Woman jogging, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah Arizona border, United States of America, North America

Men dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Eagle Nest House, Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) in headdresses of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur topped with a hornbill feather, with tiger claw straps, wearing tiger teeth necklaces, heirloom ivory armbands and aprons decoratated with cowrie shells, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga people wrapped up in traditional blankets watching the Grand Finale - tribal dancing round a bonfire, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Kayapo women dancing traditional dances, brazil,amazon

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna woma

Colombian shaman,

Xavante indian tribesmen, brazil

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Xavante indian tribesmen, brazil

Xavante warriors prepare to wrestle wooden poles, a of taming or harnessing dark jungle forests. Brazil

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

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

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna woman chil

Kayapo women dancing traditional dances, brazil,amazon

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

Kayapo women dancing traditional dances, brazil

Amazon,

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna woman chil

A protrait of a young makuna,amazon rainforest

Kenya. Details of beads and watch worn by masai man at a masai village within the amboseli national park. Photo by sean spragu

Colombian shaman picking herbs, colombi

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Kenya. Detail of sandals worn by a masai man, masai village within the amboseli national park

Watatulu tribal mother & child, tanzania. Mwankale

South sudan community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.

Masai woman, tanzania. Arusha, moita village

Watatulu tribal family, tanzania. Mwankale

South sudan toposa man smoking a, narus

India - tribes: lambada tribal woman, andhra pradesh

South sudan toposa village near narus

South sudan toposa at nanyangacor

Watatulu tribals at catholic mass, tanzania. - with father dan ohman in a hut at mwankale

Somali nomads walking with camel, somalia

South sudan toposa village near narus

South sudan mother and child at community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.

India - tribes: lambada tribal women, andhra pradesh

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Cambodia boy smoking a cigarette. Malik village. Ratanakiri.

Bangladesh children belonging to the garo tribal minority, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Bangladesh a group of women of the garo tribal minority attend a session of instruction about fish farming from a specialist at haluaghat, mymensingh region

South sudan man gun at community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.

India - tribes: lambada tribal women, mulathanda, andhra pradesh

South sudan community celebration at naboliyatom village, nanyangacor.

Bangladesh farid pathang using a net to catch fish from his pond, garo tribal minority, haluaghat, mymensingh region

South sudan cleaning grain, toposa tribals at nanyangacor

South sudan toposa village near narus

Myanmar bride groom cutting cake, catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Watatulu tribals at catholic mass, tanzania. - with father dan ohman in a hut in mwankale

Thailand ban mai samaki, a tribal village near chiang mai

Myanmar nuns attending catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Watatulu tribals at catholic mass, tanzania. - with father dan ohman in a hut at mwankale

Somali nomads walking with camel, somalia

South sudan mother & child, toposa at nanyangacor

Kenya. Masai women getting ready to dance at their masai village within the amboseli national park

Bangladesh alpona ritchil, a woman of the garo tribal minority chops onions and garlic, ready for cooking, haluaghat, mymensingh region

South sudan toposa of nanyangacor

Bangladesh farid pathang of the garo tribal minority ploughing his field with oxen, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Guatemala qeqchi women and children at sechin village, peten

Cambodia kreung tribal woman and child, malik village, ratanakiri

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

Xavante indian tribesmen, brazil

Xavante race. race is really a race at, it’s a ceremony, an aesthetic event. Xavante nonplused by notions of winning losing. logs carried by team, representing oppositions that xavante believe go to make up universe. running of logs expresses dynamic tension between opposing principles. purpose of ceremonies to stress that these antithesis need tear world apart. Opposing be controlled to complement each other create equilibrium harmony. Brazil

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Australia. Older aborigine woman who jhas just caught a catfish, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Xavante, brazil

Bangladesh alpona ritchil and husband farid pathang of the garo tribal minority weeding their vegetable garden, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Myanmar musicians at catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Bangladesh family buying fish fingedrlings for stocking the pond on the farm, at a hatchery in haluaghat, mymensingh region. They are members of the garo tribal minority. Adding oxygen to the plastic bag of fish so they will survive longer in transit.

Watatulu tribal men at miyuguyu, tanzania

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) wrapped up in traditional blankets wearing headdresses of woven cane with wild boars teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Australia. Young man making phone call, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

South sudan comboni school narus

CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. DPA cultural centre built by DPA and financed by SCIAF. Village elder, Nom Boun (79) playing his flute

CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. Library and literacy building provided by DPA and SCIAF. Children reading books

Bangladesh farid pathang with a fish caught in his pond, garo tribal minority haluaghat, mymensingh region

Bangladesh mother and child, koch tribal minority, nalitabari, mymensingh region

South sudan soldier chukudum

Bangladesh 11, year, old homar ritchil doing his school homework, he is a member of the garo tribal minority, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Masai women, tanzania. Arusha, moita village

Bangladesh farmer of koch tribal minority preparing a field for planting cassava, nalitabari, mymensingh region

Sudan s.p.l.a. soldier chukudum

Naga ladies at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) wrapped up in traditional blankets, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Watatulu girl reading bible, tanzania. Mwankale

Myanmar attending catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. Library and literacy building provided by DPA and SCIAF. Children reading books

Bangladesh husband and wife of garo tribal minority milking their cow, haluaghat, mymensingh region

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

Tuareg on camel, Algeria, North Africa