Alphorn players, Unspunnen Bicentenary festival, Interlaken, Jungfrau region, Switzerland, Europe

Local band play Mongolia's National instrument, the Morin khuur (horse head fiddle) and perform Khoomi, throat singing, Bunkhan, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

African traditional djembe drummer, Kruger National Park, South-Africa, Africa

Alphorn players, Unspunnen Bicentenary festival, Interlaken, Jungfrau region, Switzerland, Europe

Indigenous Australian music, the didgeridoo is the national instrument of Aboriginal people, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Harmoniemusik Pfronten musical society, parade to celebrate the returning of the cattle to their respective owners, Pfronten, Ostallgaeu district, Allgaeu region, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Group wearing traditional costumes during the traditional costume parade at the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marching band, parade to the Loisachgau Trachtenfest folklore festival, Neufahrn, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marching band, parade to the Loisachgau Trachtenfest folklore festival, Neufahrn, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Musician wearing a traditional costume, Cuzco, Cusco, Peru, South America

Traditional musicians playing an accordion and a drum, Basotho Cultural Village, Golden Gate National Park, Free State, South Africa, Africa

Musicians during the traditional costume parade at the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

8-year-old girl blowing a trumpet in the colours of the German flag, black, red and gold, Germany

Gebirgstrachten music group, Traditional Costume and Riflemen's parade, opening of the Oktoberfest festival 2010, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Drummer at the parade to the Loisachgau folklore festival, Neufahrn, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Brass band in traditional costumes from Schwalm, Salatkirmes fair, Ziegenhain, Schwalmstadt, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Upper Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Detail of three musicians in traditional lederhosen, short leather pants, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Festival service, 850-year celebration, Bad Heilbrunn, Loisachtal, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Festival service, 850-year celebration, Bad Heilbrunn, Loisachtal, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mountain peaks in the evening mood, Hohe Dock, Vorderer Bratschenkopf, Grosses Wiesbachhorn, Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Hohe Tauern National Park, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

National gallery of art

National gallery of art