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Burundi - Ruyigi - two men settle their differences by symbolically drinking palm wine from the same container.
A counsel of the Bashingantahe (roughly meaning wisemen) meeting to settle a dispute in their commune. The Bashingantahe, a traditional court system, have been successfully resolving disputes concerning the civil war and issues of forgiveness and acceptance. Here a disputed party settle their differences by symbolically drinking palm wine from the same container. Ruyigi, Burundi
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 3430x5095 pixels (11.4x17 in / 29x43.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Africa, alcohol, Bashingantahe, booze, Burundi, communal, community, court, decision, drink, drinking, justice, law, peace, peacekeepers, rural, settlement, straw, traditional, tribal
Published in: Burundi - Rural Stock