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  • A Zapotec Indian woman in traditional clothing serves food to wedding guests while others dance into the night. Weekends are full of wedding celebrations in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, the narrow and flat part of the country where the Zapotec culture is still strong. <br />
Women are noticeably open and confident, taking a leading role in business and government. <br />
The Isthmus never became part of the Aztec Empire and resistance to the Spanish was strong in the mid-1500s.  This party was complete with traditional food and dancing. After the church wedding, the couple walked through the streets of town following musicians. They collect family and carry food to where the street is blocked off for the party.
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  • Zapotec Indian women wearing colorful, traditional clothing dance into the night at a wedding party in the streets of Juchitan, Mexico. Weekends are full of wedding celebrations in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrow and flat part of the country where the Zapotec culture is still strong. Women are noticeably open and confident, taking a leading role in business and government in matrilineal traditions. The Isthmus never became part of the Aztec Empire and resistance to the Spanish was strong in the mid-1500s. After the church wedding, the couple walks through the streets of town following musicians. They collect family and carry food to where the street is blocked off for the party.
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  • Australian Aborigine man with body paint on legs watched by two women.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Suri women with lip plates.
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  • Women panning for gold in the dust of streets full of garbage.
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  • Women watch fishermen returning in a canoe.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • In Kireka, women break rocks to be used in construction materials.
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  • Nyangatom women dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • Women look at a map at The City Flea, an urban market held in summer months.
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  • Young women walk their dog at the Findlay Market in Cincinnati.
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  • Women sing out 'Stop in the Name of Love' in the spot where Diana Ross recorded the song.
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  • Stylish, extravagant hats are a long-standing tradition at the Kentucky Derby. Competition for the best dressed is nearly as fierce as the thoroughbred horse race outside. Women parade in costumed finery in the Turf Club in hallways lined with jockey's portraits at Churchill Downs.
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  • Costumed women dressed in ethnic hats and dresses stand on La Ronda, one of the oldest streets in Quito where tourists often pass by.
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  • Ecuadorian women weave toquilla straw Panama hats from the plaited leaves of a palm-like plant. The friends work together making hats that exported are exported. Hat-weaving evolved in the early to mid-1600s, became known in the early 1800s and more popular in the mid-19th century when miners of the California Gold Rush traveled to California. ThIs was followed by Theodore Roosevelt who was photographed wearing one in 1906 visiting the Panama Canal.
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  • Women hand-paint ceramic pots in Talavera pottery factory in Puebla.  The Mexican pottery is a type of majolica (faience) or tin-glazed earthenware, with a white base glaze typical of the type. It is a mixture of Italian, Spanish and indigenous ceramic techniques.
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  • Women weaving.
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  • Women removing the scales from red mullet at a fish processing plant.
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  • Women gather compost from restaurants and stores to be re-used by farmers.
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  • Women gather compost from restaurants and stores to be re-used by farmers.
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  • Women meeting to discuss getting stores in Nantes to allow them to use zero waste practices.
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  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
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  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
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  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
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  • Women prepare meat in the Buluk area.
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  • Women collect water from a bore hole that a wind farm provided in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • Covered women photographers gather for a view of the Ruler of Alain.
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  • Arbore women wearing goat skins.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe dance at a bull jumping initiation.
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  • Kara women dance as their sons prepare for a bull jumping initiation.
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  • Kara men, women and children participate in an evening dance.
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  • Nyangatom women collect water.
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  • Hamar women in a bar on market day.
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  • Men, women and children of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Nyangatom women prepare to dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • Suri women with lip plates.
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  • Suri women building a hut in a village outside of Tulgit.
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  • Suri women building a hut in a village outside of Tulgit.
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  • Suri women with lip plates.
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  • Hamar women prepare to be whipped during an initiation ritual.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Kara women dance as their sons prepare for initiation into manhood.
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  • Women dancing in a Petropavlovsk nightclub.
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  • Women wait to view a display of jewelry made for a Bollywood movie.
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  • Women trying on gold necklaces in a showroom on Askhays Tritiya day.
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  • Women panning for gold in the dust of streets full of garbage.
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  • Women attending a wedding ceremony in old Harappa town.
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  • Women workers move dirt out of a giant reservoir of water.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe dance at a bull jumping initiation.
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  • Nyangatom women prepare to dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • Women dancing in a Petropavlovsk nightclub.
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  • Novices studying to become cloistered nuns take a break from their prayers at Santa Catalina Convent to sing in the garden.<br />
The young, cloistered nuns never leave convent grounds and live a life of contemplation in Arequipa, Peru. Older nuns allow the young women free time once a day to help them adjust to the cloistered, regimented life. Having just left their families they will never see again, the vow of commitment the novices take is a serious lifelong decision.
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  • Three woman wearing felt fedoras laugh and watch friends at a community gathering in a rural, mountain area of Ecuador. The traditional hats as similar to the Cholita or bowler hats worn by women in Bolivia.
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  • Mother Superior joins other nuns for a tasty breakfast at Convento de Carmen Alto, a cloistered convent. Women in the cloistered Carmelite religious order in Quito have jobs and duties performed throughout the monastery daily.
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  • A woman knits a pink bootie for a baby at Casa Matilda, a non-profit safe house. Women seeking refuge are given a place to sleep and eat, medical attention and help to relocate safely with their children.
