Seven Xhosa initiates (Abakhwetha)

Seven Xhosa initiates (Abakhwetha). Group photograph of seven Abakhwetha (Xhosa name for circumcised students or initiates).They are wearing animal skin blankets and carrying sticks. Their bodies are coated with white mud or clay, as seen on their faces and feet

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Blankets Circumcised Coated Initiates Sticks Traditions Wrapped Xhosa

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