Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Northern Australia

Dance for initiate

A man with a paper bark headdress dances during a “Mandiwa” initiation ceremony in front of the initiate, in a short fast stepping dance, representing the movements the frilled lizard makes when excited.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Apr 04, 1982
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