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A group of men congregate outdoors in a Maasai village in Northern Tanzania. They gather around a large container. Maasai males are groomed to become warriors to protect their villages. As boys approach their teenage years, they undergo traditional age-set rites and rituals to prepare them to become warriors and husbands. Upon completion of tribal rites and reaching a certain maturity, the Maasai male eventually becomes an elder in the village. In 1979, Richard Cross was invited to photograph the Maasai people as part of an ethnographic film project by then doctoral student Peter Biella. Cross received the invitation while doing graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia. While in Tanzania, Cross photographed the cultural traditions, tribal rituals and daily life of the Maasai people. Un grupo de hombres se congrega al aire libre en una aldea masái en el norte de Tanzania. Se reúnen alrededor de un gran recipiente. Los varones masái están preparados para convertirse en guerreros y proteger sus aldeas. A medida que los niños se acercan a su adolescencia, se someten a ritos tradicionales para cada edad establecidos con el fin de prepararlos para convertirse en guerreros y maridos. Al completar los ritos tribales y alcanzar una cierta madurez, el hombre masái eventualmente se convierte en anciano en el pueblo. En 1979, Richard Cross fue invitado a fotografiar a al pueblo masái como parte de un proyecto de filme etnográfico del estudiante de doctorado Peter Biella. Cross recibió la invitación mientras hacía estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Temple en Filadelfia. Mientras estuvo en Tanzania, Cross fotografió las tradiciones culturales, los rituales y la vida cotidiana del pueblo masái.
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