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A young Turkana warrior is dwarfed by the sheer cliffs of basaltic lava, bounding the Sirima Gorge.
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A colourful gathering of Maasai warriors watching two of their comrades leap high in the air during a dance.
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Maasai warriors resplendent with long ochred braids relax and wait for the start of a ceremony. Red has always been their preferred colour.
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A group of Maasai warriors, resplendent with long Ochred braids, chat beneath Ol doinyo Orok, the black mountain.
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During an eunoto ceremony when Maasai warriors become junior elders, their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay.
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One of the most important Maasai ceremonies is the eunoto when warriors become junior elders. Early one morning before the cattle are taken to pasture, their mothers shave their long ochred locks, which makes their appearance very different. One initiate can be seen blowing a Kudu horn trumpet.
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One of the most important Maasai ceremonies is the eunoto when warriors become junior elders. Early one morning before the cattle are taken to pasture, their mothers shave their long ochred locks, which makes their appearance very different. One initiate can be seen blowing a Kudu horn trumpet.
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Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headdress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers. Their traditional weaponry includes long-bladed spears and shields are made of buffalo hide.
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Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers. Their traditional weaponry includes long-bladed spears and shields are made of buffalo hide.
00003222
A Maasai warrior in full battle cry, his long-bladed spear at the ready.
00003221
A Maasai warrior in full regalia. He has stuck a porcupine quill in his beaded headband to add to his other decorations. His long, Ochred plaits have been drawn forward from the crown of his head and tied in three bunches.
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with long, ochred braids. This singular form of hairstyle distinguishes warriors from the rest of their society. This man has looped his elongated and decorated earlobes over his ears - a common practice when walking through thorn scrub country to prevent the loops being snagged by thorns.
00003219
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while parts of his face have been covered with ochre powder.
00003218
A Maasai warrior has daubed himself with red ochre mixed with animal fat to participate in a dance. His long ochred braids have been drawn forward from the crown of the head and tied in three places. This singular hairstyle sets warriors apart from the rest of their society.
00003217
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out. This warrior's body and his long braids have been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat.
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A Maasai warrior with his long braids and body coated with red ochre mixed with animal fat. He has put ochre dust round his eyes to enhance his appearance ready for a dance. The singular hairstyles of Maasai warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
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A back view of a Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids tied in a pigtail. This singular hairstyle sets him apart from other members of his society. His beaded belt is of a style only worn by warriors. The little copper bell-shaped ear ornament hanging from his elongated and decorated earlobe is also peculiar to the Maasai.
00003214
A Maasai warrior, his face and body decorated with red ochre and clay, wears an ostrich feather headdress. This singular adornment was once worn by warriors going into battle and was likely designed to frighten an enemy.
00003213
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids tied in a pigtail at the back, puts red ochre on his friend's plaits. Red ochre is anatural earth ,which is mixed with animal fat to the consistency of greasepaint.
00003212
A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-horn trumpets are only sounded to call men to arms or on ceremonial occasions.
00003211
During their dances, Maasai warriors take turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees. They achieve this by flexing their ankles in a seemingly effortless way .
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with his long ochred braids tied in a pigtail watches over his family's cattle, spear in hand. The singular hairstyle of warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
00003209
A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).
00003208
Two young Maasai girls help to herd their family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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A Maasai boy herds his family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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Maasai warriors draw water from a deep well. The depth of wells is measured by the number of men required to bring water to the cattle troughs at the top of them. A three-man well will be about 24 feet deep since the buckets are thrown between the men in a rhythmic chant.
00003205
Maasai water their livestock at a water tank constructed by the Magadi Soda Company on salt flats. Until fresh water was piped from distant hills, the Maasai could only graze their livestock at Magadi during the bi-annual rainy season.
00003204
Maasai cattle on salt flats near Magadi wait their turn for water. Cattle in this hot, semi-arid region of Kenya are watered every other day.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills, a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills, a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
00003201
Two Maasai women deep in conversation.
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Two Maasai women in traditional attire chat to each other.
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A young Maasai girl wears face paint and numerous beaded ornaments in preparation for a dance with warriors.
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Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with warriors.
00003197
A young Maasai girl in all her finery pauses at the entrance to her mother's home. The wall and roof of the house are plastered with a mixture of cow dung and soil.
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Young Maasai girls decorate their faces with ochre and clay in preparation for a dance.
