Aboriginal Dancing in the Northern Territory

Teaching “Purlapa”

A man is leading a boy teaching him “Purlapa” a traditional dance from Lajamanu. “Wamurlu”, a chopped vegetable down coloured with red ochre is glued on the body and the headdress is built up on the head. The boy learner has been painted with poster paint!

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Wed Apr 14, 1976
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