Stirton, Brent
Brent Stirton South African photojournalist
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Abijong Kruiper, 63, is the oldest of his tribe. He often stands on one leg while waiting, resting one leg on the other | |
A Dassanech man tending his fields along the Omo River | |
In 1914, when the French took control of Timbuktu, they confiscated the ancient manuscripts, threatened the scholars with jail and taught the children that their ancestors were not Arab or Berber, Tamashek or Tuareg, but Gaul. The library pictured here is one of the oldest in the world. It is filled with ancient manuscripts that have survived throughout the centuries | |
In the Kalahari, a San elder crosses a fence marking land claimed by a mining company. Until the early years of the 20th century, when the impact of alcohol and resettlement camps and the false and twisted promises of development shattered many of their lives, the San had followed the rhythm of their natural world. Today, they are marginalized in their own homeland, with many forced to live in government resettlement camps | |
Initiates at the Gurukul school of Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh have their hair shorn as they take the ritual vows and become young monks. All the boys at the school are orphans or come from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. Under the patronage of guru Swami Chidanand Saraswati, a select group will be inducted in the ceremony known as the sacred thread, ritualistically achieving the status of Brahman in the religious order | |
Kubut children launch themselves into the waters of Lake Murray in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea | |
A number of indigenous peoples of the Omo Valley, including the Beshadar, Hamar and Karo, mark the passage from youth to manhood with a dangerous ritual that excites and galvanizes the entire community. After preliminary preparations and initiations, each boy must leap onto the back of a bull and then run across the herd. Only by doing so does he become a man, empowered by the society to take a bride | |
"Our great, great, great grandmothers and grandfathers lived in this land," an elder says of his Dassanech people. "Our fathers lived here, and me, I live here. The men take a fishhook and go to the river and catch a fish and bring it to me to eat. They also go and hunt to bring food for the children. Whose land is this? It belongs to me" |