00003195
A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their ears and elongate their lobes for decorative purposes. Her two lower incisors have been removed - a common practice that may have resulted from an outbreak of lockjaw a long time ago.
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A young Maasai girl keeps the holes in her pierced ears from closing with grass and rolled leaves. She will gradually stretch her earlobes by inserting progressively larger wooden plugs. By tradition, both Maasai men and women pierce and elongate their earlobes for decorative purposes.
00003193
A young Maasai girl wears a headband decorated with chains and cowrie shells that signifies her recent circumcision. Clitodectomy was commonly practiced by the Maasai but it is now gradually dying out.
00003192
A jovial group of Maasai girls are chased by warriors during a ceremony.
00003191
Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Maasai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Maasai until his death in 1986. This photograph was taken three weeks before he died. Maasai Laibons are the soothsayers and clairvoyants of the tribe and control all ceremonial occasions.
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A Maasai elder.
00003189
A back street in Lamu town where all the houses are built of coral rag and thatched with makuti, made from palm fronds.
00003188
A narrow street in Mombasa's old town. The tall buildings built of coral blocks date back 150 years.
00003187
A Swahili Muslim woman from Kenya's coast province dressed in a traditional buibui.
00003186
A jahazi or small dhow (the wooden sailing boats of the region) makes for Lamu Island.
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A jahazi or small dhow (the wooden sailing boats of the region) sets sail from Lamu Island.
00003184
A Galla girl from Kenya's Coast Province in all her finery. Her bracelets are made of aluminium. Originating from southeast Ethiopia, many Galla are Muslims.
00003183
A young Galla herdsboy with his family's cattle outside their homestead.
00003182
A Galla girl from Kenya's Coast Province.
00003181
A Pokomo drummer from the Tana River district of Kenya.
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Pokomo women and children clapping to the rhythm of drummers in Kenya's Tana River district.
00003179
A Giriama girl from Kenya's Coast Province carrying a gourd full of water on her head. Her small skirt is made from strips of printed cotton material.
00003178
Two Giriama girls pound corn outside their home using a large wooden mortar and pestles. Their small skirts are made from strips of printed cotton material - a traditional dress of Giriama women and children.
00003177
An ocean-going yacht sails towards Mombasa's Old Harbour with a dhow (the traditional wooden sailing vessels of the region) anchored nearby.
00003176
A fisherman in a dugout canoe paddles past Fort Jesus and the old town of Mombasa. Only dhows - the wooden sailing vessels of the region - now use the Old Harbour.
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Built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1598, Fort Jesus overlooks the entrance to the Old Harbour of Mombasa. The fort is now a museum.
00003174
Mount Kilimanjaro with a Maasai manyatta (homestead) in the foreground. The large thorn trees are Acacia tortilis.
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Framed by an Acacia tortilis, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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Framed by an Acacia tortilis, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level. Its secondary peak, Mawenzi, is 16,900 feet high but it is rarely covered in snow.
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Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet) and Mawenzi (16,900 feet) seen from Lake Jipe, a freshwater lake fed by springs from Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain.
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A Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) stands tall in front of Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet) and Mawenzi (16,900 feet). The giraffe is the world's tallest mammal and Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain.
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In the late afternoon, a lone bull elephant (Loxodonta africana), strides beneath the snowcapped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level. Mawenzi, 16,900 feet, is just visible on the left.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) strides out beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level. Cattle egrets (Ardeola ibis) catch insects disturbed by the elephants.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) pause beneath the snowcaps of Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet) and Mawenzi (16,900 feet) in Amboseli National Park.
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Two lionesses (Panthera leo) prowl beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest snowcapped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
00003164
White-faced tree ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) at Amboseli.
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Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at Amboseli.
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In the late afternoon, storm clouds gather over Amboseli. The mountain in the background is Longido (8,625 feet) situated close to the Kenya/Tanzania border town of Namanga.
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Zebras (Equus burchelli) drink from a Waterhole at the foot of the Chyulu Hills in Tsavo West National Park.
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Red Hot Poker trees (Erythrina abyssinica) bloom in the Chyulu Hills, a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
00003159
A Mkamba house is dwarfed by baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) whose enormous girths and bare branches give them a very unusual appearance.
00003158
Elephant damage to a giant baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). In the dry season when grass is scarce, elephants may have to rely on bark and browse to make up the 330 lb of bulk food they need each day.
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An Acacia tree silhouetted against a brilliant sunrise.
