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Culture can be a balancing act

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A Turcana tribeswoman in traditional beadwork. Lake Turcana, Kenya. Destaurated apart from her beadwork.

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ELMINA, GHANA -JAN 18, 2017: Unidentified Ghanaian woman in colored dress walks with a basin on her head.

Portrait of a samburu woman showcasing her vibrant traditional attire and jewelry

Hands holding percussion instrument. African music.

Portrait of a young African woman with headscarf and a basket with fruit on her head. Rwanda

People celebrating Carnaval on the streets of Benguela

African young girls from Samburu tribe carrying water to their village, Kenya, Africa. African women and also children often walk long distances through the savanna to bring back containers of water. Some tourist camps cooperating with nearby villages and allow local people to use their water. Samburu tribe is north-central Kenya, and they are related to the Maasai.

A woman carries some empty vats effortlessly on her head, Santiago Island, Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, March 23rd, 2017

Mondesa Township,Namibia – November 7, 2025: young woman from herereo tribe in traditional costume standing in backyard in Mondesa Township, Swakopmund

MAROANTSETRA, MADAGASCAR OCTOBER 20.2016: Malagasy woman carry heavy loads on head. The traditional method of transport of goods in Africa. October 20. 2016, Madagascar

Young samburu man showing his colorful traditional bracelets and necklaces

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Xequerê abê at the street carnival

Life is all about keeping that balance

Devotees and worshippers of the Osun goddess in yellow outfits at the annual Osun Osogbo Festival held in Osun State, Nigeria - West of Africa on Friday August 9 2024

Arbore village, Ethiopia - 16 August 2025: woman of Arbore tribu in her village on Ethiopia

Ethiopian woman during coffee ceremony - grinding of beans in a wooden mortar and pestle, northern Ethiopia, Africa. A coffee ceremony is a ritualised form of preparing and later drinking coffee.

Omo Valley, Ethiopia - December 28, 2008: Young woman carries a container with water on his head in his village near Turmi in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Samburu woman wearing traditional clothing and jewelry posing in kenya looking at the camera made with a medium format camera

Dipo Rites Festival is a rite of passage ceremony celebrated by the people of Odumase Krobo in Ghana. Despite the influences of modernity and education, the rite is still being practised. It is a festival that ushers virgin girls into puberty in April every year. During this period, the maidens are taken through various rituals to ascertain their chastity before they are qualified for the next stage, which is the Dipo rites.Dipo rites are characterised by the girls shaving their heads and being clad in cloth around their waists with a special ritual mother who performs the rites and leads them in a parade through the entire community to transition them from childhood to adulthood on the first day.Before the sun rises the next day, the girls are given a ritual bath by the chief priest and he pours libation to ask for blessings. Then he washes their feet with the blood of a goat that was presented by the mothers of the maidens. They believe that washing the girl's feet with the goat's blood purges the girls from any spirit of barrenness. After this, the girls are made to sit on a sacred stone which, they believe is used to check their virginity. If found pregnant or not to be a virgin, the community detests that girl and is not attractive to any man from the Krobo tribe. The girls are then taken through a week of tutorials on housekeeping, cooking, childbirth and nurturing and how to please their future husbands. They are also taught the traditional Klama dance which they perform on the final day of the Dipo rites. The rites come to an end at a grand ceremony with all the members of the community gathered to celebrate the maidens as they transition into womanhood amidst drumming, singing and cheers.

Xequerê abê at the street carnival

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calavi, benin.

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - October 21, 2024: Smiling beautiful woman in traditional Candomble clothes holding a clay pot against brown background. Salvador, Bahia.

Indian woman checking and arranging clay pots for sale, The Pink City of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Jaipur is known as the Pink City, because of the color of the stone exclusively used for the construction of all the structures.

Beautiful traditional African women in a hut village in the Serengeti region, 3d render painting

salvador, bahia, brazil - february 2, 2022: Candomble devotees and supporters of the African matriaz religion pay tribute to the orixa Yemanja in the city of Salvador.

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