Hadzabe Ceremony 2003

Ceremony and ritual pervade all aspects of Hadzabe life.


Mother Esther and two-day-old baby Camilla. Kideru


Two girls during ceremony, Kideru


Turangi records a traditional tale, Kideru


Two girls during ceremony, Kideru


Young girls play,  Kideru


Body-painted girl during ceremony, Kideru


Body-painted girl during ceremony, Kideru


Body-painted girls during ceremony, Kideru


On the warpath against boys. Kideru


A women's gathering, Kideru


On the warpath against boys. Kideru


On the warpath against boys. Kideru


Women's dance, Kideru


Close friends doing ritual together. Kideru


Teresa on the warpath against boys, Kideru


Bi in ceremony, Kideru


Initiates, Kideru


On the warpath against boys, Kideru


On the warpath against boys, Kideru


Initiates, Kideru


Turangi makes a rattle-strap for ceremony. Kideru


Camilla and Athumani transcribe one of Turangi's stories, Kideru


A hunter, Kideru


Turangi tells a story. Kideru


Children make their own hut. Kideru


A hunter's bag


Hassan and his grandson, Mokalama, making arrows. Kideru


Hassan's grandson, Mokalama, making arrows. Kideru


A Hadzabe nocturnal dance. Kideru


The boys hardly ever let go of their bows-and-arrows. Kideru


Distributing beads. Kideru


Hadzabe women looking at photographs of themselves. Kideru


Hadzabe women looking at photographs of themselves. Kideru


A recently hunted genet