Xhosa boys undertake manhood ceremony in rural Eastern Cape, Sou - Bildbanksfoto

Unidentified Xhosa boys keep warm at a fire as they are going trough a traditional manhood ceremony on August 20, 2000 in Tshatshu, in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The ceremony lasts for about six weeks starting with a circumcision. The wound has to be healed in a natural way, and traditional healers and elders guide the boys during the ceremony, which is to prepare them for adulthood. Former South African president Nelson Mandela went trough the ceremony when he was young.