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  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
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  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
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 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
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Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
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The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • STICK FIGHTING DAY IN SURI TRIBE - ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
Donga stick fights take place after the harvests, the Surmas count days owing to knots on a long stem of grass or jags on the trunk of a tree dedicated to that specific use. Each knot or jag representing a single day, it means that if the bark of the tree is cut with 8 jags for example, the Donga will take on the 8th day of the month.<br />
<br />
 Before a Donga, some Suri drink the fresh blood of their cattle during the Blood meal ritual. It consists in making a small incision in the cow’s carotid artery with a special sharp arrow in order ro make it bleed almost two liters of its bloodThe warrior has got to drink the entire content in one as blood coagulates quickly. Sometimes warriors do not manage to drink all of the blood contained in the calabash in one mouthful, and vomit all the blood they swallowed .Surma believe the cow’s blood is full of vitamins that enable warriors to be fit.<br />
<br />
The warriors stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention.<br />
Body paintings are also especially made during the long periods spent in the camps where the cattle is kept by young men and women. These camps are located far away from the village and the pratice of body painting is an informal and play event seen as an expression of liberty and independance for these young people. Body paintings unfortunately show the increasing impact of foreign tourists. Suri people have developed and created new body paintings as well as new dress codes in order to attract tourists. They have understood that foreigners would be more eager to take pictures from them with such decoratives paintings and ornaments, and to pay for it. A few years ago, Suri boys started to disguise by wearing flower headdresses, wh
    ExPix_STICK_FIGHTING_DAY_IN_SURI_TRI...jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies15.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies29.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies28.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies26.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies24.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies21.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies23.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies22.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies18.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies17.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies16.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies14.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies13.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies12.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies11.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies10.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies09.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies08.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies07.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies06.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies03.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies02.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies27.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies25.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies20.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies19.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies05.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies04.jpg
  • Apple fans use MACBOOK selfie sticks to snap pictures on the go - and the worst part is the people around them don't bat an eyelid<br />
<br />
Prepare for a major eye-roll: Three imaginative young men in New York have dreamed up — and created — an industrial-strength selfie stick, big enough to support an entire laptop.<br />
The Macbook Selfie Stick functions just like a smartphone selfie stick — except that it can fit a full-size Macbook computer in its grips.<br />
And while the invention will likely seem ridiculous to many, it's worth noting that so did the original selfie stick, once upon a time — and now the tech accessory has become so ubiquitous that theme parks and museums have been driven to ban them. <br />
<br />
However, early adopters can't exactly buy the photo-taking tool just yet — and in fact, there only seems to be a single prototype.<br />
Created by artists Moises or Art404, John Yuyi, and Tom Galle, the Macbook Selfie Stick is, at this stage, still just an art project.<br />
But while the trio may be trying to make some sort of statement about society — that our culture is too selfie-obsessed, self-obsessed, or tech-obsessed — it's quite possible that their plan will backfire. <br />
<br />
In a series of images posted online, the group and a few volunteers can be seen using the Macbook Selfie Stick out and about in Manhattan.<br />
They pose for pictures, their laptops held out on a pole several feet in front of them, in places like Times Square and Washington Square Park.<br />
In several of the snaps, crowds of tourists can be seen nearby, and many seem unfazed by the spectacle — sometimes too busy taking their own selfies to even notice.<br />
A few, though, look on with bemused expressions — even in Times Square, where strange and never-before-seen scenes are, actually, seen every day. <br />
