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  • Two Korowai men look down from their treehouse in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Korowai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.This particular house, which has been built some fifteen meters above ground, is occupied by two families.
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  • A monk shaves the head of a Shan boy during Poy Sang Long, a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The shaving takes place inside the Buddhist temple Wat Hua Wiang. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • Two cousins dressed up as princes and their attendants leave the house of a relative during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders on their way to the house of some relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. One of the relatives throws rice on them as a blessing.
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  • Attendants dance and carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A man gives rice to novice monks who walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Boys pose for photgraphs after they have been dressed up as princes at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • In rememberance of the Buddha, family members dress a boy in princely clothes inside a temple during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Young Buddhist monks wear their new robes at Wat Hua Wiang in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, following the annual Poy Sang Long festival. Poy Sang Long is a lavish three-day festival where young and adolescent Shan boys are treated as royalty before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Boys dressed in princely clothes prostrate themselves and show respect to monks inside Wat  Hua Wiang at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The monks are holding the orange robes that the boys will wear when they have become novice monks. The princely clothing is worn in memory of the Buddha who was a prince before becoming a monk. Practically every Shan boy goes through this ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • An actress and singer performs in a temple yard during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. She belongs to a traditional Shan theatre group.
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  • An attendant carries a boy dressed up as a prince down the stairs of his home after a break in the ordination ceremonies, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boy takes part in the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks.
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  • Two cousins about to become novice monks pose for a photograph with their families during Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Procession with young boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. On the horse in front rides the invisible guardian spirit of the town.
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  • Attendant dances with a boy on his shoulders during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The boy is dressed up as a prince in rememberance of the Buddha.
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  • A small Shan orchestra plays in a temple at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A novice monk carries a food bowl during a morning alms walk in the streets of Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will put food into the bowl as an offering, thereby gaining religious merit.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, a monk passes the orange shirt over the head of a boy, a signal that he has become a novice monk and may now put on the rest of his orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Shan women wears traditional bamboo hats at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A Brahman filing the teeth of a young man at a traditional tooth-filing ceremony in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, while female relatives hold the boy's arms and shoulder. The ceremony is a puberty rite, done after the girl has had her first menstruation or the boy's voice has broken, but can be saved until later in life, sometimes until the time of ones wedding. The six front teeth in the upper jaw are filed down to an even row, the purpose of which is to lessen six human vices, e g anger and sexual desire. Another reason is to make one look less like a fanged demon, thereby securing ones entry into the land of the dead after cremation. The boy wears ceremonial brocade clothing.
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  • Two women greet novice monks with reverence when offering them food early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Novice monks walk the streets with their food bowls early in the morning, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. People will stop them on the way to put food into their bowls as an offering.
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  • Musicians play their instruments during a traditional Shan theatre performance at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Two cousins get dressed up as princes in their home after a break in the ordination ceremonies, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boys take part in the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks.
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  • Relatives dance with  boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at  Poy Sang Long,  a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The princely clothing is worn in memory of the Buddha who was a prince before becoming a monk. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • An overloaded pickup transports the family and attendants of two cousins who go on a trip to visit their older relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • An overloaded pickup during the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. Before the boys become novice monks they are dressed like princes and treated like royalty for three days, in honor of the Buddha. Their feet may not touch the ground, so they are carried by attendants, but when it is too far to walk, they may take a car.
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  • Women carry the robes of the novice monks during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, holds a lotus flower between his hands during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Shan woman wears a traditional bamboo hat at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy puts on his princely clothes after a break in the ceremonies at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A monk receives a group of boys dressed up as princes inside a temple at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy who is dressed up as a prince sits on the shoulders of a man with tattooed arms at a procession during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Shan boy gets his head shaved during Poy Sang Long, a ceremony att which boys are ordained as novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A Shan boy gets his head shaved during Poy Sang Long, a yearly ceremony at which boys are ordained as novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The shaving takes place inside the Buddhist temple Wat Hua Wiang. Practically every Shan boy goes through this three-day ceremony sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery and then usually returns to normal life again.
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  • A spirit house by the Jong Kham Lake in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A novice monk just after he has been ordained at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination ceremonies in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy dressed up as a prince rides on the shoulders of an attendant at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Procession with young boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The invisible guardian spirit of the town rides on the horse in front.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Three boys dressed up as princes in remembrance of the Buddha stand inside a temple during Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy with palliative cream applied to his head after it has been shaved at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A boy dressed up as a prince rides on the shoulders of an attendant at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A  young novice monk shortly after he has gone through the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, family members help the boys put on their orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • An old woman throws rice at one of her great grandsons while he dances on the shoulders of a relative during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Realtives dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Mother feeds her son with twelve different dishes in the temple as part of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Two boys dressed up as princes visit relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendants dance with boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders while they approach the house of some relatives during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A young man, about to become a monk, during a procession at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A tapesa, a mound of plates, given as an offering to the temple during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Attendant dances with a boy on his shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The boy is dressed