⁣This is Africa

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⁣CETUS VERSUS PERSEUS
Κῆτος ἔναντι Περσέως

While carrying the head of Medusa, Perseus battles Cetus.

Motion portrait from the Yatreda series “Andromeda of Aethiopia”.

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⁣“Fresh out of #cairo 🇪🇬 Today, I was second-hand shopping at #wekala Market when suddenly - out of the blue - Zeyad Zezo @z6iiadbershka started performing his own songs. I cherish so much the energy of this city! ❤‍🔥

Zeyad writes his own music and sells second-hand clothes.”

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⁣“Every year during the month of January, the Makonde community in Maputo celebrates an initiation ritual from a ceremony that lasts a weekend.

For a few weeks young people have been trained for their transition from the world of childhood to the adult. They are prepared for adult life and marriage in every way.

In this ceremony the young people who are initiated for their transit from girls to women and from boys to men, are tested from an oil made with plants, where the spirit of the plant will reveal from a straight line or deviated the virginity or non-virginity of each young person. Once these young people are tested, they will make a demonstration of traditional dance where the Mapiko (spirit of the tribe) will manifest itself through the body of a chosen one. After the dance demonstrations, the celebrations continue at home with the families.

This ceremony is just a sample of how rich Mozambican culture is in its traditions and culture and how important rituals and connection with ancestors are for the people.”

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