<br />
Most people are probably quick to write off such a ridiculous idea — after all, carrying around a laptop and hoisting it up for a picture is certainly cumbersome, with or without a selfie stick.<br />
However, not eve
    Exclusivepix_Macbook_Selfies01.jpg
  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
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  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_4ft_monitor_lizard_hiding _in_...jpg
  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_4ft_monitor_lizard_hiding _in_...jpg
  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_4ft_monitor_lizard_hiding _in_...jpg
  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_4ft_monitor_lizard_hiding _in_...jpg
  • 4ft long monitor lizard found hiding in mini van<br />
<br />
This is the moment men use a stick to poke out a monitor lizard hiding underneath a minivan.<br />
<br />
The 4ft long reptile had scampered inside the new white truck while it was parked up in Ayuthaya, central Thailand.<br />
<br />
Eagle-eyed passerby Punlert Insri, 35, spotted the creature's tail hanging down and alerted the driver before the engine started up.<br />
<br />
One man poked a small tree branch through the side of the bus while another coaxed out the reptile from behind with a stick.<br />
<br />
Eventually the adventurous lizard dropped out and tried to make his escape into nearby bushes and over a garden wall.<br />
<br />
But the group of men cornered the critter - a common wild pest in the country - before catching him and moving him into nearby jungle with a lake for it to bathe in.<br />
<br />
Punlert said: ''We didn't want him to get injured when the car started up. So we had to use sticks to get him out of the wheel chassis.<br />
<br />
''They're not the easiest creatures to catch. They will bite and scratch so we didn't use bare hands. So we had to use sicks.<br />
<br />
''It's good luck for us if we release a lizard like this back into the wild. We chased him down, caught him and took him to a wild area with a pond.''<br />
Punlert Insri/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_4ft_monitor_lizard_hiding _in_...jpg
  • A branch punctured my face! Tree climber suffers bizarre injury that's sure to raise a few eyebrows<br />
<br />
Tree tops are for the birds as this man found out when he took his eye off the dangers and nearly lost his sight.<br />
But Colby Ellis just couldn't resist the temptation to climb some mountain timbers, and almost paid the ultimate price when he slipped.<br />
A small branch pierced the fleshy parts under his left eyebrow, and an even smaller trig almost took out the eyeball itself.<br />
<br />
But while these hospital snaps may have made your legs tingle just a little, the good news he has made a full recovery.<br />
And it still hasn't put him off climbing tree.<br />
The 22-year-old said: 'I am currently doing seasonal work in the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina.<br />
'I give zip line tours at the Nantahala Gorge Canopy tours, but this accident had nothing to do with work.<br />
'A co-worker, Micah Loyd, and I had the day off and decided to go explore the mountain. I spotted a series of vines going up a tree and decided to climb them.<br />
'When I was about five feet up, the vine gave way. I landed on my feet but when I bent to absorb the landing, a branch punctured my face.<br />
<br />
'I was very shocked the first few moments, but luckily Micah and I are both trained in first aid, so we knew not to take it out.<br />
'Or for that matter to move my eye in case the smaller stick went into the eyeball itself. Micah was great help keeping me calm and leading me through the woods to the road.<br />
'Someone stopped and gave him a ride to get his vehicle so we could take that to the hospital.<br />
<br />
'I did not want to pay for an ambulance if I could help it as they are quite expensive here. We then drove to the hospital in nearby Bryson, but they don't have a trauma centre.<br />
'Staff there were great and stabilised the injuries and sent me in an ambulance to Mission hospital in Asheville.<br />
'Once there, they were able to remove both sticks successfully. Amazingly, I still had my full vision. After that I just needed a few sets of stitches and an ey
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Injury2.jpg
  • 23/09/2008 - USA<br />
Proof that some painkillers really do work  no other way this chap could give this victory sign with a tree through his lower leg. He is a cyclist who suffered a freak accident while on an open train with friends. A pal in front kicked up the branch and the victim, named only as Bob suffered the consequence. From ride strong website, the author writes: The guy he was riding behind ran over a large branch which kicked up and impaled Bobs leg when he ran into it. The medics had to cut the ends of the branch off to get him in the ambulance. They have him on heavy-duty antibiotics. They did not place any screws to set the broken Fibula, fearing that disturbing the bone might complicate contaminants getting further into his body.<br />
The prognosis is good. He has to go back to the trauma surgeon to work out plans for a skin graft. Apparently there may have been a line of riders, maybe six to 10, two abreast, going approximately 25 mph, and the riders bike in front of him kicked up a branch, and you can see the results. The branch did not have a spear point at the end that went through his leg. That is why it broke his bone. Imagine the pain. This happened a couple of weeks ago. He is going to be fine. Be careful while riding your bike. You never know what can happen. And his son, writing on a social networking site added: This happened after a particularly bad wind storm came through Southwest Ohio and Central Ohio and downed trees and branches galore around Cincinnati. It also knocked out power for a huge chunk of Ohio a little ways north of us.The freak bike accident happened in a part of town called Loveland, which has a great bike trail. He was indeed with some members of a group he rides with called Gears for Beers and was towards the rear. A rider in front of him rode over a branch which broke it at an odd angle. My dad was riding behind with his cycling shoes latched in to the pedals and the up-angled end of the stick hit him in the leg, cleanly impal