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Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake, with Shompole - an extinct volcano - rising in the middle distance. Ol doinyo Lengai, the only active volcano in East Africa is just visible in the far distance on the right of the picture. Trona (Sodium sequicarbonate) has been mined at Magadi for nearly 100 years.
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A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system, situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya. The pink-tinged mineral encrustation's are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished from underground springs.
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Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system, is situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya. The pink-tinged mineral encrustation's are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished from underground springs. Wild sisal, sansevieria, flourishes in poor soil in the foreground of the picture while the Nguruman Escarpment (a western wall of the Great Rift Valley) dominates the landscape in the far distance.
00003153
The Nairobi skyline from Uhuru Park where city residents enjoy rowing boats on a small artificial lake. The clock tower of Kenya's Parliament can be seen in the background.
00003152
The Nairobi city skyline with Kenya's Parliament buildings in the foreground. A Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flies overhead.
00003151
The Jamia Mosque in the centre of Nairobi during Friday prayers.
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A small herd of elephants feeds on coarse moorland grass at an altitude of 10,500 feet on top of the Aberdare Mountains. Hagenia trees (Hagenia abyssinica) are the only trees that grow above the bamboo zone at this altitude.
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The northern end of the Aberdare Mountains where, on the moorlands at an altitude of 10,500 feet , everlasting flowers (Helichrysum) and plants of the afro-alpine region flourish.
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At altitudes over 10,000 feet, everlasting flowers (Helichrysum) flourish on top of the Aberdare Mountains. These mountains are a vital source of water for Kenya and support a variety of high-altitude vegetation.
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Sir Wilfred Thesiger, the famous 20th century explorer and author, relaxes on safari in Kenya in 1990.
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Elephants eating salt at a salt lick in the Aberdare Mountains.
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An old bull elephant on Marsabit Mountain.
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Elephants watering in the Uaso Nyiru River.
00003143
Rice paddies and banana groves northwest of Lake Malawi with the Livingstone Mountains in the background.
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Rough seas pound Karonga Beach in the early morning. The Livingstone Mountains rise steeply the far side of the lake. Lake Malawi is the epitome of a Rift Valley lake Đ long, narrow and very deep.
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Ox-drawn carts are familiar sights in Malawi. Here, a young boy collects building sand from Karonga Beach.
00003140
A woman sells the morning catch at a small fishing village south of Karonga. No other lake in the world has a more diverse fish fauna than Lake Malawi. There are almost 600 species, the majority of them endemic cichlids. Fish provide Malawians with 70% of their protein requirement.
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Fertile farming country on the slopes of the Rift Valley Escarpment to the west of Lake Malawi.
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Fertile farming country on the slopes of the Rift Valley Escarpment to the west of Lake Malawi. The Livingstone Mountains rise steeply the far side of the lake.
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Fertile farming country on the slopes of the Rift Valley Escarpment to the west of Lake Malawi. The Livingstone Mountains rise steeply the far side of the lake.
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Fertile farming country on the slopes of the Rift Valley Escarpment to the west of Lake Malawi.
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In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The construction of the mission church began more than a century ago and took 25 years to complete. It is still in regular use.
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In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The construction of the mission church began more than a century ago and took 25 years to complete. It is still in regular use.
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In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The construction of the mission church began more than a century ago and took 25 years to complete. It features a magnificent stained-glass window depicting David Livingstone beside Lake Malawi with Gusi and Chuma, his two loyal servants. The church is still in regular use.
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In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The original post office at Livingstonia was built of local brick with a clock tower added in 1905. It houses one of the oldest illuminated clocks in Africa.
00003131
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
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The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003129
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003128
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003127
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003126
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003125
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003124
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003123
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003122
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003121
The Chewa people, Malawi's largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world. The terrestrial representatives of this other world are grotesquely masked dancers known as Gule Wamkulu. When a person dies, masked dancers appear at the funeral to welcome the deceased to the spirit world.
00003120
The church of the Catholic mission at Mua combines western religion with local art in a visually exciting way.
00003119
Ox-drawn carts are familiar sights in rural Malawi.
00003118
Though poverty persists in Malawi, people are extremely house-proud and often decorate the walls of their homes with traditional designs. Here, a family shells maize cobs on the verandah of their attractive house. .
00003117
Smoothed by many centuries of wave action, huge rocks jut into the clear waters of Lake Malawi. Africa's third largest body of water, and ninth largest in the world, Lake Malawi supports an exceptionally rich fish fauna. .
