Sumo wrestlers in ring watched by referee wearing the costume of a shogun. Sumo is an ancient form of wrestling thought to have originated in Japan some 2 000 years ago. The ring consists of a circl...

Figure in mask and costume performing Genroku a bugaku dance originating in India and coming to Japan via China in the eigth century. Depicts a snake-eater hunting for his food. Line of musicians b...

Sagimori Shrine. Bugaku has been preserved for over a thousand years by courtiers of the Imperial Palace normally performed exclusively by men these girls dressed in traditional yellow costume are...

Sagimori Shrine. Bugaku has been preserved for over a thousand years by courtiers of the Imperial Palace normally performed exclusively by men these girls dressed in traditional yellow costume are...

Gion Festival. Pageboys in elaborate costume parade in festival procession shielded from the sun by paper parasols carried by their attendants.

Young boy wearing traditional costume and carrying short sword at village festival. In feudal times Kyushu was notable for the power of its great daimyo families and the festival celebrates the samur...

Young Mexican girl wearing traditional costume

Young Mexican girl wearing traditional costume

Flute player and chanter in traditional costume during celebrations for the Mongolian Lunar New Year or Tsagaan Tsaar.East Asia Asian Classic Classical Historical Mongol Uls Older

Young woman sitting on a green towel wearing a pink swimming costume on sandy beach looking out towards the sea

Malaita Province Lau Lagoon Foueda Island. Men in traditional costume performing dance.

ITALY, Tuscany, San Gimignano, Boys and young men in Medieval costume beating drums in a parade through the streets during a pageant in the town.