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A Mbuti boy displays welts from being whipped during a puberty ritual. The belief is that the harsh treatment makes them stronger to survive the challenges of life in the Ituri Forest.
- Copyright
- RANDY OLSON
- Image Size
- 7008x4672 / 93.7MB
- Keywords
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africa, african tribal peoples, and injuries, chiefs and leaders, circumcision, customs, deformities, democratic republic of the congo, diseases, 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, surgery, tribal customs, wounds, zaire
- Contained in galleries
- Ituri Forest Pygmy_National Geographic Magazine 9/2005
