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

The Turkmen are a Turkic people located primarily in the Central Asian states of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, Syria, Iraq and North Caucasus. They speak the Turkmen language, which is classified as a part of the Western Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages family together with Turkish, Azerbaijani, Qashqai, Gagauz and Salar.

Khon, Is a classical Thai dance in a mask. In Ramayana literature. Khon, Is a classical Thai dance in a mask. In Ramayana literature, this is the battle between the giant and Hanuman. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21993276 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

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