Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Northern Australia

Marking dancers

An initiate, decorated for his “Mandiwa” initiation ceremony, is led past the men who may later dance in his ceremony, marking them on their backs; in Barunga community, 80 kilometres from Katherine.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Apr 03, 1982
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