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  • Two Korowai men look down from their treehouse in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Korowai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.This particular house, which has been built some fifteen meters above ground, is occupied by two families.
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  • A dead woman carried on a bier through the narrow streets and alleys to Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi, India. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • Newar girl in ceremonial clothes at her Ihi ceremony, a mock marriage to the Hindu god Vishnu, in Patan in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Among the Newars, who are the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, every girl goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of five and ten. The Ihi makes the girl a full member of her father's family and caste and is also said to make sure that she will never become a widow, even if later on her future human husband would die, since she will forever be married to the god Vishnu. The Ihi is therefore for the Newar women a protection against the stigmatization of widows otherwise common in Hindu culture.
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  • A monk shaves the head of a Shan boy during Poy Sang Long, a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The shaving takes place inside the Buddhist temple Wat Hua Wiang. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • Two cousins dressed up as princes and their attendants leave the house of a relative during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders on their way to the house of some relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. One of the relatives throws rice on them as a blessing.
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  • Attendants dance and carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A man gives rice to novice monks who walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Young Buddhist monks wear their new robes at Wat Hua Wiang in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, following the annual Poy Sang Long festival. Poy Sang Long is a lavish three-day festival where young and adolescent Shan boys are treated as royalty before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Two cousins about to become novice monks pose for a photograph with their families during Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A small Shan orchestra plays in a temple at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Boys pose for photgraphs after they have been dressed up as princes at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • In rememberance of the Buddha, family members dress a boy in princely clothes inside a temple during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Boys dressed in princely clothes prostrate themselves and show respect to monks inside Wat  Hua Wiang at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The monks are holding the orange robes that the boys will wear when they have become novice monks. The princely clothing is worn in memory of the Buddha who was a prince before becoming a monk. Practically every Shan boy goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • An actress and singer performs in a temple yard during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. She belongs to a traditional Shan theatre group.
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  • An attendant carries a boy dressed up as a prince down the stairs of his home after a break in the ordination ceremonies, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boy takes part in the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Procession with young boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. On the horse in front rides the invisible guardian spirit of the town.
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  • Attendant dances with a boy on his shoulders during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The boy is dressed up as a prince in rememberance of the Buddha.
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  • A novice monk carries a food bowl during a morning alms walk in the streets of Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will put food into the bowl as an offering, thereby gaining religious merit.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, a monk passes the orange shirt over the head of a boy, a signal that he has become a novice monk and may now put on the rest of his orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Musicians play their instruments during a traditional Shan theatre performance at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Shan women wears traditional bamboo hats at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Hindu men pray and pay homage to the sacred River Ganges, Varanasi, India. January, 2004.
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  • Newar woman with her daughter at the daughter's Ihi ceremony, a mock marriage to the Hindu god Vishnu, Patan, the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Among the Newars, who are the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, every girl goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of five and ten. The Ihi makes the girl a full member of her father's family and caste and is also said to make sure that she will never become a widow, even if later on her future human husband would die, since she will forever be married to the god Vishnu. The Ihi is therefore for the Newar women a protection against the stigmatization of widows otherwise common in Hindu culture.
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  • A Brahman filing the teeth of a young man at a traditional tooth-filing ceremony in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, while female relatives hold the boy's arms and shoulder. The ceremony is a puberty rite, done after the girl has had her first menstruation or the boy's voice has broken, but can be saved until later in life, sometimes until the time of ones wedding. The six front teeth in the upper jaw are filed down to an even row, the purpose of which is to lessen six human vices, e g anger and sexual desire. Another reason is to make one look less like a fanged demon, thereby securing ones entry into the land of the dead after cremation. The boy wears ceremonial brocade clothing.
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  • Two women greet novice monks with reverence when offering them food early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Two cousins get dressed up as princes in their home after a break in the ordination ceremonies, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boys take part in the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks.
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  • Relatives dance with  boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at  Poy Sang Long,  a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The princely clothing is worn in memory of the Buddha who was a prince before becoming a monk. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • An overloaded pickup transports the family and attendants of two cousins who go on a trip to visit their older relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • An overloaded pickup during the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. Before the boys become novice monks they are dressed like princes and treated like royalty for three days, in honor of the Buddha. Their feet may not touch the ground, so they are carried by attendants, but when it is too far to walk, they may take a car.
