Stock photography, photos: Dipo Ceremony - Ghana

Stock photos of A young girl wearing ceremonial beads at the Dipo Festival in Odumase in the Eastern Region of Ghana, West Africa. The Dipo Ceremony marks rites of passage and signals a young girl‚s entry into puberty. Odumase is a village known for its local beadmaking industry.


Photograph: © Robert Burch

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