Tibetan women weave fabric in a showcase Tibetan village in Golmud. Golmud, the third largest city on the Tibetan plateau, is developing as a key Chinese military staging point for nearby the autonomo...

Surine Petersen, a teacher of shamanic dance, gives a performance in the Oqaatsu settlement where she conserves old Inuit storytelling traditions that she learnt from her father.

A group of people dressed up in costumes and wearing masks and headgear during a Malanka (also known as Pitsarai, Jocul Ursului (bear dance), Capra (goat) and Cerb (deer), a pagan New Year's celebrati...

A man wearing a mask and carrying a sheaf of wilted corn plants on a street in VAshkivtsi village during a Malanka (also known as Pitsarai, Jocul Ursului (bear dance), Capra (goat) and Cerb (deer), a...

A carriage carrying people dressed up in nun costumes wearing masks and carrying toy machine guns during a Malanka (also known as Pitsarai, Jocul Ursului (bear dance), Capra (goat) and Cerb (deer), a...

Stefan with his son leading their cows and bull. They are 'Banat Czechs' who are the descendants of a group that emigrated to a remote region of Romania in the 1800s. They have preserved the tradition...

Rosaria Jager (82), a 'Banat Czech' who are the descendants of a group that emigrated to a remote region of Romania in the 1800s. They have preserved the traditions, lifestyle and values of their fore...

Maricie (89) and her daughter Melanie (50), who is mentally disabled. They are 'Banat Czechs' who are the descendants of a group that emigrated to a remote region of Romania in the 1800s. They have pr...

Mustafa Olpak, the founder of the AfroTurk Association, in his office. Mr Olpak and the association are responsible for reviving AfroTurk traditions, as well as bring the fragmented comunities togethe...

Katherine Ramos, 23, a member of the pan African activist group Addis Ababa, keeps alive the traditions her grandmothers taught her on the use of turbans. She wears hers as a loose crown.

Family and community members pray during the ninth day of novena of a wake. Afro Ecuadorian rituals hold traditions from their African ancestry. A mass is held for nine days in the house of the deceas...

Mayra (52) looks out of her carriage window on a long distance train. 'I know everything about the European lifestyle. And also I know that we are completely different. I am going to Karaganda to...

A body of water in the Drakensberg area. There are over 50,000 rock paintings in the Drakensberg area. While it was thought that the Abathwa (Southern San) had been wiped out during the late 19th cent...

Fareeba, who set herself on fire in 2009, shows her burn scars as her mother brushes her hair at their home in Herat. Forced marriages and a lack of education contribute to a recent spate of suicide a...

Zahra, who set herself on fire in 2006, reveals her burn scars at a hostel which provides training in vocational skills in Herat. The hostel is run by the Association for Cooperation with Afghanistan...