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March 2012 – Akopito
nobility class is "maharlika" in the Philippines and "mahardikka" in sanskrit. #sanskrit #philippines
Boxer Codex - Wikiwand
The Boxer Codex is a manuscript written c. 1590, which contains illustrations of ethnic groups in the Philippines at the time of their initial contact with the Spaniards. Aside from a description of, and historical allusions to what is now the Philippines and various other Far Eastern countries, the codex also contains seventy-five coloured drawings of the inhabitants of these regions and their distinctive costume.
The last of the women with bound feet: 102-year-old whose toes were be
Chinese women with the smallest feet were given the greatest chance of living a life of luxury and wealth. But the process - and results - was agonising and dangerous.
Kalash Girl
In the mountains of Pakistan, 6,000 people live who look and sound very different from their neighbors. They claim to have lived in the area for thousands of years and they look European. Many of the Kalash are blond haired and blue eyed, an anomaly in Pakistan! Some believe that they are descendants of Alexander the Great’s army though their true ethnic origins are still unproven. DNA testing has not produced any connection to Greeks, yet it also showed no East or South Asian lineages either.
AFRICAN KINGS by International Photographer James C. Lewis | Kwaku Dua I (1797 – 1867), was the eighth Asantehene of the Kingdom of Asante (King of the Asante). In 1834, King or Asantehene Kwaku Dua I of the Kingdom of Asante succeeded Osei Yaw Akoto to throne as the King of Asante. On 18 March 1837, Asantehene Kwaku Dua I of the Kingdom of Asante signed a contract between him and King William I of the Netherlands. | Model: Marvin Montgomery | Wardrobe & Jewelry: Maryse M'bo Ako |
AFRICAN KINGS by International Photographer James C. Lewis | Ghezo or Gezo was an Ahosu (King) of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from 1818 until 1858. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan (ruled 1797 to 1818) as king through a coup with the assistance of the Afro-Brazilian slave trader Francisco Félix de Sousa. He ruled over the kingdom during a tumultuous period, punctuated by the British blockade of the ports of Dahomey in order to stop the Atlantic slave trade. | Model: Fredric
These Amazing Pictures Of African Kings By James C. Lewis Will Blow You Away - Fashion GHANA
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