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Through_Leg4.jpg
  • 23/09/2008 - USA<br />
Proof that some painkillers really do work  no other way this chap could give this victory sign with a tree through his lower leg. He is a cyclist who suffered a freak accident while on an open train with friends. A pal in front kicked up the branch and the victim, named only as Bob suffered the consequence. From ride strong website, the author writes: The guy he was riding behind ran over a large branch which kicked up and impaled Bobs leg when he ran into it. The medics had to cut the ends of the branch off to get him in the ambulance. They have him on heavy-duty antibiotics. They did not place any screws to set the broken Fibula, fearing that disturbing the bone might complicate contaminants getting further into his body.<br />
The prognosis is good. He has to go back to the trauma surgeon to work out plans for a skin graft. Apparently there may have been a line of riders, maybe six to 10, two abreast, going approximately 25 mph, and the riders bike in front of him kicked up a branch, and you can see the results. The branch did not have a spear point at the end that went through his leg. That is why it broke his bone. Imagine the pain. This happened a couple of weeks ago. He is going to be fine. Be careful while riding your bike. You never know what can happen. And his son, writing on a social networking site added: This happened after a particularly bad wind storm came through Southwest Ohio and Central Ohio and downed trees and branches galore around Cincinnati. It also knocked out power for a huge chunk of Ohio a little ways north of us.The freak bike accident happened in a part of town called Loveland, which has a great bike trail. He was indeed with some members of a group he rides with called Gears for Beers and was towards the rear. A rider in front of him rode over a branch which broke it at an odd angle. My dad was riding behind with his cycling shoes latched in to the pedals and the up-angled end of the stick hit him in the leg, cleanly impal
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Through_Leg3.jpg
  • 23/09/2008 - USA<br />
Proof that some painkillers really do work  no other way this chap could give this victory sign with a tree through his lower leg. He is a cyclist who suffered a freak accident while on an open train with friends. A pal in front kicked up the branch and the victim, named only as Bob suffered the consequence. From ride strong website, the author writes: The guy he was riding behind ran over a large branch which kicked up and impaled Bobs leg when he ran into it. The medics had to cut the ends of the branch off to get him in the ambulance. They have him on heavy-duty antibiotics. They did not place any screws to set the broken Fibula, fearing that disturbing the bone might complicate contaminants getting further into his body.<br />
The prognosis is good. He has to go back to the trauma surgeon to work out plans for a skin graft. Apparently there may have been a line of riders, maybe six to 10, two abreast, going approximately 25 mph, and the riders bike in front of him kicked up a branch, and you can see the results. The branch did not have a spear point at the end that went through his leg. That is why it broke his bone. Imagine the pain. This happened a couple of weeks ago. He is going to be fine. Be careful while riding your bike. You never know what can happen. And his son, writing on a social networking site added: This happened after a particularly bad wind storm came through Southwest Ohio and Central Ohio and downed trees and branches galore around Cincinnati. It also knocked out power for a huge chunk of Ohio a little ways north of us.The freak bike accident happened in a part of town called Loveland, which has a great bike trail. He was indeed with some members of a group he rides with called Gears for Beers and was towards the rear. A rider in front of him rode over a branch which broke it at an odd angle. My dad was riding behind with his cycling shoes latched in to the pedals and the up-angled end of the stick hit him in the leg, cleanly impal
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Through_Leg1.jpg
  • 23/09/2008 - USA<br />
Proof that some painkillers really do work  no other way this chap could give this victory sign with a tree through his lower leg. He is a cyclist who suffered a freak accident while on an open train with friends. A pal in front kicked up the branch and the victim, named only as Bob suffered the consequence. From ride strong website, the author writes: The guy he was riding behind ran over a large branch which kicked up and impaled Bobs leg when he ran into it. The medics had to cut the ends of the branch off to get him in the ambulance. They have him on heavy-duty antibiotics. They did not place any screws to set the broken Fibula, fearing that disturbing the bone might complicate contaminants getting further into his body.<br />
