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  • Chang Naga in festival dress. Tiger claws around his face. Hornbill feathers on hat, Ivory armband, wild boar tusks on hat<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141027_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Chang Naga in festival dress. Tiger claws around his face. Hornbill feathers on hat, Ivory armband, wild boar tusks on hat<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141027_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Konyak Naga woman's traditional dress<br />
Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Mon district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141029_Konyak_Naga_traditional_dre...jpg
  • Konyak Naga woman's traditional dress<br />
Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Mon district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141029_Konyak_Naga_traditional_dre...jpg
  • Konyak Naga woman's traditional dress<br />
Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Mon district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141028_Konyak_Naga_traditional_dre...jpg
  • Chang Naga in festival dress. Tiger claws around his face. Hornbill feathers on hat, Ivory armband, wild boar tusks on hat<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141027_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Chang Naga in festival dress<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141026_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Chang Naga in festival dress<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141026_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Ao Naga in festival dress with giant hornbill feathers<br />
Ao Naga headhunting tribe<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141025_Ao_Naga_in_festival_dress_5...jpg
  • Chang Naga in festival dress<br />
Chang Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Tuensang district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141026_Chang_Naga_in_festival_dres...jpg
  • Konyak Naga traditional dress<br />
Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe<br />
Mon district<br />
Nagaland,  ne India
    20141027_Konyak_Naga_traditional_dre...jpg
  • Nomads child with sheep<br />
wearing traditional dress<br />
Gobi Desert<br />
Mongolia
    96211_Nomads_child_with_sheep.jpg
  • Smoking traditional pipe<br />
Naadam festival<br />
Ulaanbaatar race track<br />
Mongolia
    103430_Smoking_traditional_pipe.jpg
  • Nomad woman with child<br />
Central Mongolia
    103130_Nomad_woman_with_child.jpg
  • Paying homage to wrestler statue<br />
Dalanzadgad Town<br />
Gobi Desert<br />
Mongolia
    0008_Paying_homage_to_wrestler.jpg
  • Cofan Indians from Dureno Community wearing traditional dress<br />
Atanacio Criollo & Alejandro Criollo<br />
Agua Rico River near Dureno Amazon Rain Forest ECUADOR South America<br />
Crown made from Mealy (Amazon) Parrot feathers - (Amazona farinosa) Necklace of beads & peccary teeth, arm bands of palm leaves and snake skin.<br />
This is the tribe who are fighting TEXACO oil company about damage done to their land from drilling and bad waste disposal
    15864_Cofan_Indians.jpg
  • Machiguenga Indians<br />
Timpia Community, Lower Urubamba River<br />
Amazon Rain Forest, PERU.  South America<br />
Wearing traditional Dress
    112590 Machiguenga Indians.tif
  • Buryat Woman in winter dress<br />
Eastern Steppe<br />
Mongolia
    103276_Buryat_woman.jpg
  • Rabari woman with baby in swinging bed. She is wearing her everyday dress and jewellery. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. They have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory - some of the older woman still have ivory & silver overlayed bangles. Many of the Rabari woman have ornate tatoos on their faces, necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town. The Rabari men too wear heavy ornate earrings.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
    IND4042 Rabari woman & baby.tif
  • Cofan Indian in traditional dress<br />
Dureno, Ecuadorian Amazon<br />
ECUADOR <br />
SOUTH AMERICA
    1084961 Cofan Indian.tif
  • Rabari woman with baby in swinging bed. She is wearing her everyday dress and jewellery. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. They have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory - some of the older woman still have ivory & silver overlayed bangles. Many of the Rabari woman have ornate tatoos on their faces, necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town. The Rabari men too wear heavy ornate earrings.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
    IND4042 Rabari woman & baby.tif
  • Woman outside of her home. She wears the tradition dress of the area, a skirt, blouse and scarf as well as ankle bracelets and arm bracelets. This upper arm bracelets indicate that she is married and on the death of her husband will be removed and broken. Her home doorway has a 'Dhengan' or ritual painting around the doorway. The home is made from adobe.<br />
Rajasthan, INDIA
    IND2917_Woman_in_painted_doorway.tif
  • Woman outside of her home. She wears the tradition dress of the area, a skirt, blouse and scarf as well as ankle bracelets and arm bracelets. This upper arm bracelets indicate that she is married and on the death of her husband will be removed and broken. Her home doorway has a 'Dhengan' or ritual painting around the doorway. The home is made from adobe.<br />
Rajasthan, INDIA
    IND2921_Woman_in_painted_doorway.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional dress with baby. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND3076_Woman&_baby.tif
  • Woman outside of her home. She wears the tradition dress of the area, a skirt, blouse and scarf as well as ankle bracelets and arm bracelets. This upper arm bracelets indicate that she is married and on the death of her husband will be removed and broken. Her home doorway has a 'Dhengan' or ritual painting around the doorway. The home is made from adobe.<br />
