Johannesburg, South Africa
A boy prepares fire for an initiation ceremony in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
A boy prepares fire for an initiation ceremony in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, July 20,2006. Every year thousands of youths leave their parents to spend weeks in the care of traditional leaders at an initiation school where they are circumcised,a rite of passage commonly referred to as Ukwaluka or going to the mountain. Picture taken July 20, 2006. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)