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Armed Kombai sentries at sago grub festival in Papua, Indonesia

Armed Kombai sentries watch as guests arrive at the site of a sago grub festival in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees, and the sago grub festival, during which large quantities of sago grubs are consumed, is their most important religious rite.

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Image Size: 5565x3685 / 14.2MB; Adults Celebration Horizontal Indonesia Irian Jaya Islands Kombai Males Melanesia Men New Guinea Oceania Papua Papuan Protection Religion Smoke Southeast Asia Treehouse People Tribespeople Young Adult armed arrows bare-chested barefoot bow cultural and ethnic dress ethnic clothing festival festivals festivity group of people guards indigenous people protecting protective rain forest rainforest religious religious events religious festivals sago grub sentries standing traditional trees weapons
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Armed Kombai sentries watch as guests arrive at the site of a sago grub festival in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees, and the sago grub festival, during which large quantities of sago grubs are consumed, is their most important religious rite.