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Child receiving a ceremonial haircut, with an adult male using a razor to cut remaining hair, as part of a cultural or religious tradition.

Steve McCurry, Photographer, New York

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A child is seated while an adult male shaves the remaining hair from the child's head with a straight razor. The child is fair-skinned, wearing a white tank top and gold necklace. The adult is holding the child's head with his left hand and is using his right hand to shave the child's head with the razor. The child has dark hair, and small strands of it remain on the front of their head. There are red marks on the child's cheeks and light lines drawn on their face. Parts of two additional adults are visible. The background is a wall.