Ritual mud battle at girl's first menstruation in Papua, Indonesia
Dani women engaging in a ritual mud battle during a girl's hotaly, her first menstruation ceremony, in the Baliem Valley, Papua Region, Indonesia. The mud battle takes place after a night of singing and dancing in the cooking house of the settlement where the girl lives.
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Adults Asia Baliem Valley Dani Horizontal Indonesia Irian Jaya Islands Life Cycle Ritual Melanesia Melanesian New Guinea Oceania Papua Papua Region Papuan Rite of Passage Women aboriginal banks ceremony color image cultural and ethnic dress custom dirt dirty ethnic clothing fight fighting first menstruation fun indigenous people laughing mud playing rite ritual skirt small group of people splashing stream throwing wading woman
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