AmaPondo Xhosa boy wrapped in rugs white clay I-Futa on face after being circumcised uku-Lukwa having finished initiation /

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AmaPondo (Xhosa) boy wrapped in rugs with white clay (I-Futa) on face, after being circumcised (uku-Lukwa) and having finished initiation / seclusion period during which they are known as aba-Kweta and have been presented to their families as men (in-Doda), Umzimvubu Valley, Mkanzeni District, Pondoland, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa, July

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