The prognosis is good. He has to go back to the trauma surgeon to work out plans for a skin graft. Apparently there may have been a line of riders, maybe six to 10, two abreast, going approximately 25 mph, and the riders bike in front of him kicked up a branch, and you can see the results. The branch did not have a spear point at the end that went through his leg. That is why it broke his bone. Imagine the pain. This happened a couple of weeks ago. He is going to be fine. Be careful while riding your bike. You never know what can happen. And his son, writing on a social networking site added: This happened after a particularly bad wind storm came through Southwest Ohio and Central Ohio and downed trees and branches galore around Cincinnati. It also knocked out power for a huge chunk of Ohio a little ways north of us.The freak bike accident happened in a part of town called Loveland, which has a great bike trail. He was indeed with some members of a group he rides with called Gears for Beers and was towards the rear. A rider in front of him rode over a branch which broke it at an odd angle. My dad was riding behind with his cycling shoes latched in to the pedals and the up-angled end of the stick hit him in the leg, cleanly impal
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Through_Leg2.jpg
  • A branch punctured my face! Tree climber suffers bizarre injury that's sure to raise a few eyebrows<br />
<br />
Tree tops are for the birds as this man found out when he took his eye off the dangers and nearly lost his sight.<br />
But Colby Ellis just couldn't resist the temptation to climb some mountain timbers, and almost paid the ultimate price when he slipped.<br />
A small branch pierced the fleshy parts under his left eyebrow, and an even smaller trig almost took out the eyeball itself.<br />
<br />
But while these hospital snaps may have made your legs tingle just a little, the good news he has made a full recovery.<br />
And it still hasn't put him off climbing tree.<br />
The 22-year-old said: 'I am currently doing seasonal work in the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina.<br />
'I give zip line tours at the Nantahala Gorge Canopy tours, but this accident had nothing to do with work.<br />
'A co-worker, Micah Loyd, and I had the day off and decided to go explore the mountain. I spotted a series of vines going up a tree and decided to climb them.<br />
'When I was about five feet up, the vine gave way. I landed on my feet but when I bent to absorb the landing, a branch punctured my face.<br />
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'I was very shocked the first few moments, but luckily Micah and I are both trained in first aid, so we knew not to take it out.<br />
'Or for that matter to move my eye in case the smaller stick went into the eyeball itself. Micah was great help keeping me calm and leading me through the woods to the road.<br />
'Someone stopped and gave him a ride to get his vehicle so we could take that to the hospital.<br />
<br />
'I did not want to pay for an ambulance if I could help it as they are quite expensive here. We then drove to the hospital in nearby Bryson, but they don't have a trauma centre.<br />
'Staff there were great and stabilised the injuries and sent me in an ambulance to Mission hospital in Asheville.<br />
'Once there, they were able to remove both sticks successfully. Amazingly, I still had my full vision. After that I just needed a few sets of stitches and an ey
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  • A branch punctured my face! Tree climber suffers bizarre injury that's sure to raise a few eyebrows<br />
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Tree tops are for the birds as this man found out when he took his eye off the dangers and nearly lost his sight.<br />
But Colby Ellis just couldn't resist the temptation to climb some mountain timbers, and almost paid the ultimate price when he slipped.<br />
A small branch pierced the fleshy parts under his left eyebrow, and an even smaller trig almost took out the eyeball itself.<br />
<br />
But while these hospital snaps may have made your legs tingle just a little, the good news he has made a full recovery.<br />
And it still hasn't put him off climbing tree.<br />
The 22-year-old said: 'I am currently doing seasonal work in the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina.<br />
'I give zip line tours at the Nantahala Gorge Canopy tours, but this accident had nothing to do with work.<br />
'A co-worker, Micah Loyd, and I had the day off and decided to go explore the mountain. I spotted a series of vines going up a tree and decided to climb them.<br />
'When I was about five feet up, the vine gave way. I landed on my feet but when I bent to absorb the landing, a branch punctured my face.<br />
<br />
'I was very shocked the first few moments, but luckily Micah and I are both trained in first aid, so we knew not to take it out.<br />
'Or for that matter to move my eye in case the smaller stick went into the eyeball itself. Micah was great help keeping me calm and leading me through the woods to the road.<br />
'Someone stopped and gave him a ride to get his vehicle so we could take that to the hospital.<br />
<br />
'I did not want to pay for an ambulance if I could help it as they are quite expensive here. We then drove to the hospital in nearby Bryson, but they don't have a trauma centre.<br />
'Staff there were great and stabilised the injuries and sent me in an ambulance to Mission hospital in Asheville.<br />
'Once there, they were able to remove both sticks successfully. Amazingly, I still had my full vision. After that I just needed a few sets of stitches and an ey
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Injury3.jpg
  • A branch punctured my face! Tree climber suffers bizarre injury that's sure to raise a few eyebrows<br />
<br />
Tree tops are for the birds as this man found out when he took his eye off the dangers and nearly lost his sight.<br />
But Colby Ellis just couldn't resist the temptation to climb some mountain timbers, and almost paid the ultimate price when he slipped.<br />
A small branch pierced the fleshy parts under his left eyebrow, and an even smaller trig almost took out the eyeball itself.<br />
