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Xhosa women sing and dance at homecoming ritual for male initiates in Knysna, South Africa

Xhosa women sing and dance while welcoming home young male family members, who have spent one month in an initiation camp, where they have been circumcised and initiated into manhood. The township Khayalethu South in Knysna, South Africa, in December 2006.

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Xhosa women sing and dance while welcoming home young male family members, who have spent one month in an initiation camp, where they have been circumcised and initiated into manhood. The township Khayalethu South in Knysna, South Africa, in December 2006.