Scarification

Benin - January 2009 - The ceremony have a process of initiation is of great social importance and the rites of the ritual have special symbolic meanings. Scarification is used as a form of initiation into adulthood, beauty and a sign of a village, tribe, and clan. ©Jean-Michel Clajot

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Jean-Michel Clajot

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