A Xhosa man (LHS), father of a maKwetha (young men who are circumcised as part of their initiation into manhood) with the surgeon (RHS) that performed the circumcision with the knife used in the procedure. In the background the hut in which the amaKwetha

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Size: 5438px × 3500px 46cm × 29.6cm - 300dpi
Location: Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Photo credit: © Roger de la Harpe / AfriPics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Categories: Tribal
African Culture

Keywords: blanket, ceremonial, circumcision, controversial, countryside, initiates, landscape, males, men, primitive, rites passage, ritual, rural, transkei, african