Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Central Australia

Boys leaving

Three boys, painted with red ochre and wearing belts made of human hair, start a journey to Yuendumu at the beginning of their initiation ceremony, carried on the shoulders of older men in Lajamanu.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Aug 30, 1975
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