A group of boys perform a traditional dance during the first Kannawidan Ylocos (Ilocos Culture) Festival in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines last January 2008.
A group of boys perform a traditional dance during the first Kannawidan Ylocos (Ilocos Culture) Festival in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines last January 2008.
An hour away from urban Manila is the Ipo River which supplies the water for the metropolis. Ipo is home to many indigenous people called Dumagats.
Bullfighting in the village of Casabindo, Provincia de Jujuy, in the Andean northwest of Argentina.
Featuring wraps, scarves, shirts and adornments from Thailand to Oaxaca for the current exhibit.
The museum's collection has surpassed five thousand pieces from indigenous cultures around the world.
'Quechquemitl of industrial and handspun cotton, plain and curved weaves, embroidered in cross stitch; blouse of industrial cotto muslin, embroidered with mercerized cotton in running stitch; sash of handspun wool colored with synthetic dyes, plain weave; wrap-around skirt of handspun wool, upper webs of plain weave, bottom web of double weave in cotton and wool dyed with synthetic purple.' Yuhu (Otomi) people of the Northern Sierra, Puebla, Mexico. In the Capilla de Rosario.
In the centuries-old Capilla de Rosario, dozens of handmade mannequins help bring to life traditional dress from Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Congo, Peru, Japan, China and all over Mexico.
Museo Textil de Oaxaca.
Grand Opening April 2008.
Housed in a renovated 18th century private house and 16th Century ex-convent in the town's historic center. Featuring textiles from all over the world.
From Nueva Leon, Mexico. 19th Century, left, and 20th Century, right.
Museo Textil de Oaxaca.
Grand Opening April 2008.
Shoulder cloth. Mid 20th Century.