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Bride's going away ceremony (tuha)

A young woman called Borana leads her new female in-laws away from her parent's village. She and her closest female in-laws have just sat before their senior male kin to be anointed with white clay, which was also ceremonially sprayed on them (tuha). Her in-laws also carry the gifts she has received from her family and friends, such as pots and a sleeping hide, with which she will start her new life. Ulumholi, 2010
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