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  • Women carry the robes of the novice monks during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, holds a lotus flower between his hands during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Shan woman wears a traditional bamboo hat at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy puts on his princely clothes after a break in the ceremonies at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy who is dressed up as a prince sits on the shoulders of a man with tattooed arms at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Shan boy gets his head shaved during Poy Sang Long, a ceremony att which boys are ordained as novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A Shan boy gets his head shaved during Poy Sang Long, a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The shaving takes place inside the Buddhist temple Wat Hua Wiang. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • A spirit house by the Jong Kham Lake in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi, India, where cremation pyres are burning 24 hours a day. The work at the cremation ghat is carried out by the Doms, traditionally looked upon as untouchables. The ghat leads down to the sacred River Ganges. To be cremated in the holy city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • A Dom, an untouchable working at the cremation site, clearing the river Ganges from charcoal and other debris, while also looking for valuables, Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi, India. On the steps lie biers with dead bodies waiting to be cremated. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • Girls and their mothers scatter grains of rice as an offering to the gods while a priest conducts the rituals for the girls’ Ihi ceremony, a mock marriage to the Hindu god Vishnu, in Patan in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Among the Newars, who are the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, every girl goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of five and ten. The Ihi makes the girl a full member of her father's family and caste and is also said to make sure that she will never become a widow, even if later on her future human husband would die, since she will forever be married to the god Vishnu. The Ihi is therefore for the Newar women a protection against the stigmatization of widows otherwise common in Hindu culture.
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  • Newar girl in ceremonial clothes at her Ihi ceremony, a mock marriage to the Hindu god Vishnu, in Patan in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Among the Newars, who are the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, every girl goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of five and ten. The Ihi makes the girl a full member of her father's family and caste and is also said to make sure that she will never become a widow, even if later on her future human husband would die, since she will forever be married to the god Vishnu. The Ihi is therefore for the Newar women a protection against the stigmatization of widows otherwise common in Hindu culture.
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  • A novice monk just after he has been ordained at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination ceremonies in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy dressed up as a prince rides on the shoulders of an attendant at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Procession with young boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The invisible guardian spirit of the town rides on the horse in front.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Three boys dressed up as princes in remembrance of the Buddha stand inside a temple during Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy with palliative cream applied to his head after it has been shaved at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy dressed up as a prince rides on the shoulders of an attendant at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A  young novice monk shortly after he has gone through the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, family members help the boys put on their orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • An aunt helps a boy with his makeup after a rest at home during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • An old woman throws rice at one of her great grandsons while he dances on the shoulders of a relative during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Realtives dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Mother feeds her son with twelve different dishes in the temple as part of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Two boys dressed up as princes visit relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders while they approach the house of some relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A tapesa, a mound of plates, given as an offering to the temple during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A monk receives a group of boys dressed up as princes inside a temple at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendant dances with a boy on his shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boy is dressed up as prince in rememberance of the Buddha.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Boy gets water poured over him after he has been shaved at Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
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  • Men piling up firewood for the funeral pyres at Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi. India. The work at the cremation ghat is carried out by the Doms, traditionally looked upon as untouchables. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • Cremation workers called Dom, and classed as untouchables, clear the river Ganges from charcoal and other debris, while also looking for valuables at Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation site of Varanasi, India. On the steps lie biers with dead bodies waiting to be cremated. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • The aunt of a Newar girl prepares her for her Ihi ceremony, a mock marriage to the Hindu god Vishnu, in Patan in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Among the Newars, who are the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, every girl goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of five and ten. The Ihi makes the girl a full member of her father's family and caste and is also said to make sure that she will never become a widow, even if later on her future human husband would die, since she will forever be married to the god Vishnu. The Ihi is therefore for the Newar women a protection against the stigmatization of widows otherwise common in Hindu culture.
