wounds from jumping the bulls ceremony
prior to jumping the bulls the maza whip the women relatives of the initiate. the more scars the more the woman shares the pain of separation as the young man leaves his family and village to become a maza and eventually marries a wife of his own.
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Location: Turmi Lower Omo valley
Photo credit: © CHRIS LEWINGTON / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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