00003116
A fisherman in a dugout canoe casts his net in the Shire River, Lake Malawi's only outlet at the southern end of the lake. Traditional fishing methods are still widespread in Malawi. .
00003115
An African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), talons outstretched, swoops on its prey in the Shire River. Though territorial, these magnificent eagles are numerous at the southern end of Lake Malawi where small cichlid fish proliferate in the shallow waters. .
00003114
A woman shades her child as she inspects a rich fish haul drying in the sun. 363 miles long and covering one fifth of Malawi, Lake Malawi has a more diverse fish fauna than any other lake in the world. There are almost six hundred species, the majority of them being endemic cichlids. They provide the population with 70% of its protein requirements. .
00003113
Dawn breaks over the Shire River, which is Lake Malawi's only outlet at its southern end. The Shire flows through the trough of the Nyasa Rift valley before joining the Zambezi River in Mozambique. . .
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A boat ferries people across the Shire River, Lake Malawi's only outlet at its southern end. . .
00003111
The Queen Victoria Clock Tower at Mangochi, an important 19th century slave market straddling the Shire River. During colonial rule, Mangochi became an administrative centre known as Fort Johnston. .
00003110
A wood carver puts the finishing touches to a Chief's chair. These two-piece, three-legged stools with high, decorated backs are beautifully made from hard wood and have become popular with tourists. .
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A wood carver puts the finishing touches to a Chief's chair. These two-piece, three-legged stools with high, decorated backs are beautifully made from hard wood and have become popular with tourists. .
00003108
Baobab trees and homesteads near Mangochi. .
00003107
Rubber tapping at the Mandala Rubber Estates, near Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi. .
00003106
Rubber tapping at the Mandala Rubber Estates, near Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi. .
00003105
A tailor works on the verandah of his dilapidated shop at Nkhotakota. Lying on the shores of Lake Malawi, Nkhotakota was reputed to have been a centre of the slave trade during the 19th century. Since its heyday, the town has gradually slipped into oblivion. .
00003104
A workman attends to tobacco leaves curing on racks in a barn in Central Malawi. Tobacco is by far Malawi's most important export crop. .
00003103
A girl makes clay pots near Liwonde. .
00003102
A man makes attractive floor mats from dried palm fronds near Liwonde. .
00003101
A rural scene between Dedza and Golomoti. The majority of Malawians earn their living from the land. .
00003100
A beautifully situated tea estate in the Shire Highlands, south of Blantyre. After tobacco, tea is one of Malawi's most important export earners. .
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A woman picking cotton in the low-lying Shire Valley of southern Malawi. .
00003098
The King's African Rifles (KAR) War Memorial near the army barracks at Zomba, the capital of Malawi until 1975. .
00003097
Sunset over Mount Mulanje (9,840 feet) from the Zomba Plateau. Mulanje is the highest point in Malawi and in all of Southern Africa north of Lesotho and the Drakensberg Mountains. Rising steeply from the surrounding plains, it is a place of great natural beauty. .
00003096
Sunrise from the Zomba Plateau looking southeast towards Mount Mulanje (in the far distance). .
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From the Zomba Plateau, low mist hugs the contours of the surrounding land at daybreak. .
00003094
Cheerful young girls pound corn outside their families' homes near Monkey Bay at the southern end of Lake Malawi. Maize meal is the staple diet of Malawians. .
00003093
Mwala Wa Mphini, the rock of the tribal face scars, in the Lake Malawi National Park near Cape Maclear at the southern end of the lake. .
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A magnificent African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) with a small cichlid fish in one of its talons heads for a tree to eat its catch. Although territorial, fish eagles are very numerous at the southern end of Lake Malawi where cichlid fish abound in the clear, shallow waters. .
00003091
Two fishermen paddle home as the blood-red glow of the setting sun reflects in Malawi's vast inland sea. .
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An open-air market spreads across the main road between Mulanje and Thyolo. .
