The whipping with twigs causes serious wounds, which will eventually become the (status-connected) scars

Although it is a brutal thing to experience, the girls seem to enjoy it (by culture ...)

The 'marriable' men are entitled to perform the beatings

All the girls yelling 'strike me!' to the young man

Mixing red sand and water to make paint

Married Hamar women watching the event

The girls invite the boys to beat them