Traditionally dressed man from a Bamboo band, Buka, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

A group of women involved in a meeting about their village, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Naga New Year Festival, Naga ladies dancing, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal group performers standing in line to welcome officials at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Samburu warriors dancing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Vegetable sellers, Sendrisoa weekly market, near Ambalavao, central Madagascar, Africa

Traditional dress, tribal ethnic group, Sarawak, island of Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tribal ritual dances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Dogon cliff houses and burial chambers, Irelli village, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bandiagara escarpment, Dogon area, Mali, Africa

Padaung woman weaving, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Oromo graves near Meki, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Pa-o women at market, Heho, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A lady dances and celebrates in traditional costume, Lesotho, Africa

Samburu warriors dancing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Petroglyphs carved 1000 years ago by Fremont Native American people in the iron oxide 'desert varnish' on the sandstone of Cub Creek Valley in this fossil park, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, United States of America (USA), North America

Petroglyphs carved 1000 years ago by Fremont Native American people in the iron oxide 'desert varnish' on the sandstone of Cub Creek Valley in this fossil park, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, United States of America (USA), North America

Naga man wearing belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Back view of Naga man's belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) with ceremonial baskets with tassles of human hair, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, also wearing heirloom head-hunting necklace with two brass heads indicating the owner had 'taken' two heads, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur and wearing a tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair with strap of tiger claws, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man dancing and playing musical instrument, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar's teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing, Naga New Year Festival, drum, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing, Naga New Year Festival, drum, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair with strap of tiger claws also wearing tiger teeth necklace and ivory arm band, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur with Tiger claw straps and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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 men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather and tiger claw neckband also tiger teeth necklace, ivory armbands and apron decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather, and tiger claw neckstrap, also tiger teeth necklace and conch shell ear ornament, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Naga (Macham tribe) chief of the village wearing traditional hat made of woven cane decorated with wild boars teeth and bear fur, also bead necklace with tiger teeth, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Naga (Macham tribe) chief of the village wearing traditional hat made of woven cane decorated with wild boars teeth and bear fur, also bead necklace with tiger teeth, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga (Macham tribe) ladies outside house, the lady in the foreground has face and leg tattoos, done in childhood so that they are not attractive to men who might steal them from the village, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga (Macham tribe) chief of the village wearing traditional hat made of woven cane decorated with wild boar's teeth and bear fur also bead necklace with tiger teeth, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga (Macham tribe) lady with face tattoos, done during childhood so that they are not attractive to men who might steal them from their village, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga New Year Festival, Naga people walking to festival ground, the men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather also with conch shell ear ornaments, 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

Naga man, Taungkul tribe wearing traditional headdress made with red seeds, from Sombra village near the Indian border, who walked for five days to get to the Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man in headdress of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur, wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw chin strap, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur and wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur and wearing conch shell ear ornament with a tiger claw, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), Aku lady with baby on her back smoking wooden pipe, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Nun Lin Kong village (Akha Tribe), detail of Akha ladies hat, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), Aku lady smoking wooden pipe, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Nun Lin Kong village (Akha Tribe), Akha lady, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Kalash girl, Rites of Spring, Joshi, Bumburet (Bumboret) Valley, Pakistan, Asia

Kalash woman, Rites of Spring, Joshi, Bumburet (Bumboret) Valley, Pakistan, Asia

Nagari men hugging in traditional greeting, Nagar Valley, Pakistan, 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

Yoruba women dance in trance at a sacred water festival to honor their animistic spirits. nigeria, africa

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

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

A protrait of a young makuna,amazon rainforest

Colombian shaman picking herbs, colombi

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

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

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,

Naga men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, red dyed goats hair and hornbill feathers, also wearing belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with Hornbill feather with Tiger teeth necklaces and conch shell ear ornament, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Xavante, brazil

Naga man with spear wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horn (wild cow) red dyed goats hair and hornbill feathers, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), Aku lady smoking wooden pipe, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur with Tiger claw straps and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair topped with hornbill feather, and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Yaruba kids, nigeria, afric

Makuna indian, colombi

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, 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

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with hornbill feather with tiger teeth necklaces and cowrie shell aprons, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribes sitting on bench seating whilst the dignitaries make their speeches, they wear headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), Aku lady smoking wooden pipe, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A Padaung woman in the area of Doi Tung, in the Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing drum, 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

Tuareg on camel, Algeria, North Africa

Naga man wearing cane hat, heirloom blanket and smoking cheroot, 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

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribes sitting on bench seating with shields whilst the dignitaries make their speeches, they wear headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with s hornbill feather, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur, with neckband of tiger claws, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia