Previous Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Northern Australia

While men sing and clap boomerangs together young men dance a short fast stepping dance, representing the movements of the frilled lizard during a ''Mandiwa'' initiation ceremony in Barunga community, 80 km from Katherine. They dance in small groups, consisting of tribal brothers, in front of the initiates.

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Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Apr 04, 1982

 

 

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