1. Xhosa Teens Photograph by James Nachtwey Xhosa Teens, initiated into manhood in a centuries-old circumcision ritual called ulwaluko, stay in seclusion outside their Eastern Cape Village, wrapped in ceremonial blankets and painted with a white clay for purification.  Hospital surgeries reduce the infection rate, but many boys opt for the old rite.

    Xhosa Teens

    Photograph by James Nachtwey

    Xhosa Teens, initiated into manhood in a centuries-old circumcision ritual called ulwaluko, stay in seclusion outside their Eastern Cape Village, wrapped in ceremonial blankets and painted with a white clay for purification.  Hospital surgeries reduce the infection rate, but many boys opt for the old rite.

     
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