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  • April 20, 2012. A young wrestler pours a magic potion over him at a small competition in the Soune, a small village near Thiès. In almost every village in Senegal there are occasional organised wrestling matches.
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  • April 20, 20212 – During a wrestling match in the village of Soune near Thies, a wrestler smiles at a girl in the audience. Senegalese wrestling is a popular sport that is played even in the smallest villages.
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  • April 20, 2012. Two Wrestler match grab each other during a local competition  in a small village called Soune in the region of Thiès.
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  • View on the village Al Aqar at Jebel Akhdar, Oman 2011
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  • Eine Gruppe von Frauen tanzt zu den Klängen von Trommeln bei einer traditionellen Zeremonie im Dorf Soune in Senegal in der Region der Stadt Thiés.
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  • Senegalese wrestling is a type of Folk wrestling traditionally performed by the Serer people and now a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia, and is part of a larger West African form of traditional wrestling.
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  • November 4, 2017. Kehrou Ngor looks down at the streets of the village of Ngor in Dakar, standing on the terasse of the house od his family. He is not only a well repsected wrestler, he sometimes also plays the role of a watchman in his village. "There are no thieves in this neighborhood." he says. "Everybody knows the consequences of stealing around here." he ads with a grim smile.
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  • Two assistants help to attach several Gris-gris amulets to the wrestlers body before the fight in the small village of in the small village Djilass on April 1, 2015.
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  • The women and children from the Senegalese village Soune have assembled to watch the men fighting in a wrestling match on April 20, 2012. The wrestling matches in the country are delivered occasionally at village celebrations to entertain the audience.
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  • April 20, 2012. Two wrestlers in an occasional fight at a village party in the small place Soune on April 20, 2012. Wrestling is a traditional sport in Senegal, wrestling tournaments take place even in the smallest villages on the countryside.
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  • April 1 2016. A shaman in prepares a wrestler for a fight in Djilass, a small village on the countryside in the district of Thiès. Even well reknown wrestlers from Dakar somtimes visit the marabouts in the small villages on the countryside, because they believe that every Marabout has his own supernatural skills and magic powers.
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  • Beles Sunrise project BSP, water harvesting & irrigation. Village technician Halle Selassie Hagos from Beleso constructs a water harvesting cistern at the home of Araya Hadish (63).
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  • Beles Sunrise project BSP, water harvesting & irrigation. Village technician Halle Selassie Hagos from Beleso constructs a water harvesting cistern at the home of Araya Hadish (63).
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  • Beles Sunrise project BSP, water harvesting & irrigation. Village technician Halle Selassie Hagos from Beleso constructs a water harvesting cistern at the home of Araya Hadish (63).
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  • Dakar, November 4, 2017. Kherou Ngor marches to the stadium in Ngor for a local fight, accompanied by some children of the village.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Adam Ngom, a well-known drummer, cheers the audience on for the Wrestler Balla Gaye 2 In the stadium of Demba Diop, April 5, 2015. Every fight is accompanied by drum sounds – an important mystic element which is never absent, not even at small wrestling matches in the village.
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  • April 9 2015. The photographer Freekis Ndoye from Dakar shows historical pictures of wrestlers from the 50’s on a table of the Black and White bar, where Kherou Ngor’s has a room. Wrestling matches have a long tradition in Senegal. Almost every village in the countryside organizes regular tournaments. The first wrestler in Senegambia was called Boukar Djilak Faye, he lived in the 14th century in the kingdom Sine.
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  • April 1, 2015. Women perform traditinal songs at a competition in Djilass, a small village in the disrict of Thiès. The repetitive songs and archaic drums belong to every wrestling match in Senegal. While men hit the drums, the singing is the job of the women.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • Before a fight on November 4, 2017. Kehrou Ngor looks down on the streets of the village of Ngor in Dakar, standing on the terrace of his family's house.  After winning fights in the biggest stadiums in Dakar, he has become a star in the neighborhood. He looks back on a career with many victories and hardly any lost matches.
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  • People of the village of Ngor in Dakar gather in front of the house of the family of Kherou Ngor, to see the young wrestler performing a traditional wrestling dance to the sound of drums before he goes to a fight at the Iba Mar Diop stadiumin Dakar on July 22, 2016. Dancing and drumming performances take place before every Senegalese wrestling fight and tournament.
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  • Die Landschaft auf dem Weg von den Bungalows des Hotel Canon Village zum Fishriver Canyon ist grösstenteils flach und steinig.
