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Laikipiak Msai
Two Pokot girls carry water in wooden containers on their heads. Pokot girls and women traditionally wore leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins
Lake Baringo, one of only two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift, lies in a shallow basin surrounded by hills where poor agricultural practices have led to bad soil erosion
Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Msai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Msai until his death in 1986
A Msai warrior in full battle cry, his long-bladed spear at the ready
Kenya, Kajiado, lpartimaro. Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers
During an eunoto ceremony when Msai warriors become junior elders, their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay
A young Turkana man with a braided hairstyle
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular shield made of giraffe or buffalo hide
A Turkana man with a fine clay hairstyle, so typical of the southern Turkana. The black ostrich feather pompoms denote that the man belongs to the ng imor (black) moiety of his tribe
Turkana elders wear decorative ivory lip ornaments, secured in position by a spigot which is inserted in a hole pierced below the mans lower lip after initiation
In their dances, Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees
Samburu warriors, spears in hand, jump into the air without bending their knees during one of their dance routines
A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision. A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women
A Samburu youth, his head freshly shaved, has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress
A Dorze man sits outside his home smoking locally-grown tobacco using a traditional long-stemmed pipe. Living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley
Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe wear their hair long and carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists
A Mursi man smears his body with a mixture of local chalk and water and then draws designs with his fingertips to enhance his physical appearance.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language
A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so
A Karo man with braided hair plays a traditional stringed instrument beside the Omo River near Duss. Young men settle disputes by fighting with hippo hide whips
A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress
An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa
A woman from the N!!S hunter-gatherer band enjoys a smoke. The N!!S are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen
The heavily wrinkled skin of a very old N!!S hunter-gatherer The N!!S are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen
A N!!S hunter-gatherer lights his pipe to relax having collected several baobab fruits, which he will use as food. The pith surrounding the seeds can be made into an appetising drink.; The N!
Africa, Namibia, Kamanjab. A himba woman preparing the herbal smoke to deodorize herself
Africa, Namibia, Kamanjab. A himba woman preparing the smoke to deodorize herself
Africa, Uganda, Karamoja. Moroto. Dodoth village at the slopes of the Mount Moroto with the traditional buildings
Masaai Man, Mara Region, Kenya
Masaai Cattle and herders, Amboseli Region, Kenya
Masaai Man, Amboseli Region, Kenya
A woman in Bena village making woven fabrics called Tenun Ikat. Flores Island. Indonesia
Portrait of Ayke Bito, Hamar Tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
A young Msai Warrior in the Ngorongoro Protected Area, Tanzania
A young Msai warrior holding a stick in the Ngorongoro Protected Area, Tanzania
Close-up portrait of a Msai warrior in the protected Ngorongoro area, Tanzania
A group of Msai wearing traditional "shukas"in a village near ArushaA group of Msai wearing traditional " shukas" in a village near Arusha, Tanzania
Portrait of a Msai woman wearing traditional beaded jewelry in a village near Arusha, Tanzania, Africa
Yao lady drying chillies, Longji, China
Chillies drying, Longji, China
A young Aymara boy wearing traditional clothes stand in front of the small church of Palca de Aparzo, Jujuy, Argentina
Portrait of an Aymara mother in traditional clothes with her child standing in front of the antique church of Aparzo, Jujuy, Argentina
Woman from Kayan tribe wearing traditional brass neck rings, near Loikaw District, Kayah State, Myanmar
Close-up portrait of senior Kayan woman wearing traditional brass neck rings, near Loikaw District, Kayah State, Myanmar
Portrait of a woman with traditional tattooed face in Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar
Panama, Chagres River, Embera Village, Embara woman in traditional dress
Flower Hmong tribes people at market, nr Bac Ha, nr Sapa, Vietnam
