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Traditional Cultural Costumes

Diverse traditional attire showcasing cultural significance, featuring vibrant masks, feathers, and decorations worn by performers in ceremonies from Africa and Papua New Guinea.

Colorful Huli Wigmen of Papua New Guinea (MR)

ASIA, Russia, Kamchatka Shamans use drums to ask bed spirits to leave sick bodies (MR)

Phom warrior in full gear checking e-mails on his mobile phone at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Canada, Village Baker Lake, Nanuvut, inuit and tent

1990s NATIVE INDIGENOUS TRIBAL MAN WITH FACE PAINTED BONE THROUGH NOSE WEARING A HEADDRESS LOOKING AT CAMERA PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Mayan ball players pose for a portrait in Chapab village in Yucatan state in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

Philippines, North region, Batad village, Igorot tribe

Sitting around a bonfire and chanting mantras as part of the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Masked ceremonial Dogon dancer on stilts near Sangha, Bandiagara escarpment, Dogon area, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Dancers in war paint, Sing Sing, Festival, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

China , Tibet , Tibetan Dancers At Full Moon Festival.

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Participants in the tsechu at the Gangtey Gompa in Bhutan. Gangteng Monastery.

Sonoran Desert

India, Cochin, A Kathakali actor getting make-up for a performance

Ecuador, Corpus Christi, Winter solstice festival.

Toba Batak dancers, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Travel photos Asia. Temple dancer

USA, New Mexico, Gallup, Red Rock Park. Zuni dancers at Red Rock Balloon Rally.

Mayan woman, shaman, ceremony, incense, Xcaret, Yucatan, Mexico, North America, Central America

A Nyangatom girl churns butter in a gourd suspended in the entrance to her hut. Typical of her tribe, she is wearing multiple layers of beads in necklaces, and an elaborately beaded calfskin skirt. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.

A Dassanech man shows off his distinctive clay hairdo. The central pannel consists of tightly packed coils of sisal thread extracted from grain sacks that allow the scalp to breathe underneath the clay. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

Dance presentation in Bali

Traditionally dressed Himba woman in her hut, applying perfume, Purros Traditional Village, Purros, Kaokoland, Kunene, Namibia, Africa

French Polynesia, Society Islands, Bora Bora. Bronze statue of a native woman doing a hula dance.

Suya Indian dressed for dance, Brazil, South America 1971

Haiti, Religion, Voodoo Priest At Ra Ra Dance. The Voodoo Years Comes To A Climax At Lent And Easter

West Africa, Benin. Young child watches Gelede Mask Dancers perform.

Colombia, Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Valley Of Surlivaka, Kogi Mama/Priest Juan Vacuna Wearing Distinctive Woven Fique/Cactus Fibre Hat At Religious Centre Of Surlivaka Holds Lime Encrusted Poporo/Gourd Full Of Fine Lime Powder From Burnt Seashells Collected Along Caribbean Coast. The Palito/Stick Represents Male Penis The Gourd Female Vagina Continuous Rubbing - Signifying Copulation - Over Years Produces Large Lime Encrustation. Lime Powder On End Of Stick Stuck Into Wad Of Coca Leaves In

Kathakali dancer getting ready for his performance.

Fire dance, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pozos, Mexico. Abandoned silver mining town. Indigenous Indian dancers.

Woman wearing elaborate headdress in Bumba-Meu-Boi folkloric play, Brazil.

Masked Dogon dancers on stilts perform a traditional ceremony in the village of Nombori, in Mali, Africa (MR)

Usa, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Statue Of American Indian Woman

Angel blowing a horn on Samuel De Champlain statue, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

A man with a skeleton body paint is celebrating at the traditional Sing Sing gathering in the highlands, Paya, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

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

Nigerian locals at tribal gathering cultural event at Port Harcourt in Nigeria, West Africa

Dani man wearing bird feather head dress, Wamena, Papua, Indonesia (Large format sizes available)

batalla entre moros y cristianos, fiestas de la patrona, pollença, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Figura de pesebre, M. Castells, siglo XX. Museu Català de les Arts i Tradicions Populars.

Naga sadhu jumping into the river Ganges on the occasion of 'Somvati Amavasya', a no moon day in the traditional Hindu calendar. During the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, the 'Shahi Snan' (royal bath) is considered a highly auspicious bathing day.

Native American storyteller doll made from clay

Kenya, North Frontier, Maralal, Portrait Of Samburu Moran With Traditional Face Paint

Kathakali dancer doing his make up, Minukku character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Solomon Islands, island of Owaraha or Owa Raha (formerly known as Santa Ana), village of Gupuna aka Ghupuna. Traditional folkloric music performance, playing bamboo flutes carved into the shape of a boat.

