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Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A camel with a traditional carved bell in a traditional Somali Boma.
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Kutchi Nomadic Girl Dressed in Traditional Costume, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
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An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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Kutchi Nomadic Girl Dressed in Traditional Costume, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
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A pretty tousle-haired girl of the nomadic Afar tribe wears bright colours in stark contrast to the drab,windswept surroundings of Lake Abbe.
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Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali pastoralist with a camel in his Boma.
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A young Afar girl at Filwoha in the Awash National Park. Filwoha in the Afar language means 'hot water'. The beautiful springs are surrounded by doum palms and rise from deep underground at about 96.8 degrees F.
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Two Hamar girls pause to chat on their way home from Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia.People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event.
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Kutchi Nomadic Girl Dressed in Traditional Costume, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
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Merti, Northern Kenya. A child on top of a camel as a nomadic family migrates.
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Merti, Northern Kenya. A child on top of a camel as a nomadic family migrates.
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Merti, Northern Kenya. A nomadic Somali family migrates to find new grazing in drought conditions.
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Chad, Barakatra, Ennedi, Sahara. A typical Tubu knife with an attractive leather scabbard and handle decorated with copper wire.
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Mongolia,Ulan Bator. Boys competing in a wrestling competition at the National Day (Naadam) celebrations known as the 'three manly games'.
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The fetching hairstyle of a young Afar girl. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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Merti, Northern Kenya. A child on top of a camel as a nomadic family migrates.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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An Afar woman adjusts the load on her camel as her young child sits on top. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia. Camels are valuable in these harsh conditions; they carry house structures and personal possessions,enabling families to follow the seasonal pattern of rain and grazing.
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An attractive Hamar woman leads a goat to sell at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia.People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event.
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An Afar girl has her attractive hairstyle embellished with buttons and beads,which is typical of the young girls of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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Chad, Chari Baguirmi, Bachoum. A Peul herdsman drives his long-horned cattle to water.
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A Hamar girl in traditional attire.The Hamar are an attractive people with striking styles and clothes. Skins are widely used for clothing and cowrie shells are popular adornments yet the sea is 500 miles from their home.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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Merti, Northern Kenya. A nomadic Somali family migrates to find new grazing in drought conditions.
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A Hamar woman sells gourds and bananas at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia.People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event.
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Kutchi Nomadic Girl Dressed in Traditional Costume, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
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Nomad tribesman on horse back riding on the salt desert, Dordo, Kutch, Gujarat, India.
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Kenya,Chalbi Desert,Kalacha. A Gabbra herdsman presents a lonely figure standing under a flat-topped acacia tree on the edge of the Chalbi Desert at sunset. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomadic pastoralists living with their herds of camels and goats around the fringe of the Chalbi Desert.
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An elaborate hairstyle of a young Hamar man nears completion by his friend.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock. Cattle are economically and culturally their most important asset.
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A woman of the NIIS hunter gatherer band enjoys a smoke during a break in foraging for food.The NIIS are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen.They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and muscular.
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A large gathering of people at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia.People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event. Goats, chickens, vegetables, fruit, spices, butter, eggs, tobacco and ochre are sold or exchanged for other produce.
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Isiolo, Northern Kenya. Donkeys are loaded up with water at a drying up river bed.
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Kutchi Nomadic Girl Dressed in Traditional Costume, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
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Hamar women dance, sing and blow small tin trumpets during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.The most elaborate of them and the most important is the Jumping of the Bull ceremony when a youth attains full manhood and is permitted to marry.
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Donkeys are indispensable beast of burden,assuring the nomadic Turkana of complete mobility. These study little animals carry the few essentials of life in oval panniers strapped to their flanks. Infants,puppies and newborn kids will also ride securely in them. The skittle-shaped wooden containers are used for milk and water.
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North of Merti, Northern Kenya. Sheep wait to drink at a northern watering hole.
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'Blue Man' (tribe of Saharan traders) with camel at dawn in dunes. Tinfou near Zagora,Morocco
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Blue clad Tuareg male elder and grand children outside his reed woven shelter
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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Aimaq children, Aimaq nomad camp, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia
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As the light fades on a blistering day, an Afar man digs for salt at Lake Assal.At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Nomadic Afar tribesmen come here with their camels to collect salt.The camel caravans leave again before daybreak the following day.Each animal carries between four and ten thirty pound sacks according to its size and maturity.The salt is sold across
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Assisted by her husband, a Hamar woman draws water from a deep well to give to her familys herds.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock.Cattle are economically and culturally their most important asset
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Aimaq lady and children, Aimaq nomad camp, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia
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Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali nomadic herdsmen at the watering hole.
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Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia
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An Afar settlement and livestock close to the Awash National Park. The mountain in the distance is Fantale,a dormant volcano with a large crater from which steam still issues from vents. The most recent lava flow dates back to 1820.
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Mongolia,Gobi Desert. Preparing wool for transporting on camels in the Gobi Desert.
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North of Merti, Northern Kenya. Camels drink at a northern watering hole.
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Mongolia,Ulan Bator. Family competing in an Archery competition at the National Day (Naadam) celebrations known as the 'three manly games'.
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Hamar women dance, sing and blow small tin trumpets during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.The most elaborate of them and the most important is the Jumping of the Bull ceremony when a youth attains full manhood and is permitted to marry.
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White Feather looks through a morning fog for a family member in an American Indian camp of teepees.
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Mongoli,Gobi Desert. Cooking Horses Milk to produce the spirit,Arak,in the Gobi Desert.
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A group of NIIS hunter gatherers enjoy eating an ostrich egg, which has been baked in the embers of a fire.The NIIS are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen.They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and muscular.
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Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia
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A group of NIIS hunter gatherers enjoy eating an ostrich egg, which has been baked in the embers of a fire.The NIIS are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen.They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and muscular.
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A woman from the NIIS hunter gatherer band enjoys a smoke. They speak with four distinct click consonants.The NIIS live in the harsh environment of a vast expanse of flat sand and bush scrub country straddling the Namibia Botswana border.
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Niger,Timia Oasis. Tuareg riders preparing to race their camels as part of the Spring Harvest Festival.
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The heavily wrinkled skin of a very old NIIS hunter-gatherer The NIIS are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen.They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and muscular.
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Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia
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A Turkana man drives his donkeys through lava fields as clouds gather above Mount Nyiru.
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