Aboriginal Marndiwala Initiation Ceremonies in Borroloola

Removing the hairbelt

The ceremonial hairbelt is removed from a boy's waist during his Marndiwala initiation ceremony in Borroloola, near the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Thu Dec 24, 1992
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