LIVING TRAVEL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Living TRAVEL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA Villages around the Karawari River, a tributary of the Sepic River Ambon Wari, Binum, Kundimun and Simbud
The Men's House at Ambon Wari, where an initiation ceremony is about to take place
Close up of the facade of the Men's House
The men are gathering for the ceremony . . . .

. . . . in their full traditional regalia

Above right - the initiate is being led into the Men's House
The initiate waits uncertainly while the formalities take place . . . .
. . . . and while the women and children wait outside

Some are preparing the celebration meal
The scarring is performed, with a crocodile pattern being cut into the back of the initiate
Binum Village

Binum Church
Kundimun Village and a demonstration of the sago preparation process (sago being many villages staple diet in this area)



Chopping away the outer layer of the sago palm tree trunk to get at the sago pith inside
"See what a good job I have done!"
The sago pith is put in in a basket and water added
The basket containing the sago and water is pummelled, and the liquid squeezed out of the basket is collected - the pith is thrown away
Final preparations - sago liquid is boiled then poured into a flat ceramic cooking pot to make a pancake
Simbud Village
In Simbud men make wooden items and carry out the weaving (below)
Making roof thatching