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Ethiopia’s whip of love

By Guardian Exclusive
28 August 2018   |   10:23 am
Hamar women of Southern Ethiopia have to submit themselves to be brutally whipped by boys during the Ukuli Bula ceremony. The unusual ceremony is one out of the rituals Hamar boys have to undergo to transit to manhood.

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