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Traditional Women in Cultural Attire

Collection of elderly women dressed in culturally significant attire from various regions including Asia, showcasing intricate headdresses and unique textiles.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing a traditional headdress of silver and beads.

Old Tzutjil Maya Woman, Santiago De Atitl

Old woman walking around stupa of Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Akha hill tribe woman wearing ornate headdress, northern Thailand near Chiang Rai. (Editorial Usage Only)

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing a traditional headdress of silver and beads.

Tibetan woman, near Damba, Sopo area, Sichuan, China

Tibet, Kham, Litang. People circumambulating monastery, woman with leaves on her head. (Editorial Use Only)

Woman wearing a traditional dress at a festival, Alchi, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, India, Asia

A devout BUDDHIST PILGRIM from AMDO visits SERA MONASTERY which dates back to the 15th century - LHASA, TIBET

Old buddhist in a religious ceremony at Soma Gompa

Old Tibetan woman, pilgrim in Xigaze, Tibet, China, Asia

Zeliang warrior in full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Old monk, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Apatani woman with the traditional bamboo-discs in her nostrils, a custom that was meant to prevent the young Apatani women from being abducted and is now banned by law, Hong, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. Padaung woman belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing a traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-five rings which elongates the neck.

CHINA, SOUTH YUNNAN PROVINCE, HANI VILLAGE, HANI WOMAN, SILVER HEAD DRESS AND JEWELRY

Tibetan, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Konyak warrior with full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival in Kohima, India, Asia

Tibetan man, Gyantse, Gyantse County, Tibet, China. (Editorial Use Only)

Traditionally dressed man on the festival of the tribes in Gerze, Western Tibet, Asia

Tzutjil Maya Woman, Santiago De Atitl

Pilgrim in traditional clothing celebrating Quyllurit'i festival; Cusco, Peru

Portrait of nun at Drepung Monastery; Lhasa, Tibet, Xizang, China

Portrait of Buddhist monk, Paro, Bhutan

Central America, Panama, San Blas Islands (aka Kuna Yala). Kuna Indian woman in traditional attire in front of colorful hand stitched molas. (Editorial Usage Only)

Kazakh ethnicity in Mongolia

Colourful belt Yi. One of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people. From the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture. Yunnan Province. China

Typical Tz'utujil hat, Santiago Atitlan, Sololá department, Guatemala, Central America.

Tibet, Shigatse, man in the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Nepal, Khumbu, Himalaya, Porter for Hire (Editorial Usage Only)

Jornada de capacitacion laboral para comadronas tradicionales, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, America Central, Central America

Khamnungma warrior in full gear at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Myanmar, February 18, 2021: Tribes living in isolated areas of Myanmar. Myanmar, February 18, 2021: Tribes living in isolated areas of Myanmar. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntonxYulikovx 20144574

Begger at the door of the monastery

Khampa woman with prayer wheel at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. A Padaung woman prays at a Buddhist shrine. Her traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-five rings elongates the neck.

Tibetan pilgrim with fine jewelry washes her eating bowl - Sakya, Tibet

China, Tibet, Tibetan woman holding praying wheel in Sakya Monastery (MR)

Old Buddhist monk, Chimi Lhakhang, Bhutan

Tibetan woman with prayerwheel and hair jewelry.

Lahu Shi Balah Tribe, Tong Luang Village-collection of Eco-Agricultural Villages from around Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand, SE Asia (MR)

Asia, India, Begger at the door of the monastery

Nun, 76 years, in front of a huge golden prayer wheel, prayer cylinder, Terdrom Nunnery, Terdrom, Tidro Gompa, Himalayas, Lhundrup district, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. A Padaung woman prays at a Buddhist shrine. Her traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-five rings elongates the neck.

Ifugao man in headdress decorated with feathers, northern area, island of Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Myanmar. Burma. Bagan. A Burmese woman at the Tharaba Gate, the gates into the old city of Bagan which were built in 849 AD and renovated in the 11th century.

Old tibetan woman, along the road from Tsochen to Lhasa, Western Tibet, Asia

Japanese people dressed in Ainu costume, Hokkaido, Japan

Pilgrim At The Orthodox Easter Celebrations; Lalibela, Ethiopia

Lahu Shi Balah Tribe, Tong Luang Village-collection of Eco-Agricultural Villages from around Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand, SE Asia (MR)

Senior Homng hill tribe woman in traditional costume at a new year festival at Hung Saew village, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

Woman from the tribe of the Padaung in typical dress and headgear, necklace, portrait, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

Tibetan festival, portrait, elderly woman dressed in traditional costume turning a prayer wheel, necklace of precious stones, Leh, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia

Pilgrim on the Kailash Kora pilgrimage trail, Western Tibet, Tibet, Asia

Old Tzutjil Maya Woman, Santiago De Atitl

Elderly Tibetan woman turning a Buddhist prayer wheel in Lhasa, Tibet.

