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Facing the Fire

An Apache girl faces a bonfire during her traditional coming of age ceremony, held on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. The ceremony is a rite of passage into womanhood that lasts for 4 days and into the morning of a 5th.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2023
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: New Mexico, United States of America
Camera: NIKON Z 8
Copyright: © MICHAEL BENANAV