Circumcision Ceremony in Benin

YAKA, BENIN - 2016/03/26: For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. Before the circumcision, the initiates that are going to participate in the ceremony spend the previous days dancing and marching from village to village with a kind of pompoms in their hands and black spots painted on their bodies. They are always accompanied by a woman who carry their food and a coach who leads them during the ceremony. (Photo by Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images)