Nandi woman wears traditional dress for Ngetundet ceremony Kenya East Africa
Nandi woman wears traditional dress for Ngetundet ceremony Kenya East Africa This is a rite of passage for girls becoming women Traditional it coincided with the girls being circumcised She is wearing a cowskin cape and a mask with chain links hiding her face The mask is decorated with cowrie shells which are a symbol of fertility as they resemble a woman s vagina Her headress is made of white fur from colobus monkey skins She has an air of mystery Nandi woman Ngetundet rite passage circumcision
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Location: Nandi Hills Kenya East Africa
Photo credit: © David Keith Jones / Alamy / Afripics
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