Dancing the Jarabe Tapatío (Mexican Hat Dance).
Mexican China Poblana dance costume. Jarabe Tapatío.
Category: 20th Century
The Peruvian woman’s headdress.
The Peruvian woman’s headdress changes from village to village.
Female from Santísima Trinidad de Huancayo, Peru.
The people of Huancayo, in gorgeous rented costumes such as this, annually celebrate the fiesta of their city’s patron saint.
Women with fruits. Venezuela folk dress.
Women with fruits. Venezuela folk dress. Women in Venezuela, as in all other Latin american countries, carry great burdens of fruits or vegetables on their heads. Illustration by Jo Bartas.
A Norwegian girl in bridal dress
A Norwegian girl in bridal dress. Living Races of Mankind by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856-1927). Published by Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London.
A romantic gaucho playing the guitar.
A romantic gaucho playing the guitar.
Gaucho from Argentina wearing the traditional chiripá.
The traditional gaucho costume is characterized by the chiripá. The chiripá hungs down like an apron over wide baggy trousers.
African warrior of the Nuer tribe, 1930s.
African warrior of the Nuer tribe, Sudan 1930s. The Nuer are an African ethnic group in South Sudan and western Ethiopia. They are traditionally cattle farmers. Their social structure is… Read More
Traditional Gurkha Farmer with baskets and goat in Nepal.
Gurkha Farmer with baskets and goat in Nepal. Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups.
Ovambo women of the kingdom Ondonga, Namibia.
Women of the Bantu society Ovambo, Namibia Afrika.