Photos from a Confidential Initiation for Men in Senegal – Feature Shoot

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Photos from a Confidential Initiation for Men in Senegal – Feature Shoot

During the celebration, the Jola people demonstrate their physical and spiritual force by cutting themselves with sharp knives protected by their amulets (Gris-gris) and by a potion made of blessed…

via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/02/photos-confidential-initiation-men-senegal/

In the summer of 2016, the Italian photojournalist Diana Bagnoli traveled to the village of Mlomb in Casamance, Senegal to tell the story of the Boukout, a monthlong initiation for young men in the Jola community.