Life along the
Karawari
river in
Papua New Guinea
dancers
mock ceremony for cutting
crocodile pattern
into the skin on the back
Their life
dwelling on the river edge
inside a dwelling
Crocodile heads are carved on the prows of the canoes
man in the canoe
kids learn early
more croc heads
making the dugout canoe
baskets used for fishing
Sak sak
(food from the Sago palm)
the starchy pith from the trunk of
the palm
is hacked into small bits
the starch is dissolved from the pith with water
the liquid is drained off and dried to flour
sak sak is prepared in fried little cakes
Working the fields
preparing the soil with a spade
taro grown for food
the women do the work in the fields
washing the roots
carrying it home with a bilum
(one with a head strap and one on the arm)
Photos of Chimbu and the mud men page
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