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The Upanayana Ceremony

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The Upanayana Ceremony
The priest advising about Vatu's duties

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Boy Becomes Man

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The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the UnderstudyThe Shaving of the Head RitualGoing, Going, Gone!
The Matru-Bhojana RitualHindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying WaterThe Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf
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