Indigenous celebration of life, love, beauty

 

A reveller takes part in the popular annual Aguizotes festival in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya, Nicaragua, October 23, 2015. During the festival, residents dress up in costumes of ghosts and other spirits of the dead from Nicaraguan myths and legends. Pictures taken October 23, 2015. (Reuters)

 

A reveller takes part in the popular annual Aguizotes festival in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya, Nicaragua, October 23, 2015. During the festival, residents dress up in costumes of ghosts and other spirits of the dead from Nicaraguan myths and legends. Pictures taken October 23, 2015. (Reuters)

An indigenous woman participates in a parade called "International Indigenous Beauty" during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 24, 2015. (Reuters)




A reveller takes part in the popular annual Aguizotes festival in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya, Nicaragua, October 23, 2015. During the festival, residents dress up in costumes of ghosts and other spirits of the dead from Nicaraguan myths and legends. Pictures taken October 23, 2015. (Reuters)

An indigenous woman participates in a parade called "International Indigenous Beauty" during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 24, 2015. (Reuters)

An indigenous man watches fireworks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 24, 2015. (Reuters)

Indigenous people dance during the opening ceremony of the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 23, 2015. (Reuters)

An indigenous boy from the Paresi tribe kicks the ball before a soccer match in the I World Games for Indigenous People in Palmas, Brazil, October 23, 2015. (Reuters)



Indigenous men from the Pataxo tribe watch a soccer match against Xerente indigenous tribe during the I World Games for Indigenous People in Palmas, Brazil, October 23, 2015. (Reuters)