Stock photography, photos: Dipo Ceremony - Ghana

Stock photos of A young girl is instructed by her mother on how to grind corn during the first day of her Dipo Ceremony 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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