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At the culmination of a Hamar bull-jumping ceremony,the rite of passage to manhood for every male,the bull-jumper or initiate runs naked across the backs of a line of bulls. He does this twice in each direction. Once he has completed his bull jump he is takes his place as a man of the tribe,he can take a wife and can vote on tribal issues.
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At the culmination of a Hamar bull-jumping ceremony,the rite of passage to manhood for every male,the bull-jumper or initiate runs naked across the backs of a line of bulls. He does this twice in each direction. Once he has completed his bull jump he is takes his place as a man of the tribe,he can take a wife and can vote on tribal issues.
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A Hamar woman blows a tin horn at the bull -jumping ceremony of a man in her family,a rite of passage to manhood. She wears a leather belt decorated with cowrie shells around her neck. As is normal for her tribe she wears her hair braided and thick with ochre and animal fat.
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A Hamar warrior tests the whippiness of a switch prior to the bull -jumping ceremony of a man in their family,a rite of passage to manhood. The women of the family will volunteer themselves to be whipped by the warriors present as a sign of their love and devotion to the bull-jumper.
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Hamar men paint themselves with white chalk and ochre and decorate their hair with feathers and leaves prior to a bull -jumping ceremony,a rite of passage to manhood.
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