<br />
But while these hospital snaps may have made your legs tingle just a little, the good news he has made a full recovery.<br />
And it still hasn't put him off climbing tree.<br />
The 22-year-old said: 'I am currently doing seasonal work in the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina.<br />
'I give zip line tours at the Nantahala Gorge Canopy tours, but this accident had nothing to do with work.<br />
'A co-worker, Micah Loyd, and I had the day off and decided to go explore the mountain. I spotted a series of vines going up a tree and decided to climb them.<br />
'When I was about five feet up, the vine gave way. I landed on my feet but when I bent to absorb the landing, a branch punctured my face.<br />
<br />
'I was very shocked the first few moments, but luckily Micah and I are both trained in first aid, so we knew not to take it out.<br />
'Or for that matter to move my eye in case the smaller stick went into the eyeball itself. Micah was great help keeping me calm and leading me through the woods to the road.<br />
'Someone stopped and gave him a ride to get his vehicle so we could take that to the hospital.<br />
<br />
'I did not want to pay for an ambulance if I could help it as they are quite expensive here. We then drove to the hospital in nearby Bryson, but they don't have a trauma centre.<br />
'Staff there were great and stabilised the injuries and sent me in an ambulance to Mission hospital in Asheville.<br />
'Once there, they were able to remove both sticks successfully. Amazingly, I still had my full vision. After that I just needed a few sets of stitches and an ey
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Injury1.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE PICTURE FEATURE<br />
The Living Ghosts of Benin<br />
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*Villagers believe if they are touched by an Egungun, they will die<br />
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*Having any contact whatsoever with an Egungun can prove deadly for both the Egungun and the other person, so each Egungun is accompanied by a 'minder', also a member of the Egungun society, who carries a long and substantial stick to drive individuals away...<br />
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BENIN is a small country sandwiched between Nigeria to the East and Ghana and Togo to the West. Formerly a French colony known as Dahomey, little is known about the country prior to around the 15th century when it was occupied first by the Portuguese, then the British, Dutch and lastly French who ousted King Behanzin and took control in 1894. <br />
<br />
The Egungun are one of Benin’s Secret Societies who appear as masked men representing the spirits of the Living Dead. They are Living Ghosts, a conduit to the ancestors. Their role in village society is to settle local disputes, and their knowledge is often consulted in times of trouble within their village. The Egungun speak in a high-pitched and altogether un-human and unsettling falsetto tone, similar to the voices used in a Punch-and-Judy show, and in a language that is not understood by other villagers; they are always accompanied by drummers. Some say they derive their name from the Yoruba (Northern Nigerian) word for "bones" or "skeleton," but in Yoruba, Egungun also means "masquerade.”  Egungun arrive in villages, pass judgements and give advice. Their word is final as their advice is a direct word of the Gods.<br />
<br />
Each Egungun appears as a robed figure - giving the impression that the deceased is making a temporary reappearance on Earth. This impression is enhanced by the voluminous costumes of the Egungun; the cloth and design they use expresses the power of the ancestor. In one village I came across an Egungun with the stature and form of a child. I enquired as to his age (all Egungun are male). As soon as I’d asked I realised that
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  • EXCLUSIVE PICTURE FEATURE<br />
The Living Ghosts of Benin<br />
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*Villagers believe if they are touched by an Egungun, they will die<br />
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*Having any contact whatsoever with an Egungun can prove deadly for both the Egungun and the other person, so each Egungun is accompanied by a 'minder', also a member of the Egungun society, who carries a long and substantial stick to drive individuals away...<br />
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BENIN is a small country sandwiched between Nigeria to the East and Ghana and Togo to the West. Formerly a French colony known as Dahomey, little is known about the country prior to around the 15th century when it was occupied first by the Portuguese, then the British, Dutch and lastly French who ousted King Behanzin and took control in 1894. <br />
<br />
The Egungun are one of Benin’s Secret Societies who appear as masked men representing the spirits of the Living Dead. They are Living Ghosts, a conduit to the ancestors. Their role in village society is to settle local disputes, and their knowledge is often consulted in times of trouble within their village. The Egungun speak in a high-pitched and altogether un-human and unsettling falsetto tone, similar to the voices used in a Punch-and-Judy show, and in a language that is not understood by other villagers; they are always accompanied by drummers. Some say they derive their name from the Yoruba (Northern Nigerian) word for "bones" or "skeleton," but in Yoruba, Egungun also means "masquerade.”  Egungun arrive in villages, pass judgements and give advice. Their word is final as their advice is a direct word of the Gods.<br />
<br />
