1350-2073 - New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.
718-2703 - White-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in rainforest, Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America
1167-2528 - Carved totems, The Big House, Klemtu, First Nations Kitasoo Xai Xais community, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, North America
1167-2525 - Carved totem, The Big House, Klemtu, First Nations Kitasoo Xai Xais community, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, North America
1176-1274 - Backpackers enjoying a pristine waterfall and mountain stream in the heart of the South American rainforest, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
1176-1261 - A young heterosexual Latin couple in love enjoying a pristine mountain stream in the Brazilian rainforest, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
1176-1273 - Two young hikers canyoning up a river and standing in a cave in the rainforest, in front of a pristine waterfall, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
1176-1275 - Backpackers enjoying a pristine waterfall and mountain stream in the heart of the South American rainforest, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
832-385188 - Hiker on a hiking trail in the rainforest between thick tree trunks, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA, North America
832-386568 - Hiking trail PR6 to the 25 springs, along water channel, Levada das 25 Fontes, in rainforest, Rabacal nature reserve, Island Madeira, Portugal, Europe
832-386570 - Hiking trail PR6 to the 25 springs, along water channel, Levada das 25 Fontes, in rainforest, Rabacal nature reserve, Island Madeira, Portugal, Europe
832-386569 - Hikers on the hiking trail PR6 to the 25 springs, along water channel, Levada das 25 Fontes, in rainforest, laurel forest Laurisilva, Rabacal nature reserve, island Madeira, Portugal, Europe
832-386572 - Rock face overgrown with ferns (Polypodiopsida, Filicopsida) at the waterfall 25 springs, Fontes, rainforest in the Rabacal nature reserve, island Madeira, Portugal, Europe
832-385686 - Violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) drinking nectar at a flower, Atlantic Rainforest, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
832-387234 - Tourists on a vehicle taking picture of a wild tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) crossing the forest track, while on safari, in the dry jungle, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, Inida
718-2471 - Common basilisk (basiliscus basiliscus) in rainforest, Manuel Antonio National Park, Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America