Brazil: Baby Sliding Down A Dune

Brazil. Salvador. A boy sliding down a white sand dune along the sea.

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Brésil. Salvador. Un enfant glisse sur une dune de sable blanc le long de la mer.

Brazil: Welcoming A Family's Tenth Baby

Brazil. Salvador. A fisherman's wife bathes the last of her ten kids.

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Brésil. Salvador. La femme d’un pêcheur baigne le dernier de ses dix enfants.

Aymara Indian Poling Reed Boat On Lake Titicaca

Bolivia. Lake Titicaca at Huatajata. Snowcapped Cordillera Real behind. Aymara Indian poling a reed boat.

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Bolivie. Lac Titicaca près d’Huatajata. Cordillère royale. Indien Aymara usant d’une perche pour faire avancer son bateau de joncs.

Yanomami Beauty Salon

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Yano, a communal house that accomodates as many as 100 people, each family cluster around its own fire. Yanomami woman paints another with urucu, the red grains in a chestnut-like pod, which she has pressed in an oblong ball.

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Brésil. Amazonie. Maison communale Yanomami, qui peut abriter jusqu’à cent personnes, chaque famille autour de son propre feu.  Femme décorant le corps d’une autre en utilisant de l’urucu (achiote) pressé en une boule oblongue.

Colombia: Coffee Picker

Colombia. Andes Mountains. Chinchina (Caldas State). Picking coffee.

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Colombie. Montagnes des Andes. Chinchina (Caldas). Cueillant du café.

Cartagena: Celebrating Colombia's Independence

Colombia. Cartagena. Celebrating Independence Day with an impromptu dance at the end of a procession.

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Colombie. Cartagena. Célébrant le jour de l’Indépendence avec une danse improvisée. 

Giraffes Council

Kenya. Nairobi National Park. Giraffes (giraffa camelopardalis).

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Sundown On A Sahelian Scene

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad girl carries a rope to hobble a zebu after sundown.

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Niger. Sahel. Fille Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) se prépare à entraver un zébu après la chute du soleil.

Sunset On A Biblical Scene

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad boy pulling a camel at sunset.

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Niger. Sahel. Enfant Wodaabe (Bororo/Peul) tirant un chameau au soleil couchant.

Moroccan Berber Village.

Morocco. Djebel Sarhro. AÏt Slilo Nekob. AÏt Ata Berbers.

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Maroc. Djebel Sarhro. AÏt Slilo Nekob. Berbères AÏt Ata.

Motherhood

Ethiopia. Danakil Depression (Great Rift Valley). Danakil nomad mother.

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Ethiopie. Dépression Danakil (Grande faille d’Afrique). Mère Danakil.

Ecuador: Otavalo Market.

Ecuador. Andes Mountains. Otavalo. Market.  Snack-eating Otavalo Indian vendor peeking through her tapestries.

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Equateur. Montagnes des Andes. Otavalo. Marché. Mangeant de sa main, une femme Otavalo jette un coup d’œil entre sa production de tapisseries.

Lonely Colombian Village

Colombia.  La Cumbre (Cauca Valley), an Andean village at dawn.

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Colombie.  Vallée du Cauca. La Cumbre, un village andin à l’aube

Yanomami Social Life

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Yanomami women grate manioc over the inside of a huge tree bark.  The clan will prepare a huge quantity of soup with it, and invite some 100 people of a neighboring clan to come and share it with them at a merry party. Such invitations are made in the hope of maintaining cordial relations

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Brésil. Amazonie. Femmes Yanomami râpant du manioc sur le lisse intérieur d’une écorce d’arbre. Le clan en préparera  assez de soupe pour inviter un clan voisin fort de près de 100 personnes. L’invitation, qui inclura une énorme quantité de venaison, s’assurera de bonnes relations

A Kiss In The Park

Argentina. Buenos Aires. Palermo. February 3 Park. Lovers kissing on a bridge.

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Argentine. Buenos Aires. Palermo. Park du 3 février. Baiser sur un pont.

Suckling Baby Camel

Niger. Sahara. Suckling baby camel.

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Niger. Sahara. Bébé chameau tétant sa mère.

Ethiopia': Afar Girl

Ethiopia. Great Rift Valley. Danakil Depression (Afar Triangle). Danakil (Afar) nomad girl.

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Ethiopie. Grande faille d’Afrique. Dépression Danakil (Triangle Afar). Jeune fille Danakil (Afar).

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Peruvian Indian Market

Peru. Andes Mountains. Pisac. Cuzco Province. Market. Indian food vendor.

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         Pérou. Montagnes des Andes. Pisac. Province de Cuzco. Cuisinière indienne.                                                                                                

Mexico. Chihuahua State. Copper Canyon.

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Mexique. Etat de Chihuhua. Canyon du cuivre.

I was away from the computer for more than two weeks, and very happy about it. I regret, however, to have disappointed those who, meanwhile, found my blog inactive.

     I was In Colombia, one of my favorite countries. But I'm back now, and trying to catch up.

J'ai été loin de mon ordinateur ces derniers temps, et pas fâché du tout. Je regrette cependant d'avoir déçu ceux qui trouvèrent mon blog inactif.

     J'étais en Colombie, l'un de mes pays favoris. Mais je suis de retour. Quoique très occupé à mettre mes affaires à jour, je ferai de nouveau de mon mieux pour vous montrer de nouvelles images du monde.

Wodaabe Man Of Niger Dancing The Gerewol, A Male Beauty Contest

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe nomad dancing the Gerewol, a dance which is at the same time a male beauty contest between clans. An ostrich feather stands on his head.

