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Apache Girl's Rite of Passage Video In New Mexico, the Mescalero Apache reservation prepares for a coming-of-age ritual. Over the span of four days, young Apache girls will pass through ancient tests of strength, endurance, and character that will make them women. Video Sections

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- Apache Girl's Rite of Passage - In New Mexico, the Mescalero Apache reservation prepares for a coming-of-age ritual. Over the span of four days, young Apache girls will pass through ancient tests of strength, endurance, and character that will make them women.
- Crocodile Scars - In Papua New Guinea, a group of initiates is about to enter the final stage of a long and arduous ritual. There is no set age for the rite ... but no one can have full status as a man until he's been scarred with the mark of the crocodile.
- Firewalking - A firewalking festival called the Anastenaria, revolves around a set of ancient icons that worshippers believe have special powers—to purify, heal and protect. But others view the ritual as sacrilege.
- Healing Spirit - In rural Ethiopia, the old ways still prevail. 25 miles from Addis Ababa, the village of Debre Zeyet prepares for a special ritual. From miles around, the ill and the injured come—hoping to see the one person they believe can help.
- Male Circumcision - The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is home to the Xhosa people, one of the nation's largest tribes. They live in the modern world, but they maintain ancient customs—including one by which boys become men...and starts with pain.
- Matam - Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims live in Hyderabad, India...and for several days each year, they demonstrate their faith in a dramatic spectacle called Matam.
- Spirit Healers - In Zimbabwe people have access to modern medicine. Yet many of the people still have powerful ties to the world of the spirits. And when modern remedies fail, many turn to traditional healers.
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