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A Cape Flat Lizard sits well camouflaged against a rockface on Table Mountain
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Pilot Boat entering harbour
00003087
Sign requesting people to Please close gate to stop wandering penguins
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Dutch Cape Colonial Architecture on gable end of building in the Stellenbosch area
00003085
Fruit bowl on table
00003084
Game Fence beside the public road
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Cheetah & 2 cubs (Acinonyx jubatus)
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A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walks down a sand track watched by visitors in a safari game-viewing vehicle
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Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
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Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
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Giraffe eating
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Leopard Cub (Panthera pardus)
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Leopard Cub (Panthera pardus)
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Leopard Cub (Panthera pardus)
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Female Leopard (Panthera pardus)
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Female Leopard (Panthera pardus)
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Female Leopard (Panthera pardus)
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A female Leopard (Panthera pardus) rests in the shade, lying on the branch of a tree
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A female Leopard (Panthera pardus) rests in the shade, lying on the high branch of a tree safe from other predators
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A female Leopard (Panthera pardus) rests in the shade, lying on the high branch of a tree safe from other predators
00003069
Prickly pear
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Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) & calf, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
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Female cheetah rests in the shade at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
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A female cheetah rests in the shade at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
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A cheetah looks out across the veldt from a shady viewpoint at Kwandwe
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Coffee break during a safari at Kwandwe private game reserve.
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Ranger and Tracker look for spoor
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Watching White rhino from the safety of a game-viewing vehicle on a game drive at Kwandwe private game reserve.
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White rhinoceros feeding at Kwandwe private game reserve.
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Ostrich at Kwandwe private game reserve.
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Ostrich
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Safari guide shows a tortoise shell to children on a family safari at Kwandwe Private Reserve
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Laundry ladies carry their laundry baskets on their heads at Kwandwe Lodge
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Laundry lady with her feather duster and laundry basket at Kwandwe lodge
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Formal architecture of the Hohenort building at The Cellars
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The old Cape Dutch manor house at Groot Constantia vineyard
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Sun loungers set out round the swimming pool at The Ellerman House hotel
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A waiter serves breakfast on the terrace at The Ellerman House
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Victoria & Albert Waterfront with Table Mountain behind
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African chairs at roadside curio stall
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Waves pound the rocks in Rumbly Bay
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View along the wild eastern coast from Booiseskerm
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Tourists walk down the path leading from the lighthouse at Cape Point
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Sunset at Cape of Good Hope
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Ostrich feeding beside the ocean
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Sign outside kayaking outfitters
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Sign for the Salty Sea Dog Fish & Chip Shop
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People eating at one of the outdoor restaurants at the Victoria & Alberrt Waterfront
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Victorian-style bathing boxes on the beach
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Victorian-style bathing boxes on the beach
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Victorian-style bathing boxes on the beach
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Visitors watch for whales, Walker Bay
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A weathervane in the shape of a whale on a house overlooking Walker Bay
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Dining Room at Tsala Treetop Lodge
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Sunrise from Breakfast Room at The Plettenberg
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Elandsberg Farm, Bartholomeus Klip with Elandskloof Mountains behind
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Wild grass at Bartholomeus Klip, Elandsberg Private Game Reserve
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Wild grass at Bartholomeus Klip, Elandsberg Private Game Reserve
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Luxuriously appointed bathroom of the Presidential Suite
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Cape Town & Table Mountain
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Cape Town Harbour
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Rock pigeon (Columba guinea) perches on the Cape Dutch style gable of one of the buildings in the garden
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Main legislative building
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Government Avenue overlooked by Table Mountain
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Statue to Louis Botha stands at the entrance to Government Avenue with St Mary’s Cathedral behind and Table Mountain as a backdrop
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Statue to Louis Botha stands at the entrance to Government Avenue
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The figurehead and prow of an old sailing ship frame a view of Table Mountain at the Victoria & Albert Waterfront
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An old square rigged ship at Victoria & Albert Waterfront with Table Mountain behind
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The Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak is built to resemble a Greek temple
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The Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak is built to resemble a Greek temple
