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Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. Before long, they imitate the dances of the warriors which, hitherto, they have been forbidden to perform.They spend much of their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is sk
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. In 'Dogon Country' Songho village's ritual circumcision site decorated with rock paintings
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A Samburu youth is carried by his sponsors into his mother's house to rest just after he has been circumcised in the early morning. Boys are not allowed to show any sign of fear or pain. Even the blink of an eyelid is frowned upon. It takes a good circumciser a minute to finish the operation and move quickly on to his next customer.
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A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision.A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women and put on a new headdress of ostrich feathers fastened to a narrow band of plaited fibre, which fits tightly round his forehead.
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. In 'Dogon Country' Songho village's ritual circumcision site decorated with rock paintings
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Samburu initiates skin a bird without the use of a knife.While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is skinned, stuffed with dry grass and attached to the boy's headband by means of its beak.
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A girl from the Ogiek community of hunter-gathers living in the Mau Forest keeps warm in a cowhide. Following Maasai custom,she wears a decorated headband which marks her recent circumcision.
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Black clothing,Black ostrich feathers and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.
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Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu.A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn by married women. His sponsors make him a new headdress of ostrich feathers fastened to a narrow band of plaited fibre, which fits tightly round his forehead like a sweatband.
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In the weeks leading up to their circumcision, Samburu boys must wear charcoal-blackened cloaks, which are made from three goatskins by their mothers.They also style their hair in a tuft at the back of their skulls.The elders of the tribe harangue them frequently.Uncircumcised boys are considered children whatever their age.
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A Samburu initiate takes aim at a bird with a blunt arrow.While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is skinned without a knife, stuffed with dry grass and attached to the boys headband by means of its beak.
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The proud father of a Samburu boy who has recently been circumcised. For each son who has been initiated into the warrior age-set,a father will tie a strip of lion skin below his knees,hang two copper ornaments normally worn by women in his pierced earlobes and places a string of pale green beads round his forehead. A ceremonial leather cape is slung over his shoulder.
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A Samburu youth,his head freshly shaved,has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision. Milk and green grass are blessings to these pastoral people and feature in all important ceremonies.
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A young Samburu warrior. In the days leading up to a circumcision ceremony,everyone becomes distinctly nervous of the conduct of the family members' undergoing the operation. Should a boy show signs of fear or cry out,he brings terrible shame to his entire family.
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The evening before a Samburu boy is circumcised,he must lean over his mother under a special ochred goatskin cape as she milks a cow that has not given birth more than twice. This milk will be kept overnight in a traditional wooden gourd-like container and will be poured over the boy's head just before he is circumcised early the next morning.
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The ritual sponsors and friends of a Samburu initiate make him a bow,blunt arrows and a club from the sticks,staves and gum he collected before he was circumcised. He will use these weapons to kill birds for a month following his circumcision. Initiates are forbidden to carry knives during this time.
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. In 'Dogon Country' Songho village's ritual circumcision site decorated with rock paintings
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Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A decorated cave wall at the attractive Dogon village of Songho on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The circumcision of boys takes place here each year after which the initiates draw pictures or patterns of their choice on the wall using natural pigments.
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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Book of the procession in honour of circumcision of Prince Mehmed, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
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