03 May 2011
Ed Ou documented two traditional rituals of passage that take place in Madagascar during the winter. During famadihana, Malagasy families exhume their deceased relatives, wrap them in silk shrouds and dance with their bodies before returning them to ancestral crypts. Also at winter, Malagasy boys undergo circumcision to mark their transition to manhood. Traditions endure and they indicate a continuance of life.