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View over Cape Town from Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak
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View over Cape Town from Rhodes Memorial, Devil’s Peak
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View over Cape Town from Rhodes Memorial on Devil's Peak. Built to resemble a Greek temple in memmory of the empire-builder Cecil John Rhodes
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Vines in the garden at The Cellars, Relais & Chateaux Hotel
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Haute Cabriere Cellar Restaurant
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Haute Cabriere Cellar Restaurant
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Neighbourhood Watch sign in English & Afrikaans
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Worker holds Freedom Road wine, Backsberg Wine Estate
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Vintage car advertising antique shop
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Fountain at entrance to the Franschoek Wine Museum
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Huguenot Memorial (built in 1938 to mark 250th anniversary) of the arrival of the Huguenots, the three interlocking arches symbolise the Holy Trinity
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An African man stands outside heavily decorated curio shop
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Horse paddocks amidst the vineyards in Franschoek Valley. Franschoek. Western Cape, South Africa
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Horse paddock amongst the vineyards in Franschoek Valley
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Cape Dutch farmstead on a vineyard near Franschoek
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Boekenhoutsloof vineyard overlooks Franschoek Valley
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Evening at chalets of Petite Ferme looking out over the rows of vines to Franschoek
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Evening at chalets of Petite Ferme
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Champagne maturing in bottles, Blacksberg Wine Estate
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Workers fixing vines to wires, Blacksberg Wine Estate
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Workers picking strawberries near Stellenbosch
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Oom Samie Se Winkel General Store
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Jacaranda trees over street
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Cape Town Waterfront & Table Mountain
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Cape Town Waterfront & Table Mountain
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Cape Town Waterfront development
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Tourist signage within the Cederberg Mountains National Park
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Rock formation of ‘Lots Wife’ in the Cederberg Mountains National Park
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The ‘Maltese Cross’ rock formation
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The ‘Maltese Cross’ rock formation & Sneeuberg Mountain
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The beautiful red blossom of a Flamboyant tree (Delonix regia) at a small roadside centre in Northern Tanzania. A native of Madagascar, people in the Arusha region call it the 'Christmas Tree' since it flowers each year at Christmas time.
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An ox-drawn cart near Arusha
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Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet) partially obscured by early morning cloud in the Tanzanian rainy season. The acacia tree – the attractive flat-topped thorn tree of the African plains – is an Acacia tortilis.
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Dawn breaks over Mount Meru (14,980 feet). As its shape indicates, Mount Meru is a volcano, which was formed some 20 million years ago during earth movements that created Africa’s Great Rift Valley. It lasted erupted only 100 years ago. The acacia tree – the attractive flat-topped thorn tree of the African plains – is an Acacia tortilis.
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Rich, but friable, volcanic soil surrounds the dormant volcano of Mount Meru (14,980 feet). The grasslands are grazed by livestock belonging to the Wa-Arusha, a –maa speaking people related to the Maasai, who also till the land. .
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A part of the Olduvai Gorge, famous for its fossil records of human origins. Named by the Maasai Oldupai after the wild sisal plant, Sansevieria (in the foreground), Olduvai displays a unique evolutionary trail spanning ten million years. A fast-flowing river cut the gorge half a million years ago; a million years previously a large lake covered the entire area and was regularly visited by our human ancestors. .
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A section of the western wall of the Gregory Rift (a part of the eastern branch of the Africa’s Great Rift Valley) close to Lake Manyara. The escarpment drops several hundred feet in sheer cliffs and runs in a north-south straight line as far as the eye can see. .
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Thomson's gazelles and other antelopes congregate to feed on new shoots when rain turns the parched grasslands south of Lake Natron to a verdant green. .
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An early morning mist silhouettes acacia trees along a seasonal watercourse in Tanzania's vast Serengeti National Park. The mist will soon evaporate beneath the rays of the rising sun to herald a scorching day. .
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Maasai graze their cattle in lush pasture at the foothills of the Ngorongoro Highlands. .
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Swirling mist often shrouds the forested rim of the Ngorongoro Crater (7,642 feet). The trees are covered in Usnea, known as 'old man's beard', giving the forest an eerie appearance. .
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In clear dawn light, a chain of dormant volcanoes stretches 100 miles to the east of Empaakai, one of the highest volcanoes of the Ngorongoro Highlands. First in line is Kerimasi, then Kitumbeine, and finally Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest snow-capped mountain, whose 19,340-foot-high cone-shaped peak is called Kibo . .
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The world famous Ngorongoro Crater whose 102-square-mile crater floor is the haunt of a wonderful wildlife spectacle. The crater is in fact a 'Caldera' Đ the largest unbroken, unflooded Caldera in the world Đ which was formed two and a half million years ago when a huge explosion destroyed a volcano standing about 15,000 feet high. Ngorongoro Crater was declared a World Heritage Site in 1978. .
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The world famous Ngorongoro Crater whose 102-square-mile crater floor is the haunt of a wonderful wildlife spectacle. The crater is in fact a 'caldera' Đ the largest unbroken, unflooded caldera in the world Đ which was formed two and a half million years ago when a huge explosion destroyed a volcano standing about 15,000 feet high. Ngorongoro Crater was declared a World Heritage Site in 1978. .
