Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Central Australia

Mothers with sons

Mothers prepare their sons before they are taken from them for their initiation ceremony in Lajamanu, a Warlpiri Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. They have been painted with red ochre and are wearing belts made of human hair.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Aug 30, 1975
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