Face painting with a mixture of clay, oils and plant pigments in preparation for the Hamer (Hamar) jumping of the bulls initiation ceremony, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Ritual dancing round cows and bulls before the initiate jumps, Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony of the Hamer (Hamar) people, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Ritual dancing round cows and bulls before the initiate jumps, Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony of the Hamer (Hamar) people, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Ritual dancing round cows and bulls before the initiate jumps, Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony of the Hamer (Hamar) people, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Women sing and dance before the bull jumping, Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Face painting with a mixture of clay, oils and plant pigments, Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Women sing and dance before the bull jumping, Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Hamer man, Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony,Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony, naked initiate running over backs of bulls or cows, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Face painting with a mixture of clay, oils and plant pigments, Hamer Jumping of the Bulls initiation ceremony, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Monks initiation, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Sadhus rally initiation at ujjain kumbh mela, indi

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Kalchakra initiation. holiness 14th dalai lama conferring giving kalachakra initiation in bodgaya, india. Because of profundity, kalachakra initiation be bestowed only by most realized of tibets lamas. Rays of light at heart of lama-inseparable from kalachakra-draw in. Entering mouth pass through center of body, through vajra path enter mothers lotus, melting into a luminous drop which dissolves into emptiness. From within emptiness arises a jewel from which arise as a deity embraced by consort mamaki. -instructions visualization in kalachakra tantra

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. girls during mass

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten

Young woman from the Hamar tribe during the bull-leaping ceremony, an initiation rite, portrait, southern Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Initiation ceremony for new sadhus during the Kumbha Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Xavante Warrior. Mato Grosso, Brazil

Lean brown bodies glisten with red and black paint. Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Xavante log race. Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Hamer man wearing a colourful hat at a bull jumping ceremony, which initiates a boy into manhood, in the village of Asile, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Hamer woman carrying a baby at a bull jumping ceremony, which initiates a boy into manhood, in the village of Asile, Omo Valley, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

SIERRA LEONE Initiation Ceremony Portrait of girl initiate with white painted face.

SIERRA LEONE People Young girls attending initiation ceremony with white painted faces.