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A lake fills the crater bottom of Empaakai, one of the highest volcanoes of the Ngorongoro Highlands. The lava from ten major long-dormant or extinct volcanoes built up the Ngorongoro Highlands over a period of twelve million years. .
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A lake fills the crater bottom of Empaakai, one of the highest volcanoes of the Ngorongoro Highlands. The lava from ten major long-dormant or extinct volcanoes built up the Ngorongoro Highlands over a period of twelve million years. .
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Wildebeest stampede on the dry grassy plains on the west side of the Ngorongoro Highlands. .
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A Hadza hunter wearing a genet cat skin cape smokes cannabis from a crude stone pipe sheathed in leather. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources. .
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A Hadza hunter wearing as genet cat skin cape straightens a new arrow shaft in his teeth. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources. .
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A Hadza hunter wearing a baboon skin fledges an arrow shaft with guinea fowl feathers using the sinews of an antelope. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources. . .
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A Hadza hunter wearing a baboon skin returns to camp with a haunch of impala over his shoulder. He killed the antelope with a metal-tipped arrow that had been dipped in a fast-acting vegetable poison extracted from the desert rose (Adenium obesum). The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources. . .
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A Hadza hunter sits on a rock close to Lake Eyasi with Mount Oldeani (10,456 feet) rising in the distance. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources. . .
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Lichen-stained boulders and Euphorbia trees add form and colour to Lake Eyasi’s impressive western escarpment.
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Two Datoga women carry from their home a large gourd, which will be used for fermenting local honey beer (similar to mead). The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass necklaces. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armulets and necklaces. Yellow and light blue are the preferred colours of the beads they wear. Extensive scarification of the face with raised circular patterns is not uncommon among women and girls. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists. .
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A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armulets and necklaces. Yellow and light blue are the preferred colours of the beads they wear. Extensive scarification of the face with raised circular patterns is not uncommon among women and girls. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists. .
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A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armulets and necklaces. Yellow and light blue are the preferred colours of the beads they wear. Extensive scarification of the face with raised circular patterns is not uncommon among women and girls. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists. .
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A young Datoga man tends his family's livestock on the plains east of Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists. .
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A young boy of the Datoga tribe crosses the plains east of Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania. The Manyara escarpment (a western boundary wall of the Gregory Rift) is visible in the distance. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists. .
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A false arm of the Great Rift Valley runs southeast from the Ngorongoro Highlands to Lake Eyasi, a shallow alkaline lake that can vary in size considerably from one year to the next. The Datoga people graze their livestock around the lakeshores. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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A false arm of the Great Rift Valley runs southeast from the Ngorongoro Highlands to Lake Eyasi, a shallow alkaline lake that can vary in size considerably from one year to the next. The Datoga people graze their livestock on the friable, volcanic pasture land around the lakeshores. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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A group of red-clad Datoga people gather around water wells situated beside doum palms (Hyphaene coriacea) on the east side of Lake Manyara. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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Two young Datoga men work wells on the east side of Lake Manyara to water their family's livestock. The man who draws water balances precariously on two poles. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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Two young Datoga men work wells on the east side of Lake Manyara to water their family’s livestock. The man who draws water balances precariously on two poles. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang’ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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A young Datoga man helps to draw water for his family’s livestock from a well on the east side of Lake Manyara. All young men wear strings of twisted yellow and light blue beads round their waists. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang’ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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Doum palms (Hyphaene coriacea) dot the grassy plains on the east side of Lake Manyara. Low clouds hang over the Manyara escarpment (a western boundary wall of the Gregory Rift), which is visible in the distance.
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A Datoga man clad in red drives a calf across the grassy plains on the east side of Lake Manyara as storm clouds gather in the distance. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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Datoga herdsmen drive their family's cattle along the edge of Lake Balangida Lelu, a seasonal alkaline lake situated due south of Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania. Balang'ida in the Datoga language means 'salt'. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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A Datoga herdsman watches the moon rise at the edge of Lake Balangida Lelu, a seasonal alkaline lake situated due south of Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania. Balang'ida in the Datoga language means 'salt'. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
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Interesting rock formations in a gorge of the seasonal Olkarien River, which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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Interesting rock formations and a rock ‘bridge’ in a gorge of the seasonal Olkarien River, which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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Bathed in early morning sun, Kerimasi volcano (7,546 feet), an extinct volcano south of Lake Natron, is a manifestation of the region’s violent geological past. Ash from this and other dormant volcanoes formed a hardpan beneath the friable soil, which tree roots find almost impossible to penetrate. This hardpan explains the reason for the nearby treeless Serengeti Plains.
