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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 Roma girl looks through a locked gate in the Roma ghetto of Stolipinovo in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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  • Susanna Hedman, Finnish Kaale Roma living in Sweden, where she represents the Green Party in the Enköping City Council
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  • Satu Lindgren, Finnish Kaale Roma living in Sweden
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  • Two Roma boys pose for a portrait in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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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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  • Young Roma woman with her daughter during the wake for a deceased relative in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • Two Roma infants and their mothers during a baby dedication ceremony in the Pentecostal church in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • Two young Xhosa, who have recently become men by going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, are going for a walk in Khayalethu South Township, Knysna, South Africa, in December, 2006. As signs of their manhood they are wearing red facial paint, long trousers, a shirt, a jacket and a cap, and, following local customs, they will continue to do so for about six months.
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  • A young Hamar man with painted face who takes part in a bull jump, a ritual at which a man runs across the backs of a row of bullocks in order to become eligible for marriage, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The man is a maz, somebody who has completed the bull jump but has yet to marry, and the painted rings around his eyes show that he performed the jump eight days ago. The 40,000-strong, cattle-herding Hamar are among the largest of the 20 or so ethnic groups which inhabit the culturally diverse Omo region in south-west Ethiopia.
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  • Young Roma father, carrying his son, in the yard of their home in the village of Dimacheni in Botosani County, Romania. He has previously worked in the building industry in Italy and now he and his wife are in the process of repairing their newly-bought home in the traditionally Romanian (non-Roma) section of the village.
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  • Aila, Finnish Kaale Roma girl, in a corridor in her school in Sweden
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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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  • Jadwiga Markowska, Polish-Russian Galicjaki Roma living in Sweden, where she teaches the Romani Chib language to Roma school children
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  • Domino Kai, Finnish Kaale Roma living in Sweden
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  • A coffin containing a deceased Roma man is carried into the family yard and towards the entrance of his home in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania, while closely related women cry out their grief. Inside the house the lid will be taken off, so that family and friends can spend time with the deceased during the wake which will go on for three days.
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  • A young Hamar man shortly before his bull jump, a ritual making him eligible to marry, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The milk calabash in his hand will be useful in the months ahead as he is only allowed to drink milk and eat meat and honey until he is engaged to be married. The 40,000-strong, cattle-herding Hamar are among the largest of the 20 or so ethnic groups which inhabit the culturally diverse Omo region in south-west Ethiopia.
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  • Suzana Aziri, Kosovo Gurbeti Roma living in Sweden
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  • Young Roma woman with son and two young male members of her group in a temporary camp in the village of  Dersca in Botosani County, Romania. They are Kelderari Roma, known for their skill in metal work, and their group has been permitted to set up camp in the farming village of Dersca, where they offer their services to the local inhabitants.
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  • Shirine Bardosana, Kosovo Gurbeti Roma living in Sweden, practices traditional dances with Roma friends
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  • Sergiu Pruteanu, Romanian Ursari Roma living in Sweden with his family
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  • Mirelle Gyllenbäck. Finnish Kalle Roma - Swedish Traveler
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  • Bagir Kwiek, Kosovo Kalderash Roma living in Sweden
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  • Angelina Dimiter Taikkon, Swedish Kalderash Roma
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  • Allan Svarts, Finnish Kaale Roma living in Sweden
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  • A Roma girl with a hairbrush in her hand leans against a fence in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • A roma girl in Valea Seaca Village in Bacau County, Romania, stands in front of a house where the wake for a deceased male relative is going on. The girl is eating grapes.
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  • Deceased Roma man in open coffin during his funeral in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • Roma family in their home in the all-Roma village of Unguraia in Botosani County, Romania. The mother sits with the youngest child on her lap inside one of the rooms while the father and a son stand in the hallway outside. They have three more children, all of them girls.
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  • A Roma man makes a dustpan from scrap metal in a temporary camp in the village of  Dersca in Botosani County, Romania, while a young woman carrying her son on her hip watches him. They are Kelderari Roma, known for their skill in metal work, and their group has been permitted to set up camp in the farming village of Dersca, where they offer their services to the local inhabitants.
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  • Roma children playing in the village of Dimacheni in Botosani County, Romania.
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  • Two Roma brothers with their family's two horses in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania. The younger brother sits bareback on his horse.
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  • Two Roma boys in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • A Roma family sitting on the ground outside their home in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • Russian Orthodox wedding in the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia
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  • A three-and-a-half-year-old boy waits to be circumcised at his home in Istanbul, Turkey. He is younger than the usual circumcision age because his parents want him to undergo the ritual together with his older brother.  Custom dictates that boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes at their circumcision, and the cloaks and hats and sceptres of the two boys are scattered on the sofa on which the boy is sitting. The boy will be circumcised by a licensed circumciser.
