INDIA: Ladakhi women wearing ethnic traditional clothing and Perak (turquoise encrusted hats) at a local fair in Sumur village. Silk route festival, Sumur, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir*
Banjara tribal people at Raikal village. A Banjara women`s mode of dressing is regarded to be the most colorful, as well as elaborate, amongst all other tribal communities that are present at the moment in India.
Asia: Dardic Dah-Hanu Woman in Traditional Costume, Ladakh Annual Festival Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
The wool bodices and skirts are trimmed with silk ribbon. The skirt is printed with an intricate pattern and the white stockings are beautifully embroidered - Norway
Portrait of a woman from the Marwada Meghwal Harijan tribe wearing traditional clothing and a large golden wedding ring through her nose in the village of Hodka, located roughly from Bhuj in the Kutch District. By Kimberley Coole