Aboriginal Ceremonies from Northern Australia

On the beach

During the last stages of the “Ngarrag” or “Mardayin” ceremony the participants arrive at the sea shore where they are to immerse themselves and dance, washing off their body paint in Numbulwar, an Aboriginal community on the western Gulf of Carpentaria.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Wed Sep 11, 1996
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