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Traditional Ethnic Attire in Festivals

Vibrant traditional clothing worn during cultural festivals, representing the diverse ethnic groups and their rich heritage.

The traditional waist band and necklace of a Kandyan dancer participating in the Kandy Day Perahera, which concludes ten days of pageant with a magnificent procession through the city's streets, Sri Lanka
The traditional waist band and necklace of a Kandyan dancer participating in the Kandy Day Perahera, which concludes ten days of pageant with a magnificent procession through the city's streets, Sri Lanka
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New York City, Union Square. 9/11/2001. Messages Of Prayer And Hope For Victims Of World Trade Center Attack
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Oviedo Cathedral and Regenta statue in Asturias, Spain.
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Woman in traditional dress, detail, during a folk festival in Ruhpolding, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Asia Thailand, Sukhothai, Buddha's feet and merigolds
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Dancing Tamang Shaman, Nepal
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A member of the Wisconsin Dells Singers of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin performs during the 2022 Fort McCoy Native American Heritage Month Observance in McCoy's Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Singers performed traditional Native music and dances in their regalia for dozens of Fort McCoy community members. November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people.
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Antigua, Guatemala. A weaver in indigenouos dress at work.
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Rocks painted with prayer words in the river, Tagong, western Sichuan, China
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Cultural festival, Boishakhi Mela, for south asian community, East London, England
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Ethnic drums used in religious festival in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais near the fire so that the leather stretch and adjust the sound of the instrument, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Phare Ponleu Selpak music school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Washington, DC, USA, 21 August, 2021. Pictured: A Line 3 protester wears a jacket supporting many related causes during a ceremonial gathering at the National Museum of the American Indian (a Smithsonian musuem) to protest Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. The pipeline passes through treaty lands and the headwaters of the Mississippi River, to carry tar sands oil from Canada.
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NA, USA, New Mexico, Gallup. Inter Tribal Indian Ceremony.
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Tattoo, now rare, Iban tribe, Brunei, Borneo, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Chasubles. . Roman Catholic church. Bamako. Mali.
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Shamanic event with a drum master at a cacao ceremony. Drumming facilitates spiritual journeys and cocoa promotes emotional healing