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  • A 10-year old Newar girl, dressed in school uniform, sits outside her family's house in Kathamndu, Nepal. She has just come home from school, and is waiting to begin her bahra ceremony, a mock first-menstruation rite, during which she will be secluded in a room for twelve days. Her mother and female relatives and friends may enter the room, but no male can go inside and its windows will be covered so that the sun cannot shine in.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, family members help the boys put on their orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Relatives dance in the family yard together with boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy is dressed up in princely clothes in remembrance of the Buddha at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. His traditional headress contains female hair and fresh flowers.
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  • A novice monk just after he has been ordained at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination ceremonies in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, in April 2003. The boy still has some makeup left in his face from when he was earlier dressed up as a prince in memory of the Buddha. Practically every Shan boy goes through the Poy Sang Long sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery, and then he usually returns to normal life again.
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  • Boys stand by the orchestra and look at a traditional Shan theatre performance during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy visits his home and prays in front of the family shrine during the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Song, Thailand. His great grandmother lights candles and places them on the shrine.
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  • Relatives tie strings for good luck and give a monetary gift to two young cousins at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Two cousins dressed up as princes and an older female relative greet each other during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A  young novice monk shortly after he has gone through the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • The five different princely jackets of a Shan boy, which he will wear during the three days of Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The jackets are worn in memory of the Buddha.
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  • A young Newar girl, who has been secluded in a room at home for twelve days during her barha ceremony, is taken to the roof of the family house to show herself to the sun god Surya, Kathmandu, Nepal. The barha is a Newar mock first-menstruation rite, held before the girl's first menstruation. During the seclusion, no male above the age of initiation is allowed to see the girl, and the windows of the room are covered so that the rays of the sun god, who is a male, cannot shine on her. The ceremony is also a mock-marriage, as it is said that the girl is married to Surya when she shows herself to him after the seclusion. The mother is standing behind the girl.
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  • Newly circumcised, a nine-year-old boy who lives in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, proudly poses in his sultan outfit, which is the customary attire at circumcision. He stands beside his bed which his parents have worked hard to make fit for a sultan.
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  • Armed Kombai sentries watch as guests arrive at the site of a sago grub festival in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees, and the sago grub festival, during which large quantities of sago grubs are consumed, is their most important religious rite.
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bungamati, Kathmandu Valley, shortly after the earthquake struck. Digging through the rubble of a fallen brick house, searching for people trapped inside.
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  • Three Kombai men stand outside a newly built treehouse some 25 meters up in a tall tree in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Male guests, all armed with bows and arrows, run into the festival house during a sago grub festival held by a Kombai clan in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees, and the sago grub festival, during which large quantities of sago grubs are consumed, is their most important religious rite.
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  • A Kombai man with stone axe and bow and arrows in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A girl has her hair fixed in traditional style for her shichi-go-san in Tokyo, Japan. During shichi-go-san, literally seven-five-three, parents dress their daughters aged three and seven and sons aged five in traditional costume and take them to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Rescue workers on Durbar Square in Patan, Kathmandu Valley, where an ancient temple collapsed. Patan is one of three ancient royal cities in the Kathmandu Valley, with a rich cultural heritage and much old architecture.
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bricks from a collapsed building in Panga Village, Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley. More than a third of the houses in Panga were destroyed, most of them old traditional houses made of brick.
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  • The head of a close male relative of the deceased is shaved before the cremations starts at Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation site of Varanasi, India
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bungamati, Kathmandu Valley, shortly after the earthquake struck. People in distress, trying to get in contact with their families.
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  • A Kombai man, with a rat tail headband around his forehead, holds up an arrow with a pierced but still live lizard in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The lizard was shot down from a tree. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • The Dairam Kabur or the Becking River at Yofofla in Papua, Indonesia. On the eastern side of the river live the Kombai and on the western side the Korowai, both of whom are so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A mother captures the moment when a photographer takes a picture of her daughter after she has gone through the shichi-go-san ceremony at the Heian Jingu shrine, in Kyoto, Japan. During shichi-go-san, literally seven-five-three, parents dress their daughters aged three and seven and sons aged five in traditional costume and take them to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
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