Dancers in red and white traditional dress at Kalacha Cultural Festival

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Life Across the Rangelands

Elders gather in traditional white dress at the Kalacha Cultural Centre.
A procession in vivid orange traditional dress.
Dancers in red and white traditional dress.
Elders carrying ceremonial staffs in white robes.
An elder addresses the gathered community.
School girls join members of the Kalacha Women's Group.
Aerial view of the crowd gathered under festival tents.
Community members raise their hands in celebration.
A joyful moment of celebration among festival goers.
Traditional foods prepared for festival guests.
Preparing traditional dishes for the community.
Aerial view of the festival grounds and market tents.
The Kalacha festival grounds beneath acacia trees.
A colourful procession of dancers opens the festival.
An elder walks with a traditional staff.
Elders form a procession line at the festival.
Women in traditional dress line up for a performance.
Community members in blue traditional dress.
Crowds gather beneath the acacia trees at Kalacha.
Women form a circle for a traditional performance.
Preparations underway at the festival grounds.
Traditional craft work on display at the festival.
Hands at work preparing grain for a festival meal.
Shade tents set up across the festival grounds.
Women in traditional purple dress at a Culture Club celebration.
A community gathering seated on woven mats.
Elders building a traditional hut frame.
Girls documenting culture through photography.
Children seated together at a Culture School session.
A Culture Club member setting up recording equipment.
Children gathered in a Culture Club learning circle.
A Culture Club member practising traditional craft skills.
A Culture School session held by the lakeshore.
An elder shares knowledge by the water's edge.
Elders gathered in a learning circle.
Elders in traditional dress seated together.
A community learning session inside a Kivulini Trust meeting space.
A Culture Club gathering bringing elders and children together.
Aerial view of dancers forming a circle at a cultural celebration.
Four women in traditional dress pose together.
Community members gathered on the lake shore for a cultural event.
Two women in orange beaded traditional dress.
Women in beaded dress dancing in formation at a lakeside cultural celebration.
Group portrait showcasing traditional beadwork and dress.
Community members and belongings gathered near the shore for an event.
A large community gathering at a lakeshore cultural celebration.
Community members celebrating together at a cultural gathering.
Group in traditional blue and orange dress with mountains behind.
Close-up of traditional beaded headdress worn at a cultural celebration.
Women in white and blue traditional dress against a mountain backdrop.
Camels resting beneath an acacia tree.
A herd of camels central to pastoral livelihoods.
El-Molo community members gathered on a hillside.
El-Molo elders seated together by the lake.
Traditional fire-making skill passed down through generations.
Elders demonstrating traditional fire-making techniques.
A pastoralist family moving with the seasons.
A camel caravan carries a family's belongings across the rangelands.
A craftsman at work within a pastoralist homestead.
Traditional dome huts of a pastoralist homestead on open rangeland.
Aerial view of a soda lake within the Northern Kenya rangelands.
A dirt road cuts through arid rangeland toward distant mountains.
A thatched round hut on the shore of a Northern Kenya lake.
The vast arid rangeland landscape of Northern Kenya.
The Yaa council of elders convenes on community land matters.
Portrait of an elder seated beside the lake.
Rising lake waters reach the walls of a lakeside building, a reminder of changing landscapes.
A wide view of a partially flooded lakeside settlement.