Pictures of villages [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Lani man in his hut Kids in village outside of Tulear Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa (Indonesia) Dani man wearing only his penis gourd Dani elder in traditional dress Women working in a terraced rice field Dani elder in traditional costume Vezo woman with facepaint in Arovana (Ankorohoke) Kids among sweet potato fields in the highlands of New Guinea Dani village Girl in Anyelma Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange; red; and dark brown paint (Indonesia) Dani warrior Family helping a fisherman take his boat out to sea Lake Sentani houses on stilts Fishing village of Batu Putih Isolated mountain home in forests of Sulawesi Turkana (Kenya) Vezo kids playing Moringa drouhardii Girl in the Antanifotsy Valley Dani man receiving a pig ear Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia) Turkana (Kenya) Hmong girl in traditional clothes chatting on her mobile phone (Laos) Tajik mother and son (China) Rumah Kaki Seribu (thousand feet house), a traditional hut in the highlands of West Papua, New Guinea Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck Dani man Small village in the Peruvian Andes Patterns on a barn in China (China) Child standing in a doorway behind a motorcycle (China) Papuan boy Turkana (Kenya) Muslim returning home from the mosque with his prayer rug in hand (China) Fish market in Rantepao Rope bridge near Wamena Sunset over Nusa Village across the Tembeling river from entrance to Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia) Typical Toraja house Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake (China) Loita Maasi man (Kenya) Heavily overloaded Peugeot in Madagascar Tajik children along the Karakoram highway (China) Sunset over Antananarivo (Tana) Fisherman's haul near Nyaru Menteng Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul (China) Turkana manyatta (Kenya) View of forested mountain near Huafenpin; a village that will be flooded by a dam on the Mekong (China) Papaya trees in a village Turkana (Kenya) Geometric patterns on a barn in China (China) Monks in a Lao village (Laos) Buying and selling at vegetable market in Rantepao Loita-Purko (Maasai) village at the base of the Loita Hills (Kenya) Dani feast Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes (Laos) Lao village (Laos) Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game (Laos) Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes (Laos) Goats in front of a yurt (China) Tibetan farm homes in NW Yunnan (China) Small village in the Peruvian Andes Shantytowns on road to Isalo (Isalo) Dani man Palawa village houses (Indonesia) Tibetan village on the road from Deqin to Shangri-la (China) Baby donkey looking through a doorway in a foggy village in Tibetan Yunnan (China) Mouley man collecting pitcher plants Quechua woman Maasai men in colored robes (Tanzania) Mosque in seaside Pare Pare in Sulawesi Baobab tree beside a Maasai village (Tanzania) Tajik adobe hut with bridge and mountains behind (China) Lake Sentani homes on stilts Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol (China) Man with a sickle and a donkey (China) Forest clearing near Mantandia Blue-green doors (China) queen's rova (Tana) Dani woman Woman riding a donkey (China) Purko elder (Kenya) villages: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34