Men pour very hot aji / red pepper juice down nostrils to cure their hangovers after the festivalTukano / Makuna Indigenous Tribes rio Piraparana North West Amazonia Amazon American Colombian So...

Shaman in full festive regalia Ð feather head-dress red karajuru facial paint dark purple we body dye monkey tooth belt cumare fibre garters painted with yellow clay. He beats and waves the...

Young boy with we dark purple leaf dye and a crown of macaw and toucan feathers plays the carizu panpipesTukano / Makuna Indigenous Tribes rio Piraparana North West Amazonia Amazon American...

Portrait of Uriel young man with fine feather head-dress of royal crane macaw toucan and egret feathers. Note feathers are woven into the head-dress with cumare fibre and attached to a banana ste...

Kogi religious centre of Mamarongo. View of nuhue / temple roof with potsherds in the rack at apex. In background high peaks of the Sierra NevadaIndigenous Tribes American Center Colombian Relig...

Men playing kuisi flutes in San Miguel village. macho male flute has one hole and player waves a maraca; embra female flute which has five holes and maintains the melody.Indigenous Tribes Amer...

Catholic mission bell tower in ancient Ika village administrative centre of Nabusimaque since Capuchins left in 1978American Center Christian Colombian South America Columbia Hispanic Latin America...

San Miguel village important Kogi centre thatched roofs with pots at apex. Man with dog wearing threadbare woven manta / cloak and two mochilas / shoulder bags talking to woman with new manta...

Portrait of older woman wearing necklace of precious red glass beads. Indigenous Tribes American Colombian South America Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino Female Women Girl Lady

Ritual burial cave in forested hills behind village containing mummified corpses with nightjar perched on one also loose skulls and bones and spindles of the dead . Indigenous Tribes Colombian/Vene...

Religious centre of Takina where very young boys are trained to become mamas / priests. Racks of sacred potsherds at apex of each nuhue / temple roof. Lesser peaks of Sierra Nevada in backgroundI...

Religious centre of Mamarongo; well preserved racks of potsherds at roof apices. Granite seats for mamas / priests outside second nuhue / templeIndigenous Tribes Caribbean coast American Center Co...