Rajasthan, INDIA
    IND3113_Woman_in_painted_doorway.tif
  • Woman outside of her home. She wears the tradition dress of the area, a skirt, blouse and scarf as well as ankle bracelets and arm bracelets. This upper arm bracelets indicate that she is married and on the death of her husband will be removed and broken. Her home doorway has a 'Dhengan' or ritual painting around the doorway. The home is made from adobe.<br />
Rajasthan, INDIA
    IND3110_Woman_in_painted_doorway.tif
  • Rabari man wearing his everyday dress which usually includes a white turban, Dhoti (fabric tied into pants) and taylored white jacket and jewellery. The Rabari men often wear heavy ornate earrings and sometimes necklaces. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. The women have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory. Many of the Rabari woman also have ornate tatoos on their necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
    IND3320_Rabari_man.tif
  • Himba woman & child, traditional dress. Kaokoland Namibia
    1026710.jpg
  • Himba woman in traditional dress Kaokoland Namibia
    1026718.jpg
  • Freddy Morales dressed as an 'Alma Santa' during the Good Friday celebrations commemorating the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. <br />
Photographed in the town of La Merced The 'Alma Santas' represent the souls which go to heaven (white hats) or the sinful souls which do not make it to heaven (black hats) These hats are up to 7 meters in height and made of a wooden structure, the weight of which is supported on the shoulders of the wearer. The structure is subsequently wrapped in fabric and decorated with religious effigies. This is a Catholic tradition.<br />
La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    QU193_Alma_Santas-2.jpg
  • Freddy Morales dressed as an 'Alma Santa' during the Good Friday celebrations commemorating the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. <br />
Photographed in the town of La Merced The 'Alma Santas' represent the souls which go to heaven (white hats) or the sinful souls which do not make it to heaven (black hats) These hats are up to 7 meters in height and made of a wooden structure, the weight of which is supported on the shoulders of the wearer. The structure is subsequently wrapped in fabric and decorated with religious effigies. This is a Catholic tradition.<br />
La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    QU209_Alma_Santas.tif
  • Freddy Morales dressed as an 'Alma Santa' during the Good Friday celebrations commemorating the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. <br />
Photographed in the town of La Merced The 'Alma Santas' represent the souls which go to heaven (white hats) or the sinful souls which do not make it to heaven (black hats) These hats are up to 7 meters in height and made of a wooden structure, the weight of which is supported on the shoulders of the wearer. The structure is subsequently wrapped in fabric and decorated with religious effigies. This is a Catholic tradition.<br />
La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    QU229_Alma_Santas.tif
  • Freddy Morales dressed as an 'Alma Santa' during the Good Friday celebrations commemorating the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. <br />
Photographed in the town of La Merced The 'Alma Santas' represent the souls which go to heaven (white hats) or the sinful souls which do not make it to heaven (black hats) These hats are up to 7 meters in height and made of a wooden structure, the weight of which is supported on the shoulders of the wearer. The structure is subsequently wrapped in fabric and decorated with religious effigies. This is a Catholic tradition.<br />
La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    QU211_Alma_Santas.tif
  • The devout who have come to the Sarovar or Pushkar Lake with it's 52 Ghats to bath. Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
People from all races who have mingled in Rajasthan come here dressed in their finest clothes and jewellery. The most prominant colour saris and turbins seen during the pilgrimage are yellow, orange and red and white. Rajasthani men are famous for their elaborate and often very large turbins and moustaches.<br />
The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day camel and livestock fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar camel and livestock fair takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired for the pilgrimage.
    IND1863_Bathing_in_Pushkar_Lake.tif
  • Temple on the egde of Pushkar sacred lake after the camel fair. Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
People from all races who have mingled in Rajasthan come here dressed in their finest clothes and jewellery. The most prominant colour saris and turbins seen during the pilgrimage are yellow, orange and red and white. Rajasthani men are famous for their elaborate and often very large turbins and moustaches.<br />
The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day camel and livestock fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar camel and livestock fair takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired for the pilgrimage.
    IND2356_Temple_at_Pushkar.tif
  • Sarovar or Pushkar Lake with it's 52 Ghats to bath. Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
The devout who have come from all races who have mingled in Rajasthan come here dressed in their finest clothes and jewellery to bath in the lake. The most prominant colour saris and turbins seen during the pilgrimage are yellow, orange and red and white. Rajasthani men are famous for their elaborate and often very large turbins and moustaches.<br />
The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day camel and livestock fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar camel and livestock fair takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired for the pilgrimage.
    IND2381_Pushkar_Lake.tif
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