A mans carries freshly harvested bananas across a bamboo pole, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Asia

Iban tribeswoman mending bamboo longhouse verandah floor, Lemanak River, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Naga man climbing bamboo pole in contest between tribes at Naga Festival, Senapati, Manipur, India, Asia

Man walking carrying heavy bundles of rice straw on a bamboo pole in central Java, Surakarta district, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Naga man climbing bamboo pole in contest between tribes at Naga Festival, Senapati, Manipur, India, Asia

Sheets of freshly cooked rice sheets hanging on bamboo poles to be shredded into rice noodles and dried, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Freshly made rice noodles hanging over bamboo poles to dry, ready for sale, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Rafting on Rio Grande, Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, Central America

Rafting on Rio Grande, Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, Central America

Fijian men carrying bamboo poles in Bukaya in the Fijian highlands, Fiji, Pacific

An elderly cormorant fisherman with cormorants perched on a bamboo pole on the Li River. Xingping, China.

An elderly cormorant fisherman with cormorants perched on a bamboo pole on the Li River. Xingping, China.

An elderly cormorant fisherman with cormorants perched on a bamboo pole on the Li River. Xingping, China.

A covered tour boat docked on the Tuojiang River in Fenghuang, China, with a traditional conical hat on top.

A man poles an empty covered tour boat up the Tuojiang River in early-morning fog. Fenghuang, China.

Oita Prefecture, Japan

Scaffolding made of bamboo sticks, Kowloon, Hongkong, China

Manggarai women participating in Tetek Alu, the traditional bamboo pole jumping game, Melo village, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Manggarai women participating in Tetek Alu, the traditional bamboo pole jumping game, Melo village, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Hand Washing Station, Kyoto, Japan