Leyualem Mucha, 14, has her hair trimmed behind her home in preparation of her wedding in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007. Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.
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