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Shaving of Head during a Monkhood Ceremony

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Shaving of Head during a Monkhood Ceremony
Going, Going, Gone!
Tonsuring of head during a Hindu Ceremony

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Tonsuring of the Head, The Shaving of the Head Ritual

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The Matru-Bhojana RitualHindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying WaterThe Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf


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