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Maasai Girls

Kenya, Woman without the knife Maasai girl Setou with her mother inside their house to receive life lessons. She is celebrating an alternative rite of passage which replaces traditional circumcision with education for Maasai girls in Kenya. Her head is festive red painted after her hair is shaved off. It is part of the tradition to shave off the girls hair so the woman’s hair can grow back.