Aboriginal Ceremonies Central Australia - Ngajakula

Japaljarri is decorated

A man of the Japaljarri subjection is decorated by his classificatory “Brother-in-Law” with a dreaming design relevant to his clan and the song cycle that is followed in a “Ngajakula” ceremony in Lajamanu. “Wamurlu”, a wild cotton down dyed with red ochre, is stuck onto his body.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Jun 27, 1977
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