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  • April 1, 2015. During a tornament in Djilass, a small village in the disrict of Thiès, many women found in the audience keep their thumbs pressed to give their favourite wrestlers luck.
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  • April 1, 2015. At tornament on in Djilass, a small village in the disrict of Thiès, a wrestler gets ready for his fight after dancing himself into trance.
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  • April 1, 2015. Two assistants prepare a wrestler for a tournament In the small village of Djilass. They  help the  wrestler to wrap a cloth around his abdomen, at which the wrestlers hold each other during the fight.
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  • A wrestler puts numerous Gris-gris amulets onto himself before a fight in the small village Djilass on April 1, 2015.  In the foreground, one can see magic potions filled up in various bottles.
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  • April 1, 2015. A wrestler inhals holy smoke in Djilass, a small village in the ditrict of Thiès. He uses a cloth which he also carries on the abdomen during the fight. The inhalation of holy smoke is a part of the mystic rituals, which the wrestlers celebrate before a fight.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • Children are playing in the water in the early morning in a fishermens village in Mindanao, Philipines.
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  • This girl was left on her own while her parents where sent back to their village to rebuild their house. She fell sick, and although Gulu has one of the highest densitys of international NGOs in the world, she was complitety left alone until I reported the case to Victor Ochen, who went there to find the girl. Victor was able to make sure she was getting the medical treatment that saved this girls life.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Senegal, Support of small farmers in the village of Soune by the Swiss NGO HEKS.
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  • Die schlichten, aber stimmungsvollen Schlafzimmer der über 20 Bungalows in der Canyon Village Lodge gleichen sich wie ein Ei dem anderen.
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  • Die aufgehende Sonne beleuchtet die Bungalows des Canon Village Hotels im Gondwana Nature Park, welcher an den Fishriver Canyon Park grenzt.
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  • Der Shop im Haupthaus des Canon Village Hotels bietet nebst Postkarten und Bekleidung für Touristen auch traditionelle namibische Handwerkskunst.
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  • April 1, 2015. A wrestler inhals holy smoke in Djilass, a small village in the ditrict of Thiès. He uses a cloth which he also carries on the abdomen during the fight. The inhalation of holy smoke is a part of the mystic rituals, which the wrestlers celebrate before a fight.
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  • April 1, 2016. In Djilass, a small village in the district of Thiès, a Marabout performs a Gris-gris ritual by washing a chicken in the water in order to produce a magic potion.  All the wrestler use several magic potions which they poor over their bodies before the fights. The ones who win every fight are actually the Marabouts, which are always well paid for the talismans and magic potions by the fighters.
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  • April 11, 2015. Young men prepare themselves for a wrestling fight in Bambilor, a small village close to Dakar. The wrestlers wrap a cloth around their abdomens at which the wrestlers hold each other during the fight.
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  • April 1, 2015. Spectators enter an improvised arena in Djilass, a small village on the countyside in the district of Thiès. The arena is covered with cloths, to prevent onlookers. The toiurnaments on the countryside usually take place in the evening or at night.
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  • A wrestler performs a washing ritual before a regional fight in the river of the Djilass village on April 1, 2015. Wrestlers who are successfull in fights on the countryside might participate in tournbaments in the bigger cities, where one can win higher prize money.
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  • A wrestler performs a washing ritual before a regional fight in the river of the Djilass village on April 1, 2015. Wrestlers who are successfull in fights on the countryside might participate in tournbaments in the bigger cities, where one can win higher prize money.
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  • April 1, 2016. In Djilass, a small village in the district of Thiès, a wrestler is washed with a magic potion which a Marabout prepared by washing a chicken in the water.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • In Mirashkani, a poor farmers village in Georgia.
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • Beauty Contest in Menzi, a small village on the island of Mindanao in the  Philippines 2011
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • For over 20 years northern Uganda was terrorized by a rebel group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The rebels raided villages, killed, raped and mutilated the villagers and abducted young men and children to slave them as soldiers. Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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  • A sign warns of land mines in Gulu, Northern Uganda. ulu, a city in Northern Uganda, was at the heart  of the conflict between the rebels and the ugandan army. The Ugandan gouvernment built refugee camps as a protection for civilians and displaced them from the villages for years. Now that the conflict is over the gouvernment sends people back to their villages to rebuild their houses, so only old people and children remain in the camps.
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