African ceremony of young girls of called Mwali in Zambia.

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The Mwali Ceremony

We share initiate images of the Mwali ceremony taken in the early 1990's in Western Zambia.

Traditional African body paint and scarification. These images were taken in the early 1990's shortly after the beginning of a mwila ceremony, north west of Kabompo, following a night of drumming.

Girls of Chokwe, Luchazi, Mbunda and Luvale origins celebrate the coming of age at the mwali ceremony in nkunka huts. The event is as widespread as the boys mukanda, but conducted almost exclusively on an individual basis at the beginning at first menstruation.

A teacher organizes the girls scarification, the stretching of her labia and applies body paints, all intended to fashion the perfect woman. The scarification is applied to her abdomen to add to and emphasize her role in childbearing.

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