Devotee walking from Gaurikund to Kedarnath Uttaranchal Uttarakhand India Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Kumbh Mela Fair

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Masai Man in traditional clothing and ornamentation by firelight. (Editorial Use Only)

Karvati dancers who have their bodies pierced and thus give thanks for answered prayers, temple festival, Hamm, Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors dance with raised sticks after they return from daubing themselves with white clay during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry

Moros y cristianos, fiesta de La Patrona, Pollença, ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Kathakali dancer lying on the chatai during his makeup.

The Kulamba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa people from Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi, held annually on the last Saturday in August to pay homage to their Chief Kalonga Gaia Uni, held near Katete, Eastern Province, Zambia, Africa

Devotee with pierced body in a religious procession at Thaipusam Festival, Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Little India, Singapore

Guatemala, El Quiche, San Andres De Sajcabaja, Quiche Indian Women Holding Candles Facing Confradia Brotherhood And Saints During San Andres Festival On December 8Th

Assembly of women during Toda marriage, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Surma warriors watching a ritual stick fighting Ethiopia

Local fire dancer in the Matavai Resort, Niue, South Pacific, Pacific

A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces.

musical long drum, nagaland, india Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Africa, Benin, Cotonou. Men performing traditional Zangbeto masquerade. This ceremony sweeps in a force that is superhuman and charged with wild energy to keep the dangers of the dark out of sight.

Solomon Islands, Malaita Island, Traditional Village Scene

Indigenous people at a fire place on the coast, depiction with figures, Diorama in the Hong Kong Museum of History, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Colombia, People, Kogi, Group Of Kogi Mamas Or Holy Men Signatories

Minahasan tribesman, Mount Mahawu; North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Hindu saint naga baba Shivdasgiri with another one in Varanasi on Ganga river, Uttar Pradesh, India MR 707A Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

India,Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad (Prayag).Sadhu holy men at Kumbh Mela holy Festival

Moors and Christians, Muslim warriors, Pollensa, Sierra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

First Nations person dressed in Ravens mask preforms a ceremony.

shaman, Amazon, Venezuela

French Polynesia, Society Islands, Raiatea. Village chief covered in traditional tattoos. (Editorial Use Only)

Sadhu covered with white ashes, Allahabad Kumbh Mela, world's largest religious gathering, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Zulu Sangoma (Diviner). KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

Model release, Sandon Johnson Northern Cheyenne, North American Indian Days, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana, USA PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Indonesia, Initiation, Nias Tribal Initiation Ceremony.

First nations of British Columbia paddlers in traditional cedar dugout canoes, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Himba woman in a village in Namibia

Republic of Vanuatu, Torres Islands, Loh Island. Village elder with walking stick dressed in traditional palm leaf attire worn for 'The Chiefs Dance'.

Villagers around the well in a Hamar village in the Omo region of Ethiopia, Africa. (MR)

Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.

Warrior from the Asmat. He has never seen a white man before. He is amazed. West Papua, Indonesia.

Natives Participating in Tapati Festival Easter Island during Rapa Nui (MR)

Wampanoag family activities inside a furnished longhouse include cooking over an open fire and playing games with young children. Hobbamock's (Wampanoag Indian) Homesite on the Plimoth Plantation, MA

Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage.

Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi dancers perform at the Tlingit, Sitka Tribe of Alaska Community House in Sitka, Alaska

Hawaiian fire dancer closeup with glowing ball, Paradise Cove B1404

USA, Utah, Bluff. White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers at Utah Navajo Fair Elder Fest.

participants 100 percent Hawaiian instructors Hawaiian Cultural Canoe Experience Hawaiian heritage native chants and paddling history Kea Lani Fairmont Maui Hawaii USA

China, Man Dressed In Extravagant And Colorful Costume With Tall Headpiece; Beijing

Sri Lanka, Kandy, Perahera Annual Festival Procession And The Parade Of Lion Masqueraders

Mr. Kobe Morsette, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nations, competitive dancer engages in a question and answer session with members of Team Minot during a closing ceremony for Native American Heritage Month at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 30, 2022. The ceremony was held to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and it showcased how the military is a diverse force.

Long Boat Ceremony, Polynesian Cultural Centre, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, 1979.

Moros y cristianos, ""Es Firó"". Soller. Sierra de Tramuntana. Mallorca. Baleares. España.

Elaborate tattoos decorate the back of a Samoan man; Samoa

Portrait of a Shiva sadhu from Avahan Akhara, within a group of fellow sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

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