Meharistes (camel riders) Tataouine Oasis, Tunisia, North Africa

Bedouin wedding, Tataouine Oasis, Tunisia, North Africa

Traditional berber wedding, Douz Oasis, Tunisia, North Africa

Traditional berber wedding, Tataouine Oasis, Tunisia, North Africa

Portrait of a woman wearing a pearl necklace, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Group of college girls wearing traditional ao dai at West Lake (Hoy Tay) on graduation day, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Head and shoulders portrait of a person wearing a brightly coloured straw mask, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Maiko (apprentice geisha) wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Portrait of a maiko (apprentice geisha) wearing traditional Japanese kimono, in the Gion district, Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Maiko (apprentice geisha) walking in the streets of the Gion district wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Maiko (apprentice geisha) walking in the streets of the Gion district wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Portrait of a Fulani woman wearing traditional gold earrings, Mopti, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of a Fulani woman wearing traditional gold earrings, Mopti, Mali, West Africa, Africa

People wearing traditional dress during Corpus Christi celebration, La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Portrait of guerrab (water carrier), Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Wall mural of Kim Il Sung, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Wall mural of Kim Il Sung, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local ladies celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Tribesmen puting colour on their faces to celebrate the traditional Sing Sing in Paya in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Mudman tribe celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Paya in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribal woman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Paya, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Face and body painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Paya, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Mudman tribesman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Women wearing kimono, Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Tourists wearing traditional Korean clothes in Changdeokgung Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Detail of a girl wearing a kimono, Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Elaborate costumes worn at a traditional Miao New Year festival in Xijiang, Guizhou Province, China, Asia

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Enga in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a child and mother wearing big hats, Vietnam

Buddhist ceremony, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Woman wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Woman wearing aoi dai dress, Nghia An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribesman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Tlingit Indian wearing face mask, Icy Strait Point Cultural Center, Hoonah City, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribesman celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Mudman tribe celebrates the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Buddhist ceremony, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Terracotta Warriors Museum, Xian, Shaanxi, China, Asia

Woman in traditional dress at King Wang Kon's Mausoleum, Kaesong City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Street scene in the old town, Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Saadian garden pavilion, La Menara (Menara Gardens), Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Buddhist ceremony, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Portrait of a woman in a boat, wearing a straw hat and face paste, Phaung Daw U Kyaung, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a Fulani woman wearing traditional gold earrings, Mopti, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Woman wearing traditional veil, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Bodyguard of the Emir in the Fadar Daurama Emir's palace, Daura Emirate, Katsina state, Nigeria

Street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, April 15th 2012, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Woman wearing Muslim jewelry with crescent and star, symbol of Islam, Malaysia

View of autumn leaves and couple wearing Kimons in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

View of young ladies wearing Kimonos in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

People coming to pay respects at the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation war, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

A woman wearing a traditional kimono gazes at the peaceful Zen garden of Hogon-in Temple in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Statue illustrating the War for Independence, Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation war, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Portrait of two women wearing traditional kimonos, Japan, Asia

Two Hamer (Hamar) girls wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, Dombo Village, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of two Dani tribesmen wearing penis gourds, Irian Jaya (West Irian) (Irian Barat), New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia

Woman wearing Jamaican national costume for cultural display at Governor General's Residence, Kings House, Kingston, Jamaica

Shetland Islands man wearing viking costume for cultural display in the Shetland Isles

Woman wearing Jamaican national costume for cultural display at Governor General's Residence, Kings House, Kingston, Jamaica

Nigerian chief wearing jewel crown at tribal gathering cultural event at Port Harcourt in Nigeria, West Africa

Elderly man wearing traditional clothing in Islamabad, Pakistan

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Participants wearing historical costumes on parade, Noto, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Shetland Islands man wearing viking costume for cultural display in the Shetland Isles

Dancers from GAUA in the Banks Islands perform at a cultural festival wearing fish headresses and rattling nuts on their ankles, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Dancers from GAUA in the Banks Islands perform at a cultural festival wearing fish headresses and rattling nuts on their ankles, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

Makuna-colombian shamans,

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Macedonia (the former yugoslav republic of macedonia, fyrm) easter sunday service at saint sofia orthodox church, ohrid. Mass is lead by archbishop timotei, (wearing crown)

Portrait of a village woman wearing fur trimmed hat, Tibet, China, Asia

Caucasian woman wearing traditional clothing wading in water

Caucasian woman wearing traditional clothing holding branch

Native American woman wearing traditional headdress

Native American woman wearing traditional headdress

Native American woman wearing traditional headdress

Native American woman wearing traditional headdress

Caucasian woman wearing traditional clothing in rowboat

Caucasian woman wearing traditional clothing sitting near tree

Location woman wearing traditional clothing laying in rowboat