yaakov naumi 's fascinating photographs include a man lying in a grave to prolong life , a chicken being walked on a piece of string and men tying a rope to a bride and dancing around her .
naumi , 32 , who was raised in the israeli town of bnei brak and educated in an ultra orthodox school , admitted that some of the rituals , when viewed with the eyes of an outsider , ` look strange ' .
a strictly orthodox rabbi dances the ` mitzvah tantz ' at the wedding of his grand-daughter in bnei brak .