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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Chilis and tomatos at the market in Rantepao (Indonesia) Valley in western Xinjang (China) Chinese-constructed home in Tajik region of Xinjiang; China (China) Estate along the muddy Yangtze river (China) Boy near a mosque on the road to Kusrap (China) Turkana (Kenya) Yurts on a plain (China) Tajik women coming in from the field (China) Bukit Lawang (Indonesia) Man carving balsa wood art at Ketu Kese (Indonesia) Bridge over a stream in Datong (China) Turkana (Kenya) Turkana (Kenya) Kwamala flooding (Suriname) Rain drops making patterns inmuddy puddle Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Tajik father and daughter (China) Kusrap man (China) Rice fields (China) Kids in village outside of Tulear Village (Morocco) River along the road to Datong (China) Children in a Loita-Purko village near the Loita Hills (Kenya) Salak or snakeskin fruit (Salacca Edulis) Hmong girl in traditional clothes texting on a mobile phone (Laos) Aikima mummy (350 years old) Tajik village along the road to Datong (China) Statue encouraging Indonesians to have only two children Adobe house (China) Turkana (Kenya) Tashkurgan; a Silk Road staging post. Its Uighur name Stone Fortress or Stone Tower (China) church (Tana) Vendor with all of his wares on the back of his motorcycle Woman working with material used for dyeing silk yellow School kids (China) Typical Toraja house Floating bamboo poles for construction New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white (China) Girls preparing to play pov pob, a traditional Hmong courtship game (Laos) Kids grinding grain or cassava Dani man Muddy rice paddies near Ketu Kese (Indonesia) Turkana (Kenya) Tajik village along the road to Datong (China) Mouley man near Syou Kids playing in the dust of a dirt road (China) Donkey in a holding pen in the village of Kusrap (China) Coffee being sold at the central market in Rantepao (Indonesia) Papuan hut and garden Turkana (Kenya) Arabic sign on a wall in Kusrap; China (China) Boys in Congo Tajik settlement (China) Turkana Akai or Ekol (Kenya) Maasai manyatta (Tanzania) Kids in Tashkurgan (China) Picking the right eeel at the fish market in Rantepao Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village Zebu cart carrying bricks (Tana) Rocky Tajik home near a high elevation grassland (China) Woman and child in a potato field Datong village; surrounded by mountains; partially powered by solar (China) Staff and enrollment information for the Lokichoggio Mixed Primary School (Kenya) Muslim men leaving prayer at the mosque in Kusrap (China) Emerald rice fields Hmong child in dragon jacket (Laos) Sulawesi homes surrounded by rice fields Dani elder in traditional garb Adumu; a traditional Maasai dance (Tanzania) Corn field in Xinjiang (China) Children in a village in the Tsaranoro Valley Bright green rice paddies in Yunnan (China) Dani man Pig eating lake weeds Homes among rice fields along the Yangtsi River (China) Rice fields in southern China (China) Village in the Tsaranoro Valley Stone homes in southwestern Tibet - northeaster Yunnan (China) Steam rising from a forested ridge in the Malaysia jungle (Malaysia) Women in a donkey cart in Kusrap (China) Night settles over Nusa Village (Malaysia) Durian fruit for sale in Sengkang (Indonesia) Kwamala (Suriname) Ambodiforaha village near Masoala NP (Masoala NP) Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale (China) Turkana (Kenya) Group in Dani in a highland village Women in Kusrap (China) 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