Indian hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundrymen with traditional flogging stones to wash clothing at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Highland tartan fabric on traditional weaving loom at Lochcarron Weavers in Lochcarron in the Highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Saris and other laundry drying on the banks of River Yamuna at Agra, India

Quiche girls, Zunil, Quatemala, Central America

Stallholder selling clothes and sari fabrics and other textiles at Varanasi, Northern India

Indigenous woman doing traditional embroidery, Otavalo, Ecuador, South America

A villager woman in a remote subsistence farming village on an island in the Sunderbans, the Ganges Delta in Eastern India that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. She is cooking on a traditional clay oven, fuelled by biofuel (rice stalks), low carbon cooking.

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Detail of traditional Slovak folk embroidered waistcoat, Slovakia, Europe

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

East timor. Detail of traditional ikat weave, oecussi-ambeno

Traditional designs of Khmer art, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

East timor detail of traditional ikat weave, oecussi-ambeno

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Traditional Naga blanket know as a body cloth with panel of painted animals, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Bolivia. Pile of weavings at a shop of la paz

2008; Port of Provideniya. harbour side, local inuit woman sing and dance in traditional clothes. City of Provideniya (Chukotskiy Peninsular ) Russia, Asia

2008; Inuit woman in traditional clothes, City of Provideniya (Chukotskiy Peninsular ) Russia, Asia

2008; Inuit young Female of Koryaks peoples in native clothes, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

2008; Inuit Settlement with local girl in traditional clothes, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

A Mayan woman use natural dyes to color fabrics. Ixoq Ajkeem comunity, San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

A mayan woman tz'utujile working in the textil in San Juan de la Laguna, Solol√°, Guatelama.

Woven cloth fabric of traditional Quechua design for sale by roadside vendor in Sacred Valley, Peru.

A Red Yao ethnic minority woman in traditional dress weaving fabric on a loom in Jinkeng, Longshen, China.

Nepalese woman in front of Annapurna, Pokhara, Nepal, Himalaya, Asia.

Sarong dressed over a wooden, carved stool set against a polished, decorated wall, Lombok, Indonesia.

Older long-necked woman of the Karen or Padaung tribe weaving a carpet, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman at a loom, Batak culture, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

Kurti and saris stacked for sale, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Old female hands embroidering, Cyprus

Vietnamese saleswomen, Bac Ha, North Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Colourful traditional wallets on display at a market stall in Luang Prabang, Laos, Southeast Asia

Headscarve for the arabian woman, Damascus, Syria

Lamps arab restaurant

Weaving loom, Hessenpark outdoor museum near Neu-Anspach, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Children's hands washing a linen cloth on a washboard, Flachsmarkt historical crafts market, Krefeld-Linn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A villager woman in a remote subsistence farming village on an island in the Sundarbans, the Ganges Delta in Eastern India that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. She is cooking on a traditional clay oven, fueled by biofuel (rice stalks), low carbon cooking.

The hands of an indigenous Guatemalan woman holding traditional fabric.

Ritual parade at a wedding in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Bolts Of Colourful Peruvian Designs In A Street Market, These Patterns Are Part Of The Indigenous Quechua Culture, Cusco, Peru

Colorful market stall selling pillows and cushions in traditional patterned fabrics at the Souq Waqif market place in Doha, Doha, Qatar

Window With Green Shutters, Provence, France

Decorated camel at the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest known traditional travel in Saqqara, Egypt, Saqqara, Egypt

Batik cloth with bright colours and patterns; Banjar, Bali, Indonesia

Close-up of a red and green knitted garments folded together and laying on a wooden table; Studio

Green and yellow prayer flags, Shannan xizang china

Konso man weaving cloth on his loom, Karat-Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Close up of geisha pouring tea at tea ceremony.

Ethiopian woman, Simien National Park,, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Konso man weaving cloth on his loom, Karat-Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Konso man weaving cloth on his loom, Karat-Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Traditional portrait of a Geisha with Japenese fan.

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Bhutan, Thimpu Dzong, Two Atsaras, or comedians at a masked dance Tsecchu.

Bhutan, Thimpu Dzong, Atsara, or comedian peering out from behind a curtain at a masked dance Tsecchu.

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Asian girl weaving fabric

Asian girl weaving fabric

Asian woman spinning thread

Japanese woman working in a plant dye workshop, holding up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man sitting outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed pink fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man wearing bandana standing in a textile plant dye workshop, dyeing piece of green fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Freshly dyed bright yellow and orange fabric hanging outside a textile plant dye workshop, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow and orange fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of sheer white fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding aloft piece of freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Three woman in costume for procession of Sant 'Efisio in Sardinia, Italy