Brazil dance costume. In the night clubs of Rio de Janeiro and other large Brazilian cities, one occasionally sees the Hollywood type of performer, whose exaggerated rhythms and fantastic costume… Read More
Dancing the Jarabe Tapatío (Mexican Hat Dance).
The Peruvian woman’s headdress changes from village to village.
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 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. Living Races of Mankind by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856-1927). Published by Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London.
A romantic gaucho playing the guitar.
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, 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
Gurkha Farmer with baskets and goat in Nepal. Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups.
