Women from the Banna tribe before a bull jumping ceremony. The bull jumping ceremony is a male rite of passage where a young man crosses an array of 1

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Women from the Banna tribe before a bull jumping ceremony. The bull jumping ceremony is a male rite of passage where a young man crosses an array of 15-30 bulls, walking on top of their backs. The women here hold switches to whip the boy before he jumps the bulls.

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