Yapese dancers performing traditional bamboo stick dance, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Yapese dancers performing the traditional bamboo stick dance, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Yapese dancers performing the traditional bamboo stick dance, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Performer carefully applying make-up with bamboo stick for a Kathakali dance performance of folk mythologies, Nilambur, Kerala, India, Asia

Contemporary female performer in a traditional Kathakali dance about folk mythologies from the Hindu epics, Nilambur, Kerala, India, Asia

Woman splitting bamboo to make a fan, Yay Kyi village, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Close-up of a panda (Alluropoda melanoleuca) holding a stick

Close-up of a panda (Alluropoda melanoleuca) chewing a stick

Close-up of a person's hand pouring pisco in a glass from a bamboo stick, Ica, Ica Region, Peru

Bamboo sticks on the beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

China, Li River, near Yangshou, Local men floating on bamboo raft.