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Drinking a genuine alcoholic beverage


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The women were singing loudly and playing a little trumpet calling other Hamer people settled on the valley. In other side the men chating excitedly and in the midle a genuine alcoholic beverage which everyone drinks in great amount.... even little children. The neighbors come playing theirs trumpets and entered in the village crossing a simbolic gate built with dry branches.The women started to dance and suddenly appear in the dancing floor some men with whips in their hands . The women,relatives of the protagonist, in order to enhance the confidence on him, offering their backs to be whipped.(I couldn´t shot any pic at these moments , my fingers were paralyzed).To minimize the hurt they started a frenetic dance for a long time. Once finished the dance, they were to proudly show their bleeding backs to their husbands .The party continued till sunset when the young men make a row with many of the cattle of the tribe. The protagonist, completely naked, must jump and walk over the back of them many times till the elder of the tribe decide he has passed the exam then everybody sing and jump.........expressing any kind of joy


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I like this picture very much! Really emotive. Nice colours and sensation of movement and spiritual language.

I like your description, also!

The only disappoint (always if he isn't blind) are the half closed eyes of the man on the left

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Very interesting, but it would mmuch more if you show us a complete reportage on it besides describing it!
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I think Antonio is right. Upload a special folder with all the pics to give us a general idea. Without it this image lacks background (IMHO) and needs your own background info.
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There is something missing in here, I don´t know what... If only the man on the background were looking at the camera...
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