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  • Dancers perform on the streets during the Fire festival in Santiago, Cuba on Wednesday July 9, 2008.
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  • Young men holding Ghana flags in Accra, Ghana on the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from the UK.
    GHA07.0305.GHANA50295.JPG
  • Members of the Egypt national football team celebrate after defeating Cameroon to win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana.
    GHA08.0210.CANEGYCAM0855.jpg
  • Egypt's Esam Kamal Tawfik El Hadary (left) and Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Zidan celebrate as they sit atop the goal after defeating Cameroon to win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana.
    GHA08.0210.CANEGYCAM0662.jpg
  • A traditional leader sits as he watches celebrations at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007. Celebrations were held here and elsewhere in the country on the occasion of Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence from Britain..
    GHA07.0306.GHANA50155.jpg
  • Ghanaian troops parade during celebrations held at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007. Celebrations were held here and elsewhere in the country on the occasion of Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence from Britain.
    GHA66.jpg
  • Children hold cardboard black stars as they prepare to perform during celebrations held at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007. Celebrations were held here and elsewhere in the country on the occasion of Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence from Britain.
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  • James Kwaku paints a shirt made in the colors of the Ghanaian flag in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday February 28, 2007. Ghana, the first country in sub-saharan Africa to gain independence from colonial rule, will be celebrating 50 years of independence on March 6.
    GHA07.0301.STRSC039.jpg
  • Young men covered with talcum powder (used to make it more difficult for opponents to get a firm grasp) wait for wrestling matches to start during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
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Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
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While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
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The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar group on the third day of the event. After one day
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  • Rafael Yeboah, 13, waits to fill his plastic containers with water from a tap in a poor neighborhood of Accra, Ghana's capital, on Monday Mar 5, 2007. Only when Rafael will have finished transporting the water home will he be able to head to school. Most parts of the city are plagued with intermittent water shortages, and people buy water from the few running taps. They then have to carry the containers to their homes over distances that often reach several hundred meters. Meanwhile, Ghana is preparing to celebrate its 50 years of independence from the UK on March 6th.
    GHA07.0305.GHANA50150.JPG
  • A woman helps young men cover themselves with talcum powder as they prepare for wrestling matches during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007. The powder, fighters say, makes it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
<br />
Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
<br />
While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
<br />
The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar gr
    TGO107.jpg
  • during celebrations held at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007.
    GHA07.0306.GHANA50289.jpg
  • during celebrations held at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007.
    GHA07.0306.GHANA50167.jpg
  • during celebrations held at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday Mar 6, 2007.
    GHA07.0306.GHANA50104.jpg
  • James Kwaku paints a shirt made in the colors of the Ghanaian flag in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday February 28, 2007. Ghana, the first country in sub-saharan Africa to gain independence from colonial rule, will be celebrating 50 years of independence on March 6.
    GHA07.0301.STRSC013.jpg
  • A man fills plastic containers with water from a tap in a poor neighborhood of Accra, Ghana's capital, on Monday Mar 5, 2007. Most parts of the city are plagued with intermittent water shortages, and people buy water from the few running taps. They then have to carry the containers to their homes over distances that often reach several hundred meters. Meanwhile, Ghana is preparing to celebrate its 50 years of independence from the UK on March 6th.
    GHA07.0305.GHANA50152.JPG
  • Sarah Adjrokor, 18, fills plastic containers with water from a tap in a poor neighborhood of Accra, Ghana's capital, on Monday Mar 5, 2007. Most parts of the city are plagued with intermittent water shortages, and people buy water from the few running taps. They then have to carry the containers to their homes over distances that often reach several hundred meters. Meanwhile, Ghana is preparing to celebrate its 50 years of independence from the UK on March 6th.
    GHA07.0305.GHANA50135.JPG
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