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Stock photography picture of Two young Nandi women wear traditional dress for Ngetundet ceremony Nandi Hills western Kenya East Africa

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Two young Nandi women wear traditional dress for Ngetundet ceremony Nandi Hills western Kenya East Africa
Description Two young Nandi women wear 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 They are wearing cowskin capes and masks with chain links hiding their faces The mask is decorated with cowrie shells which are a symbol of fertility as they resemble a woman s vagina Their headress are made of white fur from colobus monkey skins They have an air of mystery Nandi woman Ngetundet rite passage circumcision
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