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Mbuti boys wait to be whipped during an initiation into manhood. The Salate is at the end of the nKumbi Pygmy manhood ritual. The men watch over Pygmy boys who have been secluded for 5 months preparing for this ritual.
- Copyright
- RANDY OLSON
- Image Size
- 10000x6667 / 190.8MB
- Keywords
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africa, african tribal peoples, 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, peoples, puberty rites, pygmy tribespeople, rain forests, religion, religious rites, surgery, tribal customs, zaire
- Contained in galleries
- Ituri Forest Pygmy_National Geographic Magazine 9/2005
