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A Mbuti boy endures a ritual scarification by razor blade. It is the last of the manhood ceremony that follows months of training to learn skills and live independently.

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RANDY OLSON
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Keywords
africa, african tribal peoples, anatomy, blood, circumcision, customs, democratic republic of the congo, ethnic and tribal peoples, forests and forestry, habitats and ecosystems, ituri forest, mbuti pygmy tribespeople, medical examination and treatment, people, peoples, puberty rites, pygmy tribespeople, rain forests, religion, religious rites, self deformed people, surgery, tribal customs, zaire
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Ituri Forest Pygmy_National Geographic Magazine 9/2005
A Mbuti boy endures a ritual scarification by razor blade. It is the last of the manhood ceremony that follows months of training to learn skills and live independently.