Each Egungun appears as a robed figure - giving the impression that the deceased is making a temporary reappearance on Earth. This impression is enhanced by the voluminous costumes of the Egungun; the cloth and design they use expresses the power of the ancestor. In one village I came across an Egungun with the stature and form of a child. I enquired as to his age (all Egungun are male). As soon as I’d asked I realised that
    ExPix_The_Living_Ghosts05.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE PICTURE FEATURE<br />
The Living Ghosts of Benin<br />
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*Villagers believe if they are touched by an Egungun, they will die<br />
<br />
*Having any contact whatsoever with an Egungun can prove deadly for both the Egungun and the other person, so each Egungun is accompanied by a 'minder', also a member of the Egungun society, who carries a long and substantial stick to drive individuals away...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
BENIN is a small country sandwiched between Nigeria to the East and Ghana and Togo to the West. Formerly a French colony known as Dahomey, little is known about the country prior to around the 15th century when it was occupied first by the Portuguese, then the British, Dutch and lastly French who ousted King Behanzin and took control in 1894. <br />
<br />
The Egungun are one of Benin’s Secret Societies who appear as masked men representing the spirits of the Living Dead. They are Living Ghosts, a conduit to the ancestors. Their role in village society is to settle local disputes, and their knowledge is often consulted in times of trouble within their village. The Egungun speak in a high-pitched and altogether un-human and unsettling falsetto tone, similar to the voices used in a Punch-and-Judy show, and in a language that is not understood by other villagers; they are always accompanied by drummers. Some say they derive their name from the Yoruba (Northern Nigerian) word for "bones" or "skeleton," but in Yoruba, Egungun also means "masquerade.”  Egungun arrive in villages, pass judgements and give advice. Their word is final as their advice is a direct word of the Gods.<br />
<br />
Each Egungun appears as a robed figure - giving the impression that the deceased is making a temporary reappearance on Earth. This impression is enhanced by the voluminous costumes of the Egungun; the cloth and design they use expresses the power of the ancestor. In one village I came across an Egungun with the stature and form of a child. I enquired as to his age (all Egungun are male). As soon as I’d asked I realised that
    ExPix_The_Living_Ghosts13.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE PICTURE FEATURE<br />
The Living Ghosts of Benin<br />
<br />
*Villagers believe if they are touched by an Egungun, they will die<br />
<br />
*Having any contact whatsoever with an Egungun can prove deadly for both the Egungun and the other person, so each Egungun is accompanied by a 'minder', also a member of the Egungun society, who carries a long and substantial stick to drive individuals away...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
BENIN is a small country sandwiched between Nigeria to the East and Ghana and Togo to the West. Formerly a French colony known as Dahomey, little is known about the country prior to around the 15th century when it was occupied first by the Portuguese, then the British, Dutch and lastly French who ousted King Behanzin and took control in 1894. <br />
<br />
The Egungun are one of Benin’s Secret Societies who appear as masked men representing the spirits of the Living Dead. They are Living Ghosts, a conduit to the ancestors. Their role in village society is to settle local disputes, and their knowledge is often consulted in times of trouble within their village. The Egungun speak in a high-pitched and altogether un-human and unsettling falsetto tone, similar to the voices used in a Punch-and-Judy show, and in a language that is not understood by other villagers; they are always accompanied by drummers. Some say they derive their name from the Yoruba (Northern Nigerian) word for "bones" or "skeleton," but in Yoruba, Egungun also means "masquerade.”  Egungun arrive in villages, pass judgements and give advice. Their word is final as their advice is a direct word of the Gods.<br />
<br />
Each Egungun appears as a robed figure - giving the impression that the deceased is making a temporary reappearance on Earth. This impression is enhanced by the voluminous costumes of the Egungun; the cloth and design they use expresses the power of the ancestor. In one village I came across an Egungun with the stature and form of a child. I enquired as to his age (all Egungun are male). As soon as I’d asked I realised that
    ExPix_The_Living_Ghosts16.jpg
  • SHENYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17: <br />
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Winter Swimmers Brace Against The Chill<br />
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Aerial view of winter swimmers dressed in colorful swimsuits swimming at an artificial lake of Beiling Park on January 17, 2017 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Winter swimmers brace against the chill and stick to work out at Beiling Park in winter.<br />
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  • SHENYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17: <br />
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Winter Swimmers Brace Against The Chill<br />
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Aerial view of winter swimmers dressed in colorful swimsuits swimming at an artificial lake of Beiling Park on January 17, 2017 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Winter swimmers brace against the chill and stick to work out at Beiling Park in winter.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • SHENYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17: <br />
<br />
