Tribal Peoples Photo Album

ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited October 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
This looks really good. Could make a nice X-mas prezzie:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/galler ... l-holidays


A Chhetri woman in Dhorpatan, Nepal
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A shaman calls sharks to his canoe in Kontu, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The island of New Guinea, comprising Papua New Guinea and West Papua, is home to about 1,000 languages – 15% of the world’s total – despite being home to only 0.1% of world’s population
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Two Dongria Kondh women smile in Orissa. India's Dongria Kondh are fighting to prevent FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources mining their sacred mountain
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The Kogi are one of three closely related tribes living on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. All three are deeply spiritual, and believe they are the 'Elder Brothers' who hold the world in balance through a complex system of payments to the earth. They refer to outsiders as the 'Younger Brothers'
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Mek tribesmen in Indonesia. The West Papuan tribes have suffered greatly under the Indonesian military occupation, which began in 1963
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I have been a member of Survival International for 15 years,donate monthly and do raffles,sponsors etc for the cause.
    Their photography is quite simply stunning.Each year they produce a beautiful range of photographic Christmas Cards and Calendars.

    http://shop.survivalinternational.org/


    Such a great great cause.Thanks for the heads up .... this will be on my Christmas list

    P.S you don't need to be member to buy the goods.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
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