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  • Two Kombai men collect sago grubs found inside a rotten sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The palm was felled seven weeks earlier, wrapped in leaves and then left to rot in order for the scarab beetle to come and lay its eggs inside. The grubs will be consumed during a a sago grub festival. This is the most important religious rite of the Kombai, who are a so-called treehouse people, building thir homes high up in the trees.
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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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  • 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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  • Hindu men pray and pay homage to the sacred River Ganges, Varanasi, India. January, 2004.
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  • A group of Kombai men fish with the use of poisonous crushed bark in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The bark is placed in a part of the creek where the water runs slowly. A piece of crushed bark is seen to the right. The man in the foreground carries a stone axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Hamar men hold bullocks still during a bull jump, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The bull jump is a ritual at which a man runs across the backs of a row of bullocks in order to become eligible for marriage. 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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  • A group of Kombai men build a new treehouse some 25 meters up in a  tall tree in the rainforest of Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Kombai men, armed with bows and arrows, dance during 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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  • Kombai men collect sago grubs found inside a rotten sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The palm was felled seven weeks earlier, wrapped in leaves and then left to rot in order for the scarab beetle to come and lay its eggs inside. The grubs will be consumed during a a sago grub festival. This is the most important religious rite of the Kombai, who are a so-called treehouse people, building thir homes high up in the trees.
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  • Finnish Roma men gathered for a funeral in Uppsala, Sweden.
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  • Two Kombai men sit on the veranda of their treehouse 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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  • Kombai men dance with bows and arrows in their hands in the early morning 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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  • Two Kombai men uses stone axes to cut down a sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The man in the foreground, who wears a penios sheath made of the beak of a hornbill, tightens the rattan lashings of his axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • Two Roma men from Bulgaria pick blueberries in the forest between the towns of Katrineholm and Vingåker in Sweden.
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  • A Kombai man with a dog´s tooth necklace watches three other men empty a dammed part of a creek in Papua, Indonesia, a fishing method allowing them to catch the fish living in the creek. September 2000.  The men use woody shafts of sago leafs as bailers. One such bailer is leaning against the tree to the left. A stone axe is lying on the ground beside it. On the other side of the creek three women are waiting. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Two young Xhosa male initiates, who have just returned home as men after one month of seclusion, are having their faces painted red by their guardian and teacher in Khayalethu South Township, Knysna, South Africa, in December, 2006. As initiates they were first circumcised, and they then spent one month in a special initiation camp, away from the normal living areas. For one week they will now wear red facial paint, a turban, long trousers, a shirt and a jacket, all signs that they have become men. When the week is over, the turban will be changed for a cap, which will then be worn for another six months.
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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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  • Xhosa male initiates dancing and singing beside a fire the night before returning home after one month in seclusion in a special initiation camp in Knysna, South Africa, in December 2006. The boys are going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, after which they will be accepted as men by the Xhosa society. They have been circumcised, and their faces are painted white to ward off attacks by witches.
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  • Young Xhosa initiates, who spend about a month together in a special initiation camp, play traditional games with their guardian in Ciskei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, in December, 2006. The initiates go through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, which transforms them into adult men. They have been circumcised, and they wear white body paint to ward off attacks by witches.
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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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  • A group of young Xhosa initiates in Ciskei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, in December, 2006. Clad in blankets and with their faces painted white to ward off witches, they spend more than a month together living outside their communities. After the initiation period is over, and their circumcision wounds have healed, they return home as real men.
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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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  • In preparation for a Sunrise Dance, the first menstruation rite of an Apache girl, the family of the girl's godparents butcher a cow on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. The Sunrise Dance 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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  • A group of Kombai cut up a sago palm that they have just felled in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The woody shafts of the leaves will be used for the washing of sago fibres. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • The male members of the family enter the grave and wrap the remains of the dead in new shrouds during a reburial ceremony in Belaveno, Bezanozano Ethnic Area, Madagascar. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, as without those blessings one cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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  • Xhosa male initiates light a fire, fuelled by car tires, around which they will dance before returning home after one month in seclusion in a special initiation camp. December 2006 in Knysna, South Africa. The boys are going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite. They have been circumcised, and their faces are painted white to ward off attacks by witches.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The male members of a family check the remains of the dead inside a grave opened for a reburial ceremony in the highlands south of the capital of Antananarivo, Madagascar. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, as without those blessings one cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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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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  • A Hamar man’s face is painted before taking part in a bull jump, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The bull jump is a ritual at which a man runs across the backs of a row of bullocks in order to become eligible for marriage. 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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  • After giving her a prayer shawl and blessing, the rabbi talks to a Jewish girl before she goes through her bat mitzvah, her coming-of-age ritual, at her Reform Jewish synagogue in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA. After this she will enter the synagogue hall to read extracts from the Torah, the holy scriptures, to the congregation. Jewish tradition dictates that a girl comes of age at twelve, though in Reform and Conservative Jewish congregations they usually become bat mitzvahs at thirteen, the same age as boys.
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  • Performing the traditional  horah, where everyone dances in a circle and holds the boy up in a chair, a Jewish boy's bar mitzvah is celebrated the day after the ceremony was held in his Conservative synagogue in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA. Since the ceremony was performed on a Sabbath the party could not be held on the same day. In Judaism, a boy comes of age at thirteen, when he becomes a bar mitzvah and assumes responsibility for his own actions.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Members of an Apache girl's family  (two sisters, father, mother, brother and her grandmother) dance during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. The women are dressed in camp dresses. The Sunrise Dance 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 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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  • The day before a reburial ceremony in Belaveno, Bezanozano Ethnic Area, Madagascar, a ritual is held at the tomb to inform the deceased to be ready. Rum is poured on the grave as an offering. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, as without those blessings one cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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  • Fathers hold their daughters in their laps as they give them away in marriage at 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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  • After the devil incarnate, El Colacho, on the last day of the Fiesta del Colacho, has jumped over the babies born during the year, the priest holds up the monstrance containing the host while young girls scatter petals over the infants, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.
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  • Holding the monstrance with the host, the priest leads the congregation in a procession through the village streets during the Fiesta del Colacho, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.
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  • Worhisppers receive the consecrated bread known as the Eucharist, at the celebration of mass during the Fiesta del Colaco, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.
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  • Armed sentries keep watch as the hosts and their invited guests dance inside 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Xhosa male initiation camp in a small forest area just outside the township Khayalethu South in Knysna, South Africa, in December, 2006. The young initiates, who are going through the traditional Xhosa male initiation rite, have been cricumcised and are now spending a month in seclusion in a special initiation camp. Their faces have been painted white to ward off attacks by witches.
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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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  • Before his bull jump a Hamar initiate wanders naked among the herd, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The bull jump is a ritual at which a man runs across the backs of a row of bullocks in order to become eligible for marriage. Nudity represents his death and rebirth, as he is about to assume a new social role. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • An Apache girl and her godfather dance inside a ceremonial tepee, while mountain spirits (gaan) or crown dancers dance around it, during a Sunrise Dance held on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. The Sunrise Dance, the first menstruation rite of an Apache girl, 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 supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants.
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  • During a galekana ceremony, an elderly Hamar man blesses an infant by spraying it with a mouthful of coffee, in South Omo, Ethiopia, in October, 2006. After this ceremony the parents can resume their sexual relation and bring more children into the world. 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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  • Dancing with the dead at a reburial ceremony in Belaveno, Bezanozano Ethnic Area, Madagascar. The family roll the bodies in straw mats and then carry them aloft in a dance round the tomb. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, as without those blessings one cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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  • A bull slaughtered to feed the guests attending a reburial ceremony in Belaveno, Bezanozano Ethnic Area, Madagascar. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, as without those blessings one cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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  • An Elvis impersonator and a newly wed couple in a Cadillac Convertible at an Elvis Themed Wedding in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. June 2004. The ceremony took place at A Little White Wedding Chapel. The wedding industry is the third largest in Las Vegas after gambling and entertainment.
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  • On the last day of the Fiesta del Colacho in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain, el Colacho, the devil incarnate, jumps over the children born during the year, removing the evil he represents, while parents hold their babies still. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi, and the jumping over the children is intended to protect them from illness and misfortune.
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  • Several times a day during the Fiesta del Coalcho, the Christian brotherhood in charge of the festivities walk through the streets of Castrillo de Murcia, in Burgos province, Spain. In front of them walk El Coalcho, the devil incarnate, banging his large castanets to symbolically disturb the Christian ceremonies. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.
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  • Sami boys in traditional costume kneel while  a priest bless them at their confirmation ceremony in the church of Kautokeino, Norway. 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 are made of wool and the winter shoes and trousers of reindeer fur. The belts have silver decorations.
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  • After dancing with the dead at a reburial ceremony in Belaveno, Bezanozano Ethnic Area, Madagascar, the bodies are returned to the family tomb which is then sealed until the next burial or reburial. The famadihana, the Madagascan reburial ceremony, is a custom in the highlands of Madagascar. The purpose of the ritual is to induce the ancestors to impart their blessings to their descendants, without which they cannot have a good life. The famadihana is held during the cooler half of the year, when the dead are said to be freezing in their graves and therefore need new clothing.
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  • Xhosa male initiates at a homecoming ritual celebrating their return after one month in seclusion. December 2006 in Ciskei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. They have received turbans to cover their shaven heads and have had red ochre mixed with butter – a symbol of masculinity – applied to their skin. The traditional Xhosa male initiation, which transforms the teenager into an adult man, starts with circumcision. The initiate then spends about a month in an initiation camp, away from settled areas.
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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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  • Apache firefighters in front of their helicopter on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. June 2004. They work during the dry summer season, combating fires on the reservation.
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  • While men hold a row of bullocks still a Hamar initiate runs over their backs at a bull jumping ritual, in South Omo, Ethiopia. By successfully completing the bull jump a Hamar man becomes eligible for marriage. 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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  • A young Amerindian woman, taking part in the wayunka ceremony in the Cochabamba Area, Bolivia, catches a decorated basket with her feet while sitting on a swing. The ceremony, which is a fertility rite and sexual flirt with the men watching it, is held at the end of Todos Santos and symbolises the return of life after several days of death rites.
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  • Young Hamar men and women take part in a courtship dance after a bull jumping ritual, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The bull jump is a ritual at which a man runs over a row of bullocks in order to become eligible for marriage, and the erotic dances that follow continue all night and into the following morning. 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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  • While men hold a row of bullocks still a Hamar initiate runs over their backs at a bull jumping ritual, in South Omo, Ethiopia. By successfully completing the bull jump a Hamar man becomes eligible for marriage. 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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  • A Hamar woman participating 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, gets help from a female friend to soothe her scars with butter, in South Omo, Ethiopia. The woman, who is a close relative of the initiate, has been ritually whipped by maz, men who have performed the bull jump but have yet to marry. The Hamar view a scarified back as proof of a woman's love and devotion to her brothers. 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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  • A Hamar man ritually whips a young woman at 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 initiate's sisters and female cousins ask the maz, men who have performed the bull jump but have yet to marry, to whip them, an act which shows the young women’s love and devotion to their brothers. To protect their breasts from stray strokes, the women nowadays wear cotton singlet’s during the ritual. 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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