Portrait of two 'Long necked' Padaung tribe women, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Pathan tribal family in front of traditional mud house (bhunga), showing their colourful tribal embroidery, Jarawali, Kutch, Gujarat, India, Asia

Traditional Rabari tribal embroidered fabrics, Kutch, Gujarat state, India, Asia

Quiche girls, Zunil, Quatemala, Central America

Naga tribal groups lined up waiting for the arrival of the General, (the shorts are not part of their traditional clothes but supplied by the govenment, for them to wear in place of their traditional loin cloth), wearing headdresses made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with tiger jaw necklaces, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Naga tribal groups lined up waiting for the arrival of the General, (the shorts are not part of their traditional clothes but supplied by the govenment, for them to wear in place of their traditional loin cloth), wearing headdresses made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with tiger jaw necklaces, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Mukuna man relaxes on hammock. Eastern Colombia Amazon, Vaupes region.

GHANA Tribal People Ashanti Akan tribal members holding staffs wrapped with red cloth attending funeral. Red is the colour of mourning. Asante Color

Naga Warrior tribal in traditional costume and head dress, People, Nagaland, India