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A woman attaches part of a headdress to the shaved head of a girl in the Maasai village in Tanzania. Maasai villagers shave their heads as a symbol of new beginning. It is usually done as a villager prepares for a ritual or rite of passage from one phase of life to another. It is customary for a woman to shave her head as she prepares to become a bride. The men may shave their heads as they prepare for circumcision. 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. Una mujer sujeta parte de un tocado de la cabeza afeitada de una niña en la aldea masái en Tanzania. Los aldeanos masái se afeitan la cabeza como símbolo de un nuevo comienzo. Por lo general, se hace cuando un aldeano se prepara para un ritual o rito de paso de una fase de la vida a otra. Es costumbre que una mujer se afeite la cabeza mientras se prepara para convertirse en una novia. Los hombres pueden afeitarse la cabeza mientras se preparan para la circuncisión. 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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