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"Parenting Across Cultures" by Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super, professors at the University of Connecticut, U.S.A.

Along the Annapurna circuit, Nepal. 1991. Update: I won first place with this photo in a 2010 National Geographic Traveller Photo Contest: "The World in Focus"

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Every baby in Mucubal tribe wears this piece of wood and shells in the back, Ombeleketha. It is a kind of talisman the mother puts. Once the baby can walk, they remove it and keep it for the next baby to come! Mucubal (also called Mucubai, Mucabale, Mugubale) people are a subgroup of the Herero ethnic group, which means they are bantu speaking, and are supposed to have come from Kenya and to be related with Massais. They are semi nomadic pastoralists living of cattle raising and agriculture…

5th Day in Northern Vietnam : Women of the Red Dzao ethnic minority, Ta Phin Village ~ Sapa A mother of Red Dzao tribe carrying her son at Ta Phin Village The Red Dzao is one of the ethnic groups that live in the region. They are called Red Dzao because they always use red to decorate the clothes they wear. There are two curiosities about this tribe. The first is that you can know how rich a woman is by the size of her hat. the other is that the local canon of beauty says women have to shave…

Soninke Woman, Mauritania, Africa photo by Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Africa | Tuareg man. North of Gao, Mali. | ©Georges Courreges

This tribe is one of the most beautiful i've seen: Mumuilas (or Muhilla or Mumuhuila ) live in south Angola, and are very shy with foreigners, as they do not see any tourists in the area! The girl on the picture wears a giant necklace as she is married. On the head, she has a special mix of cow dungs, herbs, and mud. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

smile-arigatou: “ mumuhuila tribe mother and her daughter ”