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Dancer in Aztec costume performing in Constitution Plaza in front of the National Palace, Mexico City
A Bara woman works in her paddy fields close to the Isalo National Park. Rice is the staple food of the Malagasy people. She has put on her face a paste made from the powdered seeds
Niger, Sahara, Tenere Desert. Sand Dunes of the Tenere Desert. This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering over 7.7 million hectares
Camel Caravan in Niger, Tenere DesertNiger, Tenere Desert. Camel Caravan travelling through the Air Mountains & Tenere Desert. This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering over 7.7 million hectares
A Herero woman in striking attire at Opuwo.The origins of the elaborate dress and unique hat style of the Herero can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they
A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits and keep them covered
Two happy Himba girls ride a donkey to market. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Their long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way
A Himba woman milks a cow in the stock enclosure close to her home. Traditional milk containers made from hollowed wood are preferred to their modern equivalents
Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of the circle
An innovative roadside craft stall owned by an Herero man near Twyfelfontein
An Herero man and two women ride home in a donkey cart. The elaborate dresses and unique hat styles of Herero women can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what
!Kung hunter-gatherers pause to check a distant wild animal in the early morning. The !Kung are a part of the San of Southern Africa who are often referred to as Bushmen
A band of !Kung hunter-gatherers makes a stealthy approach towards an antelope, their bows & arrows at the ready. The !Kung are a part of the San of Southern Africa who are often referred to as
An attractive !Kung woman. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned
A !Kung hunter-gatherer stands ready to accompany his friends on a hunt. His bow and arrows are kept in a soft leather pouch slung over his shoulder
Kenya, Central Province, Gatamaiyu Forest. A tree fern in the indigenous Gatamaiyu Forest at the southern end of the Aberdare Mountains
An old Turkana woman wearing all the finery of her tribe. In a hole pierced below her lower lip, she wears an ornament beautifully made from twisted strands of copper wire
A proud Samburu mother of two recently circumcised boys wears briefly their bird skin headdresses round her neck after they discard them during the lmuget loolbaa ceremony (the ceremony of the arrows)
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic
Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu. A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn
Dressed in his black goatskin cloak, a Samburu boy puts his bundle of sticks, staves and gum on the roof of his mothers house
In the weeks leading up to their circumcision, Samburu boys gather frequently to sing the lebarta, a circumcision song with a slow, haunting melody whose words are ad-libbed to suit the occasion
Up to a year before his circumcision, a Samburu boy will style his hair in a distinctive pudding bowl shape and often rub charcoal and fat into it
Laikipiak Msai
Women of the nomadic Gabbra tribe prepare to move their familys possessions by camel. The long sticks are the structures for their dome-shaped houses
An old Luo lady smoking a traditional clay pipe
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
Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headdress 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
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
The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments
In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony
A Dassanech man with a shock of hair.; The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa
In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children hurry home along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. A small grain store, raised off the ground in case of flooding
Assisted by her husband, a Hamar woman draws water from a deep well to give to her familys herds.; The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based
A Hamar mother and child moving home. The mother carries all her possessions with her including sleeping mats and gourds.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way
An elaborate hairstyle of a young Hamar man nears completion by his friend; The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock
A Hamar woman is left with bloody wheals, which were inflicted during a Hamar Jumping of the Bull ceremony when female friends
During a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.; The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men
Nyangatom men their faces and bodies with stylised patterns using natural pigments obtained from chalk, ochre and crushed rock prior to a dance
A young Dorze boy winds cotton onto a bobin for his father. Dorze men are synonymous with weaving the best cotton cloth in Ethiopia
