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  • A Daasanach girl with a goat and kid.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327892.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl during a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327990.JPG
  • A Daasanach village.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327982.JPG
  • Daasanach females prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327977.JPG
  • Daasanach girls attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327903.JPG
  • Daasanach girls prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327894.JPG
  • Daasanach girls prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327904.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl milks a cow.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328027.TIF
  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman is slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327933.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl, shows a determined face as her mother prepares her for a pairing off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
    MM8259_20140510_42058.tif
  • A Daasanach fisherman with his boat on Lake Turkana.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328115.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl, shows a determined face as her mother prepares her for a pairing off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281807.TIF
  • A Daasanach girl during a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328000.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327972.JPG
  • Waving whips, clubs, and traditional stools, Daasanach men dance their way into a crowd of potential wives at a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327951.JPG
  • Daasanach girls attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327898.JPG
  • Daasanach girls prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327897.JPG
  • Daasanach girls prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327895.JPG
  • Waving whips, clubs, and traditional stools, Daasanach men dance their way into a crowd of potential wives at a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281808.TIF
  • A Daasanach girl milks a cow.
    MM8259_20140510_41792.tif
  • Daasanach girls attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327905.JPG
  • A Daasanach fisherman with his boat on Lake Turkana.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328116.TIF
  • Daasanach fishermen in the reeds of Lake Turkana.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328118.TIF
  • A Daasanach girl during a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328001.JPG
  • Daasanach females prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327978.JPG
  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman is slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327930.JPG
  • Daasanach girls attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327901.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl with a calf and cows.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327896.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327893.JPG
  • A Daasanach fisherman with his boat on Lake Turkana.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328114.JPG
  • A Daasanach child chews on an animal jawbone.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328002.JPG
  • Daasanach girls prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327974.JPG
  • Daasanach girls attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327902.JPG
  • A Daasanach man dances his way into a crowd of potential wives at a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327900.JPG
  • Daasanach females attend the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327899.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327979.JPG
  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman is slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327931.JPG
  • A Daasanach village.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327983.JPG
  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327975.JPG
  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman was slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281804.TIF
  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327976.JPG
  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman is slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327932.JPG
  • The ritual killing, roasting and sharing of a bull that will feed dozens of the Daasanach tribe.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327960.JPG
  • The Bale ceremony is precursor to the Guol ceremony which is a young woman's path to womanhood. The male asks the female to partner and previously she did not have the right to refuse. But there have been changes and the parents will now pay attention to their daughter's wishes.
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  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327995.TIF
  • A pairing-off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328133.TIF
  • A cow slaughtered for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327998.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327987.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327991.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327988.JPG
  • A girl with a herd of goats to be killed during a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327950.JPG
  • A goat is slaughtered for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328007.JPG
  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328005.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327989.JPG
  • Girls attend a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327985.JPG
  • Bulls supplied for the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327952.JPG
  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328004.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327996.JPG
  • Fishermen set nets in the evening.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328126.JPG
  • Ileret dome houses.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328124.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327994.JPG
  • Preparations for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327993.JPG
  • A girl attends a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327953.JPG
  • Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, a girl guards her sorghum crop from hungry birds.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281803.TIF
  • Preparations for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328008.JPG
  • A bull is killed during the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327955.JPG
  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327948.JPG
  • Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, a girl guards her sorghum crop from hungry birds.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328120.TIF
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327997.JPG
  • Females attend a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327980.JPG
  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327956.JPG
  • Sorghum fields guarded by tribespeople on stands at Selicho fishing village. Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, a girl guards her sorghum crop from hungry birds.
    MM8259_20140501_37218.tif
  • Shadow of a woman on an Ileret dome house.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328113.JPG
  • Girls attend a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327986.JPG
  • A girl during a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327981.JPG
  • Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, girls guard a sorghum crop from hungry birds.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328009.JPG
  • A goat is killed during the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327959.JPG
  • A goat is killed during the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327957.JPG
  • A fisherman cleans the nets before going out to set them in the evening.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328125.JPG
  • Preparations for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327992.JPG
  • Women attend a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327949.JPG
  • Fish being carried from Lake Turkana.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328121.JPG
  • Preparation for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328003.JPG
  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327999.JPG
  • A woman rubs herself in bull blood during the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327954.JPG
  • Girls attend a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327984.JPG
  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328006.JPG
  • A goat is killed during the Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327958.JPG
  • The family that supplied the bulls for the Nyicheriesee ceremony have the stomach contents of the bulls smeared onto them as a sign of respect.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281806.TIF
  • Naming ceremony for five-day-old baby in a town outside Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327969.JPG
  • The family that supplied the bulls for the Nyicheriesee ceremony have the stomach contents of the bulls smeared onto them as a sign of respect.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327963.JPG
  • Preparation for a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2328129.JPG
  • Naming ceremony for five-day-old baby in a town outside Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327970.JPG
  • Naming ceremony for five-day-old baby in a town outside Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327968.JPG
  • A woman attends a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2281805.JPG
  • Naming ceremony for five-day-old baby in a town outside Ileret.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327971.JPG
  • The family that supplied the bulls for the Nyicheriesee ceremony have the stomach contents of the bulls smeared onto them as a sign of respect.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327962.JPG
  • The family that supplied the bulls for the Nyicheriesee ceremony have the stomach contents of the bulls smeared onto them as a sign of respect.
    RANDY OLSON_MM8259_2327961.JPG