Winter Swimmers Brace Against The Chill<br />
<br />
Aerial view of winter swimmers dressed in colorful swimsuits swimming at an artificial lake of Beiling Park on January 17, 2017 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Winter swimmers brace against the chill and stick to work out at Beiling Park in winter.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Winter_Swimmers_Brace_Against_...jpg
  • SHENYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17: <br />
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Winter Swimmers Brace Against The Chill<br />
<br />
Aerial view of winter swimmers dressed in colorful swimsuits swimming at an artificial lake of Beiling Park on January 17, 2017 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Winter swimmers brace against the chill and stick to work out at Beiling Park in winter.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Winter_Swimmers_Brace_Against_...jpg
  • SHENYANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17: <br />
<br />
Winter Swimmers Brace Against The Chill<br />
<br />
Aerial view of winter swimmers dressed in colorful swimsuits swimming at an artificial lake of Beiling Park on January 17, 2017 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Winter swimmers brace against the chill and stick to work out at Beiling Park in winter.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Winter_Swimmers_Brace_Against_...jpg
  • Indian techie nails it! Busts puncture mafia, Man collects 50kg nails from roads in two years<br />
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Benedict Jebakumar, a systems engineer working in Bengaluru, has collected over 50 kgs of nails scattered along roads, most of them deliberately planted by nearby puncture shops to benefit their business.<br />
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In 2014 when he first moved to the city, the 44-year-old would often have to deal with a punctured tyre whenever he would take the Outer Ring Road to get back to his house in Banashankari from his office in Bellandur or vice-versa. <br />
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While at first, he didn’t think much of it, but when it began to become a common occurrence it dawned on him that the puncture was always caused by nails that were situated close to puncture shops.<br />
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“I have been witnessing the wilful act of repeated scattering of nails on the outer ring road (ORR) in Bangalore since 2012. This is done by the miscreants to make money out of fixing the flat tyre caused by their nails at an exorbitant rates. I have been informing the concerned authorities for remedial action but the problem still persists,” Jebakumar said in a petition that he has started online to tackle the menace.<br />
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When authorities didn’t do anything about the problem, he decided to take the matter in his own hands and started combing roads with his bare hands but later bought a magnetic stick to collect the nails.<br />
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Jebakumar started a Facebook page called `My Road, My Responsibility' in 2014 to create awareness about the menace. He posts photos of the nails he collects in a day and also shocking videos of roads laden with dozens of nails.<br />
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“Sometimes I feel wretched when I think on how long I need to keep doing this same scavenging work with (no) result from the authorities. But if I don't continue, my own vehicle is sure to get flat since I can never drive in the middle of the road. Also, when I see stranded vehicles due to flat tyre, I feel that my action reduces such mishaps to some extent,” he says.<br />
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  • This gay couple invited 10 brides to their wedding so their big day wouldn't be missing a big white dress<br />
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<br />
A gay couple ended up inviting 10 “brides” to their wedding so that the pictures from the big day wouldn’t be missing a fabulous white dress.<br />
Grooms Deri Rogers, 28, and partner Ben Wood, 25, had their 10 bridesmaids all dressed up in big white gowns - to look fantastic in their wedding picture album.<br />
And the happy Welsh couple have so many girly friends that they couldn’t limit their bridesmaids to just two or three.<br />
So they had the girls each pick their favourite wedding dress to wear to their ceremony.<br />
Happy husband Deri said: “We had lots of ideas for the wedding from the girls - but I wanted something outrageous.<br />
“Being a gay wedding we weren’t going to have an amazing gown reveal like at other big weddings.<br />
“I figured every wedding needs a wedding dress - so why not 10?<br />
“The girls all have huge personalities and so there was terrible competition, dress disasters and fall outs but on the day they all looked fab.<br />
Read more: Couple tie the knot after 10 years<br />
“You could say the girls stole the lime light but we wouldn’t have had it any other way.”<br />
Each bridesmaid sourced a unique dress from eBay or online boutiques for the ceremony at the Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel, near Usk.<br />
Deri and Ben’s best “man” Sadie spent £500 on a strapless diamante encrusted bridal gown to be belle of the ball.<br />
It was Sadie who first introduced the couple in 2013.<br />
Deri, of Cwmbran, said: “We went on a first date but nothing really came of it.<br />
Read more: 'Everything was perfect, it was like a dream!'<br />
“It was only months later that we got back in touch and then in January this year Ben proposed.”<br />
The couple - who both work together managing a country pub - also hired an LED dancefloor, a chocolate fountain, a candy floss cart, three photographers and bought a £400 cake for their nuptials.<br />
