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  • Fields are cleared and then burned in preparation for planting.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the contest and competition.
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  • A work group clears and burns fields in preparation for planting.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Fields are cleared and then burned in preparation for planting.
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  • Preparation for a wedding ceremony at a Turkana village outside Loiyangalani.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Fields are cleared and then burned in preparation for planting.
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  • Camels are kept clean in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Nyangatom women prepare to dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • Kara men prepare for a coming of age ceremony
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  • Kara men prepare for an evening dance celebration.
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  • Hamar tribesmen prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Hamar tribesmen prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • A Hamar woman prepares for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Preparations for a wedding in Tulgit.
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  • A fisherman prepares to clean a halibut.
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  • A Kara son prepares for bull jumping initiation into manhood.
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  • A bride's father supplies caviar from his fishing camp. He got enough caviar to feed 200 people at his daughter’s wedding. <br />
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The bride is one quarter indigenous—there is, however, an easy mix between indigenous and white Russians. This family decided to have a wedding although the bride is seven months pregnant. Common-law marriages are the norm among the indigenous people, so the entire town prepared for almost a year for this event.  Most of the decorations were brought in by MI-8 helicopter.  <br />
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Russia wanted to “tame” the salmon zones in Kamchatka, so some moved to the northern communities that were technically war zones with the United States.  To do so, they had to have connections and get permits, then move to where they make eight times what they can in Moscow in government wages. When default happened and their state-subsidized salaries disappeared, all they were left with was the resource—salmon.
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  • Timber is loaded onto barges and taken to a saw mill for processing.
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  • Students making costumes for a party.
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  • A nun makes wafers for communion at Convento de Carmen Alto, a cloistered convent in the Colonial historic district of Quito.
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  • A boy getting dressed prior to a performance in Branson.
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  • A side of island-grown beef was slaughtered and awaits a family gathering in their Rapa Nui home.
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  • Salmon fishermen pull purse seine net into boat.
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  • Shrimp ready to boil for a dinner.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Timber is stacked to be processed and loaded onto ships for export.
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  • Cheese making at alm in the Tyrol.
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  • Cheese making press at alm in the Tyrol.
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  • Two boys help their uncle on a farm in the Dolomites.
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  • Students dye their hair for a party.
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  • A student picks up clothing to get dressed for class.
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  • A photographer sets a camera trap at a water hole so a laser beam will trip the shutter to photograph wild horses.
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  • First day of a primary boarding school near Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • First day of a primary boarding school near Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • First day of a primary boarding school near Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • Dishes are washed in a camp kitchen.
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  • Kara tribespeople in temporary agricultural camp in Kundama.
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  • Suri cover themselves with clay body paint for ceremonial pole fights.
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  • Hauling in salmon from their boats at a fishing camp, coastal people called Nymylan are village dwellers and hang the catch to dry on racks for winter.
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  • A Koryak man dries fish in his summer camp that will feed his family through the winter. Koryaks are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Anadyr basin and the country to the immediate north of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The koryak are typically split into two groups. The coastal people Nemelan (or Nymylan) meaning ‘village dwellers’ due to their sedentary fishing habits and the inland Koryaks, reindeer herders called Chauchen (or Chauchven) meaning ‘rich in reindeer’ who are more nomadic.
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  • A plastic surgeon marks up a patient for his incisions for cosmetic surgery while nurses watch.
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  • Cheese making at alm in the Tyrol.
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  • A Ladino woman walks to a steep hayfield on her farm.
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  • A student picks up clothing to get dressed for class.
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  • Tents are set up, carpets laid on the sand and lavish food is shared.
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  • A young camel is slaughtered for meat in a camp kitchen.
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  • A bride irons a bridesmaid's dress. Khailino in Kamchatka, Russia has not had an event in the last three years. The community mustered up a wedding and invited the entire community. Although the bride was seven months pregnant, she worked doing laundry and ironing for all her brothers and sisters on her wedding day.
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  • Preparations for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Clear cut forest in preparation for mountain top removal coal mining. In the background is a reclaimed mine site and rock from an active mine.
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  • Makeup and costumes for young girls are part of the preparation for the Beef Empire Days princess contest at the Beef Empire Days Rodeo.
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  • Preparation for a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Preparation for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • In preparation for the Beef Empire Days Rodeo parade, young girls practice for a performance under the tall grain elevator along the railroad tracks.  Corn was taken out town to sell all over the world, but now these tracks bring corn TO Garden City, Kansas  for the feedlots that ring the area.
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  • Wedding preparation.
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  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Hairstyles are created after the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Attorney Brian Glasser briefs some of the 152 frustrated Sylvester, West Virginia citizens who banded together in a lawsuit in an effort to halt the assault on their air. Armed with video taped evidence, photographs, and testimony, the residents proved that black dust blanketed their town from a coal stockpile and preparation plant.<br />
They won but little has changed (the company bought a street sweeper for the community) but it was a moral victory for a group of people who saw property values plummet in the black cloud that hung over their town. None of the 152 mostly retirees had ever been involved in a lawsuit.
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  • Flocks of Sandhill cranes arrive at dusk to roost in the shallows of the Platte River.<br />
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Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Sandhill cranes fly in to roost in the shallows of the Platte River. <br />
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Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Sandhill cranes fly in to roost in the shallows of the Platte River. They do a courtship dance that begins with a bow.<br />
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Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Sandhill cranes fly in to roost in the shallows of the Platte River. They do a courtship dance but this behavior can also be an aggressive or territorial show.<br />
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Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Sandhill cranes fly in to roost in the shallows of the Platte River.<br />
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Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Men who live in Sylvester wait for court testimony to begin in Madison. Their community of 150 residents sued the coal company that assaulted them with black dust blanketing their town from a nearby coal stockpile and preparation plant. They won the law suit but little changed besides the company bought a street sweeper for the town.
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  • Sandhill cranes fly in to roost in the shallows of the Platte River. <br />
<br />
Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the empty cornfields in preparation for the journey to their Arctic and subarctic nesting grounds. <br />
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Sandhill cranes among the world’s oldest living birds and one of the planet’s most successful life-forms, having outlasted millions of species (99 percent of species that ever existed are now extinct).
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  • Contractors prepare to load trucks with wild horses they capture following a round up.
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  • Preparations for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • A Daasanach girl, shows a determined face as her mother prepares her for a pairing off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
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  • Nyangatom women prepare to dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • Banna males prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Workers prepare the grounds at Grumeti Reserves.
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  • An Aborigine aims a shotgun while another prepares a spear.
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  • Archeologist Mark Kenoyer atop a custom-built ladder structure held by four gro ups of men with ropes.  In the morning fog, Kenoyer  prepares to photograph a n ewly excavated wall at the site of Harappa.
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  • High school cheerleaders gather backstage to prepare for their routine at the C ullman County Fair.
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  • A patient waits for doctors and nurses to prepare before having plastic surgery in a hospital.
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  • A chef prepares a celebratory meal of whole reef fish. According to WWF figures, Hong Kong has the second-highest per-capita seafood consumption in Asia, and is the world’s eighth-largest seafood consumer.<br />
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Damaged by decades of human activity, Hong Kong’s rich marine ecosystem requires concerted conservation effort.<br />
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From large marine mammals such as dolphins and porpoises to an array of fishes, crustaceans and coral species, the range of sea-life found in Hong Kong’s waters is as captivating as it is diverse. But for many of the approximately 6,000 species that comprise the territory’s marine ecosystem, life is getting harder year after year. Affected by overfishing, heavy boat traffic, various forms of pollution, and habitat loss caused by coastal development, a growing number of creatures that once boasted healthy populations are now classified as vulnerable or endangered
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  • Dockside seafood in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung district can be chosen by customers to take to nearby restaurants where it is prepared for their dinner. Here shellfish mingle with live reef fish, a controversial trade that is decimating species such as groupers. Divers often capture reef fish by using cyanide or dynamite. Global sales may top a billion dollars a year.
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  • Over 5,000 meals of bluefin tuna are prepared at the Bonita Fesitiva in Spain.
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  • Fire fighters prepare to fight a wildfire caused by lightning that spread into the night along a ridge line. Wild land fire devastation costs millions of dollars and loss of property and life. <br />
According to the Washington Post: High temperatures. Low humidity. Little rainfall. Dry vegetation. Fast winds.<br />
Wildfires depend on a combination of environmental conditions to start and spread. As global temperatures rise, research shows these conditions appear more intensely and frequently — escalating the risk of wildfires. Around 85 percent of wildfires over the past two decades were started by people.
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  • Circassian dancers in a Black Sea village prepare for a festival.
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  • Banna males prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual and participants are photographed by tourists.
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  • Banna males prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • A waiter prepares a dining room by freshening the floral arrangements in a plush hotel in the Swiss Alps. The elegant Badrutt's Palace opened in 1896, and over the years has welcomed tourists and celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin.
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  • It's a festive atmosphere in the kitchen as a  couple prepares dinner for friends on their float house. Located on a secluded bay, visitors arrive by boat or by a water landing in a plane.
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  • A waiter unfolds linen table cloths as he prepares a dining room for the evening in a plush hotel in glitzy, St. Moritz. Badrutt's Palace hotel is an iconic, luxury destination known for amenities and fine service. Huge floral arrangements and framed oil paintings create a formal elegance for tourists.<br />
The ornate Palace hotel opened in 1896 and over the years has welcomed celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin.
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  • Children wearing sunglasses and designer outfits prepare back stage for a charity fashion show in the exclusive, glamorous resort town of St. Moritz. The ritzy, Alpine resort town is located in the Engadine in Switzerland.
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  • The Miller and Caudill family prepare string beans from the summer garden for canning.
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  • Roger Will prepares his fields for planting beans.
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  • Aspiring chefs watch a demonstration as a dish is prepared in a class at the Cu linary Institute of America.
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  • Preparations for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • A Daasanach girl prepares for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Daasanach females prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Daasanach females prepare for the Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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