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

Mudman tribesman 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

Sri Lankan mask, Paris, France, Europe

Adivasi tribal men dressed as women and animals to celebrate Holi festival, Kavant, Gujarat, India, Asia

Tribal dancer with elephant headdress, Bamenda, Cameroon, Africa

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Colombian shaman,

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,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Apache man wearing traditional regalia

Apache man and boy wearing traditional regalia

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Tribal mask of local native culture