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Theme

religious life, rites and beliefs, buildings, architecture and construction

Photographer

Henry Rosy

Place of production

Democratic Republic of the Congo > Equateur > Ubangi > Congo-Ubangi

Culture

Ngbaka

Legend

The circumcision camp has a second entrance at the side. It is from here that the young gaza-no boys discretely leave the camp to go hunting or fishing - or where an instructor silently takes a married circumcised male to the bush where his wife awaits him.

Acquisition related person

Henry Rosy, as donor

Original legend

Cérémonie de la circoncision chez les Bwaka. Deuxième entrée du camp des "Gaza".

Inventory number

EP.0.0.6265




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