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  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
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  • Rhissa Feltou, mayor of Agadez, participates in the 4th annual Youth Festival day in the city celebrating education, cultural diversity and excellence in the classroom across all ethnicities in Agadez, Niger.
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  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
    20170408_niger_agadez_rf_058.jpg
  • Children from various ethnicities including Tuareg participate in the 4th annual Youth Festival celebrating and promoting educational excellence and culture in Agadez, Niger, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Rhissa Feltou.
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  • A sign showing a multi-ethnic congregation enjoying a Sunday Anglican service in Dartford who voted 64% in favour of Brexit during the 2016 referendum, at Dartford Parish Church, on 3rd October 2019, in Dartford, Kent, England.
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  • A sign showing a multi-ethnic congregation enjoying a Sunday Anglican service in Dartford who voted 64% in favour of Brexit during the 2016 referendum, at Dartford Parish Church, on 3rd October 2019, in Dartford, Kent, England.
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  • A man carries a bunch of birthday balloons and red flowers past a construction hoarding. Featuring a surprised expression of a woman reproduced in black and white, the man stops to let a moped scotter pass and he grasps the bouquet for his wife's special day. The hoarding is located on Ludgate Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial financial heart and historic centre founded by the Romans in AD43 but now the point of focus for Britain's economy.
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  • The faces on a construction site hoarding peer over a contractor's pile of tarmac in the back of a small truck, on the corner of Limeburner Lane and Ludgate Hill, EC4. A man appears to be looking at the small pile of tarmac with a doubtful expression and others look towards the viewer. The construction and development company Skanska is responsible for its design, maintaining a clean and tidy site, separating the dangers of the site and Londoners at street level.
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  • Business associates carrying work folders pass a construction hoarding. The faces and expressions of peoples' appearances feature large in the background as the two men stride past with green and blue ring binders on their way to an appointment - a meeting perhaps, somewhere nearby in the City of London, the capital's financial financial heart and historic centre founded by the Romans in AD43 but now the point of focus for Britain's economy.
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  • Curious people look through the aperture of a construction site window with a hoarding of many faces, to see the busy site below, on the corner of Limeburner Lane and Ludgate Hill, EC4. The construction and development company Skanska is responsible for its design, maintaining a clean and tidy site, separating the dangers of the site and Londoners at street level. .
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  • A young and healthy black man strides along the street and an infirm elderly man using a walking stick prepares to carefully cross the road, on 22nd May 2019, in Southwark, south London, England
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
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  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Solidarity gathering in remembrance of the Manchester attack victims in Altab Ali Park on May 26th 2017 in Whitechapel in East London, United Kingdom. People of all faiths but mainly Muslims from the local communities as well as other ethnicities came together in a multicultural gathering to stand together against terrorism and to think of the families affected by the recent events.
    20170526_solidarity with manchester_...jpg
  • Daw Mu Htan picking cotton and removing the seeds in the ethnic Kayan village of Lo Ka Na village, Panpet, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings . Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman sews traditional clothing outside her home, Ban Nam Chang, Bokeo province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An elderly Bai ethnic minority woman makes a bamboo basket for carrying vegetables in her home, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A portrait of a Pumi ethnic minority woman wearing her traditional clothing in her home, Lin Chang village, Yunnan Province, China. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • Portrait of Xi Le Li, a Hani ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing in Gan Pai Da Zhai village, Yunnan province, China. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • An Aini ethnic minority woman sewing her traditional clothing outside her home in Xiang Dao Ya village. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Miao/Hmong ethnic minority woman wearing a modern printed traditional style pleated skirt stands with a wild animal which has been caught in a trap, San Yao San village, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Miao/Hmong ethnic minority woman carries a baby and a pair rice beaters on her way back from threshing rice. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • An Aini ethnic minority woman sits on a bed with a young boy in her home in Xiang Dao Ya village. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman holds a reel of hand spun cotton, Ban Nam Lue, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman rolling cotton, Ban Nam Dee, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a head-cloth on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Kayah (Red Karen) ethnic minority villagers dance at a funeral on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region.
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple black tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman sews traditional clothing, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing makes paper outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing makes paper outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman sews traditional clothing outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman sews traditional clothing outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional indigo-dyed cotton clothing outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Naxi ethnic minority woman takes a chicken as a present for a new baby, Wen Hai Xia village, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • The bedroom of a young married Yao man and Yi woman in Xin Shan (Yao) village, Yunnan province, China. Until recently it was uncommon for a couple from different ethnic minority groups to get married. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A reel of hand spun cotton on a piece of rice straw, Ban Nam Lue, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • Wearing her traditional headdress and a modern t-shirt, a married Mouchi ethnic minority woman stands outside her wooden home in Ban Terka, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Portrait of an Akha Oma ethnic minority woman wearing her traditional clothing; Ban Sala Aebe, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Oma are one of Laos’ smallest ethnic groups with only a few villages in Phongsaly Province. Cotton growers, indigo dyers and exquisite embroiderers result in traditional clothing being both colourful and unique. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Portrait of a Ko Pala ethnic minority woman sewing outside her home in Ban Lao Li village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  She is wearing the Pala traditional headdress typical of the married woman of the Pala ethnic minority and plastic bead. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Daw Mu Htan picking cotton in the ethnic Kayan village of Lo Ka Na village, Panpet, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a head-cloth on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman with her grand-daughters on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
    DSCF6726cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Close up of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority womans brass leg rings on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings. It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings  It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman and a young child drinking millet wine on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Close up of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority womans brass leg rings on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings. It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings
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  • Portrait of a Kayah ethnic minority woman on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman looking outside of the window of her bamboo house on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Yinbaw ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Yinbaw womens traditional costume is mainly black with brightly coloured pom-poms and similarly decorated head-dresses
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple black tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth  tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • A Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman holds a spool of handspun cotton on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • A Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman weaving a skarf for tourists on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • A Padaung ethnic minority woman spinning cotton on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a bag on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Unlike the older women, young Kayah women wear modern clothing every day
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  • Kayah (Red Karen) ethnic minority villagers dance at a funeral on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region.
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  • Portrait of two Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority women on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
    A0032580cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman and girl on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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