A bare, sandy spot, surrounded by mulga trees and salt bushes, an area where the women are always careful to avoid. The ceremony of the circumcision then begins in a sequestered place of the aborigines land. The religious ceremony bora which is when boys go to young men to men begins with the males of the tribe throwing the boy or birri-birri which is what they call them in the air. The rite of passage happens at the first sight of puberty, this can include pubic hair, facial hair, and acne. The Mardudjara Australian Aborigines rite of passage is very important to become a man or women in their society. The white body paint they wear signifies nature and their ancestors. Above we see the Kungara men tossing the young birri-birri boy soon to be man in the air to initiate the beginning of the ceremony.
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