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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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  • Beki Dimitrijevic, Serbian Arli Roma living in Sweden
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  • A young Xhosa initiate, going through his homecoming ritual after a month in seclusion, is swathed in a blanket and holds a stick that has been blackened by the smoke in the initiation hut. December 2006 in Ciskei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. He keeps the stick for the rest of his life as proof that he has attained manhood. The traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, which transforms the teenager into an adult man, starts with circumcision. The initiates then spend about a month in a special initiation camp, away from settled areas.
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  • A Hamar bride who following local traditions lives alone in the loft of her parents-in-law's home for three months before consummating the marriage, in South Omo, Ethiopia. She is covered from top to toe in red ochre and butter to ward off evil.  The 40,000-strong, cattle-herding Hamar are among the largest of the 20 or so ethnic groups which inhabit the culturally diverse South Omo region in south-west Ethiopia.
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  • Sunita Memetovic, Serbian Arli Roma living in Sweden, where she studies law at Uppsala University
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Panga Village, Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley. Workers belonging to the local CDMC (Community Disaster Management Committee). More than a third of the houses in Panga were destroyed, most of them old traditional houses made of brick.
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  • Together with young relatives the widow of a deceased Roma man grieve beside his open coffin during the wake held in their home in Valea Seaca Villlage in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • A Roma woman standing in the family home in the all-Roma farming village of Unguraia in Cristesti Community, Botosani County, Romania.
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  • Roma mother with children in their temporary home in a communist-era barn which the authorities of the town of Roman in Romania have partitioned into sleeping quarters for homeless Roma.
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  • Two Roma girls in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • An elderly Roma woman with furrowed face and head scarf in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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  • A newly circumcised boy poses for a portrait on his ceremonial bed in his home in Istanbul, Turkey. As local custom dictates, he is dressed up as a small sultan or prince and holds a sceptre in his hand.
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  • Hamar man with painted legs, ostrich-feather hairdo and a stool in his hand posing for a photograph, in South Omo, Ehtiopia. The 40,000-strong, cattle-herding Hamar are among the largest of the 20 or so ethnic groups which inhabit this culturally diverse region in south-west Ethiopia.
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  • Roma father with daughter in front of their home in the village of Slobozia in Iasi County, Romania. The name Slobozia means ”The Free Ones". The village is said to have been settled by runaway Roma slaves in the times of slavery in Romania. The enslavement of the Roma in Romania was officially abolished in the 1850's.
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  • Roberto Markowski and Markiza Wege, Polish Galicjaki Roma living in Sweden
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  • Roma harvesting corn in the village of Dimacheni in Botosani County, Romania.
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  • From a lookout point next to Pierre Lofti Cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, a boy who will soon be circumcised looks out over the Golden Horn. As custom dictates, the boy is dressed up as a small sultan or prince. A relative stands beside him, holding his sceptre. During the days leading up to the circumcision, it is customary that boys about to be circumcised  are taken on a tour of some of the famous mosques and landmarks of the city.
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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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  • Without looking back, Xhosa initiates leave the initiation camp, where they have spent about a month in seclusion. December 2006 in Ciskei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The camp is set on fire after their departure as a symbolic farewell to childhood. The traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, which transforms the teenager into an adult man, starts with circumcision. The initiates then spend about a month in a special initiation camp, away from settled areas.
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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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  • 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 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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  • A Sami girl gets dressed in traditional clothes for her confirmation ceremony, Kautokeino, Norway. She is helped by her aunt, who adjusts the look of her hair. The Sami living in Kautokeino hold confirmations and other life cycle ceremonies at Easter time, after which the reindeer herders move with their herds to the Atlantic coast for summer pasture.  The traditional tunics that the Sami women wear are made of wool, the scarves of silk and the brooches holding the scarves together in front are made of silver.
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  • An Apache girl learns how to make corn bread as part of the preparation for her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. June 2004. Her mother looks out through the kitchen door. The Sunrise Dance is the most important ceremony of the Apache Indians. It is held during the summer, within one year after the girl has had her first menstruation, and lasts for four days. The ceremony is an enactment of the Apache creation myth and during the rites the girl ’becomes‘ Changing Woman, a mythical female figure, and comes into possession of her healing powers. The rites are also supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants.
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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 Roma feamle beggar from Romania sit with three of her children in the family minibus in a parking lot in Uppsala, Sweden. The children are looked after by the father while the mother begs in the streets of the town during the day.
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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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