China, Qinghai Province, Quezhang Lamasery, Portrait Of Tibetan Yellow Hat Buddhist Monk.

Female Buddhist monk, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, Asia

OLD GURUNG MAN wearing traditional WOOL BLANKET in the DORDI RIVER VALLEY - BODHA HIMAL, NEPAL

Nyishi Tribal people, Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Portrait Tibetan woman wears fur cap and coat Tidrum Nunnery Monastery Tibet China

Nepal, Mustang, pilgrims

Old Tibetan woman is folding her hands for prayer on the field Nar Nar-Phu Annapurna Region Nepal

Old Buddhist monks, Chimi Lhakhang, Bhutan

Man in traditional native Iban costume in a longhouse in Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Naga head hunter, Wokshing Pensha, wearing Naga tribal necklaces and hat, and chest tattoo marking him as having taken a head, Nagaland, India, Asia

Old woman's hands praying, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

Elderly mestiza woman at a religious parade in Huanca, Peru.

Bhutan. Devout Bhuddist worshippers with prayer wheels at the Gantey Gompa in Bhutan. Gangteng Monastery.

Indigenous healer at Dessana Village

the monastery Hemis Gompa, portrait by Moench

jornada de capacitacion laboral para comadronas tradicionales, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, America Central.

Old Buddhist man wearing mask during religious celebration

Myanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Leshi, Kha Len Tei

Lahu Shi Balah Tribe Tong Luang Village-collection of Eco-Agricultural Villages from around Thailand Chiang Mai Thailand SE Asia

Tzotzil Maya Woman Wearing A Traditional Wedding Dress, Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico

During the celebrations of "El Señor de la Columna" in the sanctuary of Yosonotú, during which the Mixteco and Triqui groups perform traditional rituals such as "el pedimento". Yosonotu, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Elderly man with a prayer wheel in front of Spituk Monastery, Leh district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India, Asia

Ladakh, India, September 4, 2018: Portrait of an old indigenous Indian woman in traditional clothes on festival in Ladakh. Illustrative editorial, Asia

Tibetan pilgrim with a prayer wheel at Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibet, China, Asia

Nocte elder Tirap Arunachal Pradesh India 1982 NO MR Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox

Tibetan pilgrim with a prayer wheel in front of prayer flags, Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibet, China, Asia

Khampa woman - Kham (Eastern Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Portrait, Bhutan

Burmese woman smoking a traditional cigar, cheroot or sheroot, while carrying wood on her head, Bagan, Myanmar, Asia

Kyrgyz nomad with traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional traditional costume, white headdress and earrings at the entrance of a yurt, Bozai Gumbaz, Saradh-e-Broghil, Afghanistan, Asia

Old Buddhist lady in the streets of Leh

An old Ladakhi woman holding her mala, Buddhist prayer beads, at Lamayuru Gompa, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Morocco, Chefchaouen (aka Chaouen), Berber woman in traditional dress (MR)

During the celebrations of "El Señor de la Columna" in the sanctuary of Yosonotú, during which the Mixteco and Triqui groups perform traditional rituals such as "el pedimento" Yosonotu, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Traditional Muslim dress in Fes, Morocco

The guardian of the village shrine or gompa at Tarke Gyang in the Helambu region of central Nepal

Woman from the tribe of the Padaung in typical dress and headgear, necklace, portrait, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

China, Yunnan Province, Baoshan, Old man standing in funeral ceremony , portrait (Large format sizes available)

An elderly pilgrim attends a ritual during Nino Fidencio celebrations in Espinazo, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico

Santiago Atitlan, departamento de Sololá, Guatemala, Central America.

Tibet, Shigatse. Rongbuk Monastery, nuns and monk.

Myanmar, Burma, Kekku. Palaung tribal lady on pilgrimage from her village, attending the Full Moon festival at Kekku.

A drokpas (nomand) in the highlands of Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Akha Hilltribe Woman Chiang Mai Province

Ladakh, India, August 29, 2018: Portrait of an old indigenous woman with traditional colorful costume in Ladakh, India. Illustrative editorial, Asia

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