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  • After the church wedding, the bride and groom are escorted through the streets of town following musicians. They collected family members who carried food to the street blocked off for the party. <br />
Mexico's narrowest point is the Isthmus of Tehuantepec--flat, country where the Zapotec culture is still strong.  Women take leading role in business and government.  The Isthmus never became part of the Aztec Empire and resistance to the Spanish was strong in the mid-1500s.
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  • Novices play ball in a courtyard during a short break from the strict everyday life in a cloistered convent at Santa Catalina Convent in Arequipa, Peru. Older Catholic nuns allow this scheduled play to help the young nuns adjust more easily to the new rules and a routine: They are always silent, pray seven times a day, and never leave the grounds. Visitors to the convent can attend mass but never see life behind the walls where 23 women ranging in age from 15 to 93 make their home.
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  • A worker consoles a crying child at Casa Matilda, a non-profit safe house. The facility exists to help support women and their families in Quito who are in need of place to go if they are abused or threatened.
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  • A young Zapotec woman adorned in a flower wreath sits in the shadows during a wedding celebration in the Chagigo neighborhood of Juchitan. Wedding celebrations happen on weekends in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where traditional culture is strong.  Women take leading roles in business and government in the town with the population of approximately 70,000 people.  The Mexican Isthmus never became part of the Aztec Empire, as resistance to the Spanish was strong in the mid-1500s.
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  • A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass. Although talented women compete, it is not an easy life.
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  • Nuns at Convento de Carmen Alto, a cloistered convent, gather with their dog that all the women love.
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  • Nuns take communion from a priest through  a metal fence that divides the women from the public during morning mass in Quito's cloistered, Convento de Carmen Alto.
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  • Nuns enjoy coffee and tea for breakfast at Convento de Carmen Alto, a cloistered convent where women live in silence and behind walls in downtown, historic Quito.
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  • A counselor talks with a troubled child on the playground at Casa Matilda, a non-profit safe house. The facility supports women who need a refuge from abusive or threatening situations. They can receive food, a place to sleep, medical attention and emotional support for them selves and their children.
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  • A counselor talks with a troubled child at Casa Matilda, a non-profit safe house. The facility supports women who need a refuge from abusive or threatening situations. They can receive food, a place to sleep, medical attention and emotional support for them selves and their children.
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  • The bride and groom put their heads together and share a private moment at their wedding party.  Weekends are full of celebrations complete with traditional food and dancing in the street. After the church wedding, the couple walked through the streets of town following musicians. They collected family members who carried food to the street blocked off for the party. <br />
Mexico's narrowest point is the Isthmus of Tehuantepec--flat, country where the Zapotec culture is still strong.  Women take leading role in business and government.  The Isthmus never became part of the Aztec Empire and resistance to the Spanish was strong in the mid-1500s.
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  • A woman during life-threatening childbirth.
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  • A woman during life-threatening childbirth.
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  • Tourists walk through the ruins of Monte Alban, a Zapotec capital in the Valley of Oaxaca. Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples – Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs – the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids and artificial mounds of Monte Albán were literally carved out of the mountain and are the symbols of a sacred topography. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with unique architecture.
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  • Cloistered nuns pray seven times a day and otherwise remain silent.  Contemplation is the most important thing in their lives. Santa Catalina Convent, the Monasterio de Santa Catalina was built in 1580 and enlarged in the 17th century. In the chapel, the 30 cloistered nuns come together who live secluded inside the convent.
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  • Cloistered nuns pray seven times a day and otherwise remain silent.  Contemplation is the most important thing in their lives. Santa Catalina Convent, the Monasterio de Santa Catalina was built in 1580 and enlarged in the 17th century. In the chapel, the 30 cloistered nuns come together who live secluded inside the convent.
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  • A young child is dressed up in pink with a large flower on her hat to visit an elderly family member for tea in Quito.
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  • A baby is born at the Moscow Planning Center and Maternity Home.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • A young child is dressed up in pink with a large flower on her hat to visit an elderly family member for tea in Quito.
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  • Mother Superior's dog greets her in the morning in the courtyard of Convento de Carmen Alto. The convent is home to cloistered nuns in the center of the historic district of Quito.
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  • A nun makes wafers for communion at Convento de Carmen Alto, a cloistered convent in the Colonial historic district of Quito.
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  • An Australian woman boating across a flooded road.
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  • A woman draining rainwater off her porch awning.
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  • Miss Ecuador puts on make up and does her hair in her home.
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  • At the A Fun Ti Carnival Restaurant, ethnic dancers, wait staff, performers are all from Xinjiang Province in North West China.
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  • A young child is dressed up in pink with a large flower on her hat to visit an elderly family member for tea in Quito.
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  • A baby is born at the Moscow Planning Center and Maternity Home.
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  • A baby is born at the Moscow Planning Center and Maternity Home.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • A baby is born at the Moscow Planning Center and Maternity Home.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • Maternity ward at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
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  • Owner of 'Good Girls Go to Paris' creperie in Detroit.
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  • The Logger of the Year winner hugs his girlfriend in red boots to celebrate after he won in the annual logging show held in Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island. The Southeast Alaskan competition is the “real thing”—not a tourist show—where loggers, former loggers, and “wannabe” loggers compete, climbing trees and sawing timber.
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  • Mother Superior's dogs greets her in the morning in the courtyard of Convento de Carmen Alto. The cloistered convent is located in the historic, Colonial district of Quito.
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  • A client admires her braid, flowers in her hair and freshly applied makeup at Princess de Gales, a beauty school in downtown Quito.
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