In Kenya's Rift Valley, blood and bulls mark gateway to manhood


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016

Two men fight over a dispute during an initiation ceremony for young men in Baringo County, Kenya, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

BARINGO COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - In an isolated region in Kenya’s Rift Valley, young men spear a bull in a ceremony that marks a gateway to adulthood.

Far from the bustling capital of Nairobi, locals gather at dawn, men on one side, women on another, to witness the event in a community where cattle play a central part in life.

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