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Niger. Sahel. Nomade Wodaabe dansant le Gerewol, qui est à la fois un concours de beauté masculine entre clans. Une plume d’autruche se dresse  sur sa tête.

Colombian Free-For-All Bullfight

Colombia. Near Cartagena. Corraleja, a popular free-for-all bullfight. A few are using a muleta, some inscribed with a supermarket ad, but most use anything they lay their hands on their way here, including cement bags. Thrash from the spectators rain on the amateur bullfighters in derision.

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Colombie. Près de Cartagena. Corraleja, un combat de taureaux populaire. Quelques hommes utilisent une muleta, certaines portant le nom d’un supermarché. D’autres se servent d’un sac de papier, d’un carton, ou de ce que la foule moqueuse leur lance à la tête depuis les gradins d bambou.

Ecuadorian Indigenous Male Courtesy

Ecuador. Andes Mountains near Cuenca. Indigenous courtesy.

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Equateur. Montagnes des Andes près de Cuenca.  Courtoisie indigène.

Wodaabe Woman Of Niger

Niger. Sahel. Azaouak Valley. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) woman painted and dressed up to attend a gerewol, a dance that is also a male beauty contest between clans.

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Niger. Sahel. Femme Wodaabe (Bororo/Peule) peinte et habillée pour assister à un gerewol, une danse qui est à la fois un concours de beauté masculine entre clans.

Laughs Brighten A Peruvian Shantytown

Peru. Lima. Cerro San Cristobal slum.

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Pérou. Lima. Taudis de la colline San Cristobal.

Inquisitive Gazes

Peru. Pisac. Quechua-speaking Indian boys.

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Pérou. Pisac. Enfants Quechua.

Sooty Terns flyng off Ua Huka Island

French Polynesia. Marquesas Archipelago. Hua Uka Island. Sooty tern rookery.

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Polynésie française. Archipel des Marquises. Ile d’Hua Uka. Hirondelles de mer.

Coptic Priest Reading The Gospel Over An Ethiopian Rock Hewn Church.

Ethiopia. Lalibela. Bet Giorgis rockhewn church. Coptic priest reading the Gospel.

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Ethiopie. Lalibela. Eglise Bet Giorgis, taillée dans la roche. Prêtre copte Amhara lisant l’évangile.

Mali. Timbuktu. Long gutters keep the rare rains'water away from the clay walls. Black African and Arab women.

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Mali. Tombouctou. Les longues gouttières servent à protéger les murs d’argile des rares pluies. Femmes noire et arabe.

Wodaabe woman of Niger's Sahel

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad girl attending a Yakey, a male dance and beauty contest.

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Niger. Sahel. Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad girl attending a Yakey, a male dance and beauty contest.

Benin. Bush Fire.

Benin. Near Djougou. Bush fire.

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Benin. Près de Djougou. Feu de brousse.

Coptic Priest In Lalibela,Ethiopia

Ethiopie. Lalibela. Amhara coptic priest showing off a golden cross outside his stone church.

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Ethiopie. Lalibela. Prêtre copte Amhara montrant une croix d’or a l’extérieur de son église de pierre.

Sunset On An Altiplano Sand Dune

Bolivia. Altiplano near Cerdas (Quijarro province).  Setting sun over sand dune.

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Bolivie. Altiplano près de Cerdas (Province de Quijarro). Coucher de soleil sur une dune de sable 

Young Orang Utan Examining A Flower.

Indonesia. Borneo. Young Orang Utan examining a flower.

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Indonésie. Bornéo. Jeune orang outan examinant une fleur

Indonesia: Toraja House.

Indonesia. Sulawesi. Toraja house and people.

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Indonésie. Sulawesi. Maison Toraja.

Blackfoot Indian Man Portrait

Canada. Alberta. Calgary. Temporary Indian village on the grounds of the Calgary Stampede. Blackfoot Indian.

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Canada. Calgary (Alberta). Campement indien provisoire au lieu où se déroule le rodéo annuel. Indien Pied Noir.

Morocco: Fortified Berber Village In The Djebel Sarhro

Morocco. Djebel Sarhro. Ait Slilo Nekob, a fortified AÏt Ata Berber village.

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Maroc. Djebel Sarhro. Ait Slilo Nekob, un village fortifié de Berbères AÏt Ata.

Ewe Women Walking To Market In Togo

Togo. Near Lome. Walking along the sea, Ewe women are carrying coconut shells to market to sell as firewood. The nuts' meat is being dried to be turned into copra.

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Togo. Près de Lomé. Femmes Ewé transportant des coquilles de noix de coco au marché pour les vendre comme bois de chauffage. La chair des noix se sèche au soleil pour en faire du coprah.

Man Of The Marquesas Islands

French Polynesia. Marquesas Archipelago. Hiva Oa Island.

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Polynésie française. Archipel des Marquises. Ile d’Hiva Oaa.

Reed-Canoe-Poling Uro On Lake Titicaca

Peru. Lake Titicaca. Uro-Aymara Indian girl poling reed canoe from her floating reed island to another. She lives in a world of reeds—the reeds surrounding her and those her family uses. To build reed islands, reed huts, reed beds (mats), reed boats, reeds to fuel the fire, and even reeds to snack on. Long ago, they even used them to make their clothes.

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Pérou. Lac Titicaca. Jeune fille Uro-Aymara usant d’une perche pour mouvoir son canot de roseaux de son ile flottante à celle d’un autre membre de sa famille. Elle vit dans un monde de roseaux. Ceux qui poussent autour d’elle et ceux dont sa famille se sert. Pour créer des iles flottantes, des huttes, des nattes pour s’y coucher, des canots et pour nourrir leurs feux. Ils le mâchent pour calmer la faim. Anciennement ils s’en faisaient des vêtements.