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Xhosa male initiate with white face paint in Knysna, South Africa

Young Xhosa initiate, who is going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite in Knysna, South Africa, in December 2006. He has been circumcised and is now spending a month in a special initiation camp just outside the township Khayalethu South. His face is painted with white clay to ward off attacks by witches.

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Image Size: 6963x4667 / 24.1MB; Africa Blue Boy Circumcision Coming of Age Eyes Face Garden Route Horizontal Khayalethu South Knysna Life Cycle Ritual Lips Male Initiaton Manhood Outdoors Portrait Protection Rite de Passage Rite of Passage South Africa Western Cape Province Xhosa Young Man one person protecting
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Young Xhosa initiate, who is going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite in Knysna, South Africa, in December 2006. He has been circumcised and is now spending a month in a special initiation camp just outside the township Khayalethu South. His face is painted with white clay to ward off attacks by witches.