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

Naga tribal men in traditional clothing, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Naga tribal man in traditional outfit, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Masai Mara man wearing traditional tribal red blanket by camp fire, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Maori warrior at a tribal gathering in New Zealand

Naga tribal man in traditional outfit, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

A tribal man of the Maasi Mara from inside his mud hut, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Tribal gathering Sing Sing at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea, South Pacific

Naga tribal man in traditional outfit, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Portrait of Samburu tribe members dancing the traditional wedding dance at dusk, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

A group of young men playing the drums in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Toubou dancing, Tribal festival, Place de la Nation, N'Djamena, Chad, Africa

Traditional dance performed in ceremonial costume in Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Miao festival, near Kaili, Guizhou, China, Asia

Crowd attending tribal gathering durbar cultural event at Maiduguri in Nigeria, West Africa

Woman with tribal markings on her face holding her baby close, Northern Nigeria

A tribal man of the Maasi Mara from inside his mud hut, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Zulu tribal dance group, Dumazula Cultural Village, South Africa, Africa

Mir tribal woman carrying water in steel pot, Gujarat, India, Asia

Portrait of a single Samburu tribal member in traditional clothing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Tribal chief of the Yaka tribe, Mbandane, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Children, Serer (Serere) Tribal Village, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Native men at tribal gathering in Fiji, South Pacific

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

Very colourful dressed Toubou women, tribal festival, Place de la Nation, N'Djamena, Chad, Africa

A Masai Mara man wearing traditional tribal red blanket, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of Samburu tribe members dancing the traditional wedding dance at dusk, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of a single Samburu tribal member in traditional clothing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Abui tribal headhunter in warrior dress, Alor Island, eastern area, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Men at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Men dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Man playing a local instrument at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

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

Tribal display at cultural festival in Bamenda, Cameroon, West Africa

Men playing traditional instruments at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Portrait of Samburu tribe members jumping at traditional wedding dance at dusk, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Nigerian locals at tribal gathering cultural event at Port Harcourt in Nigeria, West Africa

Naga tribal man in traditional outfit playing drum, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Tribal woman carrying firewood home, Gujarat, India, Asia

Men dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Tribal dancer at a festival in Cameroon, Africa

Tlingit native performers at Chief Shakes Tribal House, historic site, Wrangell, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Girls dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

Men at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

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

Ornate silver pendants from tribal area, Pakistan, Asia

Hmong tribal village girls selling handicrafts, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chief Shakes Tribal House, historic site, Wrangell, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Portrait of Samburu tribal member wearing traditional head piece at dusk, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

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

Hmong tribal village girls selling handicrafts, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Zulu tribal dance group, Dumazula Cultural Village, South Africa, Africa

Men dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

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

Very colourful dressed Toubou women, tribal festival, Place de la Nation, N'Djamena, Chad, Africa

Pular tribal village, Sounth Badone, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Miao girl in festival hat, Langlin, Guangxi, China, Asia

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

Dream catchers, Navajo souvenirs, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah Arizona border area, United States of America, North America

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

Sword of Iban Dayak in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

Men dancing at a tribal festival, Southern Chad, Africa

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

Nigerian locals at tribal gathering cultural event at Port Harcourt in Nigeria, West Africa

Tlingit native performers at Chief Shakes Tribal House, historic site, Wrangell, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

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

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

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

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

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah Arizona border area, 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 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

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

Amazon,

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

View of the landscape in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is an area along the Coffee Bay road in a region formerly known as the Transkei.

A group of Xhosa women pose for a photo in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is an area along the Coffee Bay road in a region formerly known as the Transkei,

A Xhosa woman walking with a bucket of water on her head, as is traditional in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Washing hanging out to dry in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is an area along the Coffee Bay road in a region formerly known as the Transkei,