12 poignant images of tribal peoples around the world

updated 12/9/2018

Each year, Survival International – a charity that lobbies for the rights of indigenous peoples – collate the best of their supporters' pictures into an annual calendar. Celebrating the diversity and beauty of tribal peoples around the world, it supports their mission to help them defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their futures.

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The K'iche Maya,
The Yanomami,
The Dong,
The Tucano,
The Dani, West Papua
The Asurini,
The Afar,
The Suri tribe,
The Brokpa, Bhutan
The H’Mong, Vietnam
The Bushmen, Botswana
The Nenets, Siberia

From the mountains of Bhutan to the waters of the Amazon, here are the 12 stunning pictures that make up the 2017 calendar.

The K'iche Maya, Guatemala

© Robert Studzinski

The Yanomami, Brazil

© Luigi Repetto

The Dong, China

© Dr. Gilad Fiskus/Shutterstock

The Tucano, Brazil

©Mathias Spaliviero

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The Dani, West Papua

© Magda Zelewska

The Asurini, Brazil

© Alice Kohler

The Afar, Ethiopia

© Paolo Ronc

The Suri tribe, Ethiopia

© Giordano Cipriani

The Brokpa, Bhutan

© Tessa Bunney

The H’Mong, Vietnam

sutipond/Shutterstock

The Bushmen, Botswana

Forest Woodward

The Nenets, Siberia

All images from Survival International’s 2017 "We, The People" Calendar available from www.survivalinternational.org/shop.

written by Lottie Gross

created 11/29/2016