Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novem...
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David Tipling / Tribal performers from Hagen at Sing-sing, Mount Hagen Show in Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. Headress contains Papuan Lorikeet birds and King of Saxony plumes. August 2011
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David Tipling / Tribal performers from the Anglimp District in Waghi Province, performing at a Sing-sing - Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Tribal performer from the Anglimp District in Waghi Province Western Highlands Papua New Guinea performing at a Sing-sing, Hagen Show Western Highlands Papua New Guinea.With bird of paradise plumes in...
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David Tipling / Roika Waria Sing-sing group from Hagen at the Hagen Show in Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. August 2011
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David Tipling / Men of Mendi from the Southern Highlands at Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Head dress has King of Saxony plumes and breast shield of Superb Bird of Paradise plus plumes from Blue bir...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Bassari woman drinking beer at a party ceremonial harvest. Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the B...
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Oriol Alamany / Moai face at the restored archaeological site of Ahu Ko Te Riku in Tahai Ceremonial Center in Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Pascua or Rapa Nui), Unesco World Heritage Site, November 2004
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Jabruson / Maasai 'Emowuo-o-lkiteng ceremony, Kedong Valley, Rift valley, Kenya. Il-murran dancers. 1985
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Pete Oxford / Koryaks in traditional wear, Ossora, Karaginsky Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Skulls and coffins in rock wall and caves of Toraja cemetery. The Toraja culture of West and South Sulawesi revolves around death with funeral ceremonies an important part of daily life. Indonesia. 20...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Skulls inside cave of Toraja cemetery. The Toraja culture of West and South Sulawesi revolves around death with funeral ceremonies an important part of daily life. Indonesia. 2015.
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Daniel Heuclin / Landscape with a Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.
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Daniel Heuclin / Human remains inside a Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.
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Daniel Heuclin / Deformed skull with sloping forehead, found at Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.
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Daniel Heuclin / Deformed skull with sloping forehead, found at Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.
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Daniel Heuclin / Landscape with a Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.
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Sue Flood / Wildlife photographer Sue Flood reflected in marker at ceremonial South Pole 90 degrees South near Scott-Amundsen base, Antarctica. December 2016
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Sue Flood / Wildlife photographer Sue Flood at ceremonial South Pole 90 degrees South near Scott-Amundsen, Antarctica. December 2016
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David Fleetham / Two young boys in traditional outfits for cultural ceremonies, standing in front of a men's house on the island of Yap, Micronesia. September 2013.
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David Fleetham / Young boy in a traditional outfit in front of a row of stone money. Yap, Micronesia. September 2013.
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David Fleetham / Woman in a traditional outfit for cultural ceremonies, Yap, Micronesia. September 2013.
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Jack Dykinga / Perfect Kiva, an ancient Anasazi ceremonial site, in Anasazi Indian / Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Bullet Canyon. Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA.
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NaturePL Showreels / Showreel of Baining fire-dance material, footage by Richard Sidey and photographs by Roy Mangersnes.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Roy Mangersnes / Baining men in traditional fire dance ceremony. Men enter a trance like state and dance around the fire in animal masks to contact the spirit world. Papua New Guinea, March 2017.
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Nick Garbutt / Huli Wigmen (chief Timon Tumbu and Haro Ngibe) in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, dwarf cassowary, parrots and lorikeets. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea. June 2016.
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Nick Garbutt / Haro Ngibe Huli Wigman in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, dwarf cassowary, parrots and lorikeets.. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea. June 2016.
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Nick Garbutt / Haro Ngibe Huli Wigman in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, dwarf cassowary, parrots and lorikeets. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea. June 2016.
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Nick Garbutt / Chief Timon Tumbu Huli Wigman in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, parrots and lorikeets. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea.
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Nick Garbutt / hief Timon Tumbu Huli Wigman in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, parrots and lorikeets. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea.
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Nick Garbutt / Chief Timon Tumbu Huli Wigman in traditional / ceremonial dress with plumes of Birds of Paradise, parrots and lorikeets. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Self portrait of photographer Cherry Alexander in the reflection of the metallic sphere at the ceremonial South Pole, Antarctica.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Photographer Cherry Alexander at the ceremonial South Pole, Antarctica.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti Pygmy boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirts, on way to forest to undergo initiation ceremony, which is a right of passage into manhood. Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of th...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola). Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of Con...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola). Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of Con...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola). As well as using bows and arrows in this hun...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the...
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the...
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Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...
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Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...
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Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ceremonial procession during wedding, Ambeduco village. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ceremonial procession during wedding, Ambeduco village. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ceremonial mask of Bijago people, a head of a bull carved from wood. Uno Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man in ceremonial head dress of palm leaves at traditional wedding in the village of Ambeduco, Orango Island, Guinea Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man in ceremonial head dress of palm leaves at traditional wedding in the village of Ambeduco, Orango Island, Guinea Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music, with man in traditional garments made of palm leaves, at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music, with man in traditional garments made of palm leaves, at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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MYN / Andrew Snyder / Ceremonial stinging ant (Pachycondyla apicalis) Kusad Mountain, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Andrew Snyder / Ceremonial stinging ant (Pachycondyla apicalis) Kusad Mountain, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Andrew Snyder / Ceremonial stinging ant (Pachycondyla apicalis) Kusad Mountain, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Sandesh Kadur / Wancho man pointing to wild animal skulls left over from ceremonial feasts hanging from the roof of a hut, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2008.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Young woman in Balkan dress offering bread and honey at the celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / School children dance group, celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novemb...
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novemb...
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novemb...
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Tim Laman / Huli wigman portrait, wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. November 2010
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novemb...
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novem...
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Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novemb...
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David Tipling / Tribal performer Western Highlands Papua New Guinea performing at a Sing-sing - Hagen Show Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. August 2011 Head dress made up of Cassowary plumes and two parrot wings
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David Tipling / Performer from the Kupop Sing-sing group from Jiwaka Province, performng at Hagen Show at Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Wearing head dress of owl wings in head dress and sicklebill feathers. August 20...
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David Tipling / Member of Sing-sing group from Tambul, Western Highlands at Mount Hagen Show, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Member of Sing-sing group from Tambul, Western Highlands at Mount Hagen Show, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Sing-sing group from Hagen in Western Highlands performing at Hagen Show, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Performing having face painted, in preparation for the Hagen show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Western Highlanders playing drums at performance in Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Roika Waria Sing-sing group from Hagen at the Hagen Show, Western Highlands Papua New Guinea, August 2011
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David Tipling / Member of Roika Waria Sing-sing group from Hagen at the Hagen Show, Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. With Victoria Ground Pigeon feathers (blue feathers) in head dress. August 2011
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David Tipling / Kunai Sing-sing group from Hagen in Western Highlands playing drums at the Hagen Show Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. August 2011 Head dress comprised of Papuan Lorikeets as well as many other bi...
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David Tipling / Member of Egawag Cultural group from Tambul District in Western Highlands, at Mount Hagen Show - Sing-sing, Papua New Guinea. August 2011