Bare Naked Rite

In the middle of the night, dozens of men walk barefoot in a procession around a village, in the nude.  It is a dark, still night.  These stark naked men stop at every street corner, their leader swinging a yellow bamboo pole, all the while chanting mantras that send shivers down the spine. 

This scene did not take place in an isolated village somewhere in the depths of a jungle.  The liberating ritual occu