Bare Naked Rite
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
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
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