Deri said: “Ben is more sensible than me and he likes to stick
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  • This gay couple invited 10 brides to their wedding so their big day wouldn't be missing a big white dress<br />
<br />
<br />
A gay couple ended up inviting 10 “brides” to their wedding so that the pictures from the big day wouldn’t be missing a fabulous white dress.<br />
Grooms Deri Rogers, 28, and partner Ben Wood, 25, had their 10 bridesmaids all dressed up in big white gowns - to look fantastic in their wedding picture album.<br />
And the happy Welsh couple have so many girly friends that they couldn’t limit their bridesmaids to just two or three.<br />
So they had the girls each pick their favourite wedding dress to wear to their ceremony.<br />
Happy husband Deri said: “We had lots of ideas for the wedding from the girls - but I wanted something outrageous.<br />
“Being a gay wedding we weren’t going to have an amazing gown reveal like at other big weddings.<br />
“I figured every wedding needs a wedding dress - so why not 10?<br />
“The girls all have huge personalities and so there was terrible competition, dress disasters and fall outs but on the day they all looked fab.<br />
Read more: Couple tie the knot after 10 years<br />
“You could say the girls stole the lime light but we wouldn’t have had it any other way.”<br />
Each bridesmaid sourced a unique dress from eBay or online boutiques for the ceremony at the Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel, near Usk.<br />
Deri and Ben’s best “man” Sadie spent £500 on a strapless diamante encrusted bridal gown to be belle of the ball.<br />
It was Sadie who first introduced the couple in 2013.<br />
Deri, of Cwmbran, said: “We went on a first date but nothing really came of it.<br />
Read more: 'Everything was perfect, it was like a dream!'<br />
“It was only months later that we got back in touch and then in January this year Ben proposed.”<br />
The couple - who both work together managing a country pub - also hired an LED dancefloor, a chocolate fountain, a candy floss cart, three photographers and bought a £400 cake for their nuptials.<br />
Deri said: “Ben is more sensible than me and he likes to stick
    Exclusivepix_10_brides_to_their_wedd...JPG
  • ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 13: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Smart Chimpanzee In Zhengzhou<br />
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A chimpanzee uses a stick to get melon seeds after tourists put them into a gap between two adjacent pieces of glass at Zhengzhou Zoo on May 13, 2013 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. <br />
©ChinaFoto/Exclusivepix
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  • ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 13: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Smart Chimpanzee In Zhengzhou<br />
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A chimpanzee uses a stick to get melon seeds after tourists put them into a gap between two adjacent pieces of glass at Zhengzhou Zoo on May 13, 2013 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. <br />
©ChinaFoto/Exclusivepix
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  • Pop art: Father turns his young children's line drawings into brilliant illustrations during monthly business trips away<br />
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For any father, time spent on the road away from his children is difficult. Fred Giovannitti, who spends a third of the year away, wanted to make sure he had a shared hobby with Freddie, aged eight, and Sofia, six, to make sure they stayed close.<br />
So the inventor and part-time tattoo artist from Delaware took to colouring in his children's drawings when had to work away from home, and he has transformed them into amazing works of art.<br />
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Mr Giovannitti explained that he invents industrial equipment designed to protect the world's marine ecosystems.<br />
In order to pay for this, he travels 10 days every month to Las Vegas, where he owns a high-end tattoo studio.<br />
'My children like to draw me pictures for my trip so I can keep them close to me while I'm away,' he said.<br />
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'One day my daughter didn't get around to making me a picture in time, so right before I left she quickly drew me a line drawing to take with me.<br />
'On my flights to work I keep a sketchbook to draw on the plane and have coloured pencils handy. This one particular trip, instead of drawing in my sketchbook, I decided to colour in my daughter's drawing in the manner in which I would colour my own work.<br />
 <br />
When I returned home, I gave her the picture and she loved it so much that we started a tradition of me collaborating with both of my children each month on drawings to be coloured by me on my trips.'<br />
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His pictures have now become a hit online after he shared them on his Reddit account, drawing an overwhelmingly positive response.<br />
He explained on his website that he started the process two years ago, and after a few months he asked his daughter to draw him another one. His son subsequently wanted to be included.<br />
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As well as using colouring pencils on the flights, Mr Giovannitti has also tried filling the drawings in using digital technology, but following the comments online, he will now stick
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  • As if bunnies needed to be any cuter, they just go ahead and stick out their tongues out this collection is some of the best pix<br />
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