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In the late afternoon, lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole volcano (situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania) in the distance at the northern end of the lake. Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system yet lesser flamingos breed there each year.
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Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system. As its waters evaporate in the intense heat, sodium sesquicarbonate, known as trona or natron, solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water. Visible beyond the lake is Shompole volcano, a dormant volcano, situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania.
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Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system. As its waters evaporate in the intense heat, sodium sesquicarbonate, known as trona or natron, solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water. Visible beyond the lake is Ol doinyo Lengai (the Maasai's "Mountain of God"), the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift, which forms an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasai’s “Mountain of God”, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. This photograph was taken in 1966 when the last major explosive eruption took place, mantling the volcano’s flanks with fine ash.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasai's "Mountain of God", is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. This photograph was taken in 1966 when the last major explosive eruption took place, mantling the volcano's flanks with fine ash.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasai's "Mountain of God", is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983. Smoking vents and molten lava in its 9,400-foot-high crater suggest that another explosive eruption may take place within a few years.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasai's "Mountain of God", is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983, as evidenced by this aerial photograph of the 9,400-foot-high volcano taken in 2000. The extinct Kerimasi volcano can be seen in the background.
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Sunrise over Ol Doinyo Lengai, The Maasai's "Mountain of God", which is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. This 9,400-foot-high volcano still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasai's "Mountain of God", is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. This 9,400-foot-high volcano still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983. This photograph was taken from Lake Natron, which is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system yet lesser flamingos defy the heat to breed there each year.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasai's "Mountain of God", bathed in early morning sun. It is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley. This 9,400-foot-high volcano with deeply eroded sides stands 7,000 feet above the surrounding plains. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasai’s “Mountain of God”, in early morning sunlight. It is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. This 9,400-foot-high volcano with deeply eroded sides stands 7,000 feet above the surrounding plains. It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air. The last major eruption took place in 1966 although small-scale eruptions within the summit have occurred regularly since 1983.
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Old and new. Dressed traditionally and carrying familiar wooden staff, two young men give hints that the lifestyle of younger Maasai generations is changing gradually in Tanzania.
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Black clothing, Black ostrich feathers and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.
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Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.
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A colourful Maasai livestock market near the towering extinct volcano of Kerimasi.
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A Colourful Maasai livestock market near the towering extinct volcano of Kerimasi.
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Maasai warriors in traditional attire with long braided hair and spears at hand leave the weekly livestock market at Engaruka in northern Tanzania. The only break with tradition is an umbrella in favourite Maasai hues.
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Maasai herdsmen drive their cattle home in the late afternoon over the dusty volcanic soil at the base of the western wall of the Gregory Rift, which dominates the landscape in this remote corner of northern Tanzania.
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In the early morning, a Maasai herdsboy and his sister drive their family's flock of sheep across the friable, dusty plains near Malambo in northern Tanzania.
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In the early morning, a Maasai family drives their livestock across the friable, dusty plains near Malambo in northern Tanzania.
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Maasai women hurry home across barren volcanic land in the last rays of the setting sun.
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The scene at a Maasai manyatta, or homestead, as the first rays of sun herald another scorching day in an arid part of northern Tanzania, south of Lake Natron.
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A Maasai elder in traditional attire. Red has always been the preferred Maasai colour. Bell-shaped brass earrings are typically worn by the elders of the tribe.
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A Maasai woman in traditional attire. The preponderance of white glass beads in her ornaments denotes that she is from the Kisongo section of the Maasai, the largest clan group, which lives on both sides of the Kenya-Tanzania border.
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Maasai warriors take enormous trouble over their appearance especially their long hair, which is braided, Ochred and decorated with beaded ornaments. This singular hairstyle sets them apart from the rest of their community.
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Three Maasai warriors in typical pose enjoy the early morning sun near the Gol Mountains in northern Tanzania. The warrior on the right is carrying a quiver made of wood and leather.
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A Maasai warrior with his hair styled in a most unusual way. His long braids have been wrapped tightly in leather, decorated with beads and tied in an arch over his head. A colobus monkey tail sets this singular hairstyle apart from the more traditional warrior styles.
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A Wa-Arusha war