world cultures

Photo by <n>Trevor Stuurman</n> for <n>British Vogue</n> at <n>ARISE Fashion Week</n> 2018.

A <n>Tuareg woman</n> in Djanet, Algeria. Photo by <n>Frans Lemmens</n>, 2012.

<n>Haratin women</n> in Morocco, photographed by <n>Jean Besancenot</n> in 1950.

<n>Aukana Buddha</n> in Sri Lanka, photographed by <n>Raghubir Singh</n> for <n>National Geographic</n> in 1979.

A 1988 photo by <n>Margaret Courtney-Clarke</n> from the book <n>African Canvas. The Art of West African Women</n>.

<n>Handprints</n> at <n>Kodachrome Basin State Park</n>, Utah. Photo by <n>Jerry Ray</n>.

A look from <n>Eká</n>'s Spring/Summer 2024 collection, <n>A travelogue of Kohima</n>.

A traditional <n>Hausa House</n> in Zinder, Niger. Photo by <n>Ferdinand Reus</n>.

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<n>Mursi Girl, Ethiopia</n>, a 2011 portrait by photographer <n>Mario Marino</n>.

Photo by <n>Jean-Gabriel Neukomm</n>, via <n>Anna Magdalena Mimiez</n>.

Assyrian <n>Lamassu from the palace of Sargon II</n> in Khorsabad, c. 721-705 BC. Photo by <n>swisshippo</n>.

A performance of the <n>Ketjak</n> dance in Bali from the 1974 book <n>Sacred dance: encounter with the gods</n>.

Inspired by weaver bird nests, <n>The Nest</n> in Namibia was designed by <n>Porky Hefer</n>. Photo by <n>Katinka Bester</n>.

The Wodaabe People - Culture (4) - Nigeria

A collection of traditional <n>Anatolian Kilim Motifs</n>.

A view of the <n>Great Pyramid of Giza</n>. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

A <n>Dogon Granary Door</n> from Mali, created by the <n>Dogon people</n>.

Decorator <n>Hasan Arabi</n> by a diwan entrance he painted in Argin, c. 1942.

Creative director <n>Trevor Stuurman</n> in a traditional Benin look.

The <n>Great Mosque of Djenné</n> in Mali, an example of <n>Sudano-Sahelian architecture</n>.

Photographer's portraits of African tribes who can teach us happiness

The 16th-century <n>Panna Meena ka Kund</n> stepwell in Amer, Rajasthan.

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