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

Young recently circumcised Masai Warriors (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' and a young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Young recently circumcised Masai Warriors (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age', and young Masai girls, in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania .

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) and a Masai girl with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Children dressed as bride and groom in Pakistan

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Jewish Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Slate tombstones in Landewednack Churchyard, Cornwall

American War Cemetry, Manila, Philippines

Woman tying thread on arm of boy during the Sacred Thread ceremony, The Hindu male rite of passage ceremony, England, United Kingdom

Young girl tying a thread to the wrist of a young boy during the Sacred Thread ceremony, The Hindu male rite of passage ceremony, England, United Kingdom

Woman tying thread on wrist of man during the Sacred Thread ceremony, The Hindu male rite of passage ceremony, England, United Kingdom

Sacred Thread Ceremony Hindu male rite of passage, England, United Kingdom

Woman tying thread on wrist of man during the Sacred Thread ceremony, The Hindu male rite of passage ceremony, England, United Kingdom