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

Drummer at Tahtib demonstration, a traditional form of Egyptian folk dance involving a wooden stick, also known as stick dance or cane dance, Mosque of Abu el-Haggag, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tahtib demonstration, traditional form of Egyptian folk dance involving a wooden stick, also known as stick dance or cane dance, Mosque of Abu el-Haggag, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

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

Ball de Bastons (Catalan stick dance) performed by local troupe in traditional costume, Torredembarra, Tarragona, Cataluna, Spain, Europe

Young people practicing traditional dance, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Stick dance from the tribal people of the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific

Stick dance from the tribal people of the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific

Stick dance from the tribal people of the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific

Stick dance from the tribal people of the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific

Stick dance from the tribal people of the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific

Young people practicing traditional dance, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Burundi local drum and dance group, gitera.

Burundi local drum and dance group, gitera.

Burundi local drum and dance group, gitera.

Burundi local drum and dance group, gitera.

Dasanesh tribe in Ethiopia

Dasanesh tribe in Ethiopia

Dasanesh tribe in Ethiopia

Kenya, Africa

People dancing traditional Maori dance, North Island, New Zealand

Stick dance performed by the tribal people of Yap Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Oceania

Stick dance performed by the tribal people of Yap Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Oceania

Swahili boys performing the stick dance at a celebration of Maulidi, the birthday of the porphet Mohammed. Lamu Island, Kenya