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  • At the henna party of a newly circumcised boy who lives in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, the boy dances with a red cloth bearing the emblem of the Turkish flag draped over his shoulders. Female family members and friends clap their hands while he dances.
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  • El Colacho, the devil incarnate, holds up his large castanets and his oxtail-topped stick, which also severs as a whip, 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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  • 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 basket filled with candy, maize and money is poured over an Apache girl at her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. This symbolises good luck and material wealth. 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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  • An Apache woman on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA, makes the traditional buckskin dress for her niece's Sunrise Dance and attaches to it a symbol representing Michael Jordan. The girl plays basketball and Michael Jordan is her favourite player. The Sunrise Dance is the first menstruation rite of an Apache girl. 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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  • Respectful bows from the family and the priest end a shichi-go-san ritual inside the Aoto Jinja shrine 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Boys about to be circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, dance together with a clown. This is one of the many fun activities used to make the boys relax before the actual circumcision takes place. As custom dictates, the boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes.
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  • A Kombai man with an edible river tortoise that he has caught in the rainforest 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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  • 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 young boy and his  parents get ready to pose for the camera in a photographer's studio before going to a Shinto shrine for the boy's shichi-go-san ritual 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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  • Young Ait Haddidou woman at the Imilchil Brides' Fair, the High Atlas, Morocco. The fair, or moussem, which is held by the local Berber tribe, is an annual event consisting of trading goods, praying at a marabout, the grave of a local saint, and searching for a suitable marriage partner. The way in which the woman wears her headdress tells that she is or has been married before.  Divorce is common in the area. Her clothing, e g the striped, woollen cloak, is typical of the Hait Haddidou women.
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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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  • Two Roma girls in the all-Roma village of Poiana Negustiorului in Bacau County, Romania.
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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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  • 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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  • A statue of an Apache Indian in front of the Apache Gold Casino on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. June 2004. In his hands he holds a staff and a ring used in the traditional hoop game.
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Kirtipur Municipality, Kathmandu Valley. People digging with their bare hands through the remains of their homes in search of their belongings.
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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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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Kirtipur Municipality, Kathmandu Valley. People digging with their bare hands through the remains of their homes in search of their belongings.
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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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  • 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 boy is circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. His family have gathered behind him in support. The father holds a reassuring hand on his shoulder while the mother watches the procedure with discomfort.
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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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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit (Gaan) or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. 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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  • The Bungamati Kumari, a pre-pubescent girl and living goddess, with entourage take part in a ceremony in Bungamati in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, just moments before the major earthquake of 25 April 2015 struck. She never left the site during the tremors and, luckily, the wall behind her did not fall. She is resting, lying down on her throne with a doll in her hand. Offerings of money lie in a bowl beneath her.
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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit (Gaan) or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. Other Crown Dancers dance around her, and beside her dances her godfather. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. 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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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. 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 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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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit (Gaan) or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. Other Crown Dancers dance around her, and beside her dances her godfather. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. 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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