Three young women stand side-by-side outdoors in Bahit, Nigeria, facing the camera

Three young women stand side-by-side outdoors in Bahit, Nigeria, facing the camera. All three wear traditional-style clothing featuring horizontal red and black stripes and intricate bead necklaces and bracelets. The woman on the left wears a strapless top and an above-knee skirt, with her hair styled in two prominent buns; she wears dark flip-flops. The central woman also wears a strapless top and an above-knee skirt, with her hair in multiple small braids, and holds a light-colored, fibrous whisk-like object in her right hand; she wears light-colored flip-flops. The woman on the right wears a full-length strapless dress, her hands clasped, and her hair in two small pigtails; she wears pink textured slides. Each woman has small red markings on their cheeks. They stand on uneven, reddish-brown ground under direct sunlight, casting shadows. Behind them is a dark wrought iron gate with ornamental scrollwork, and further in the background, structures with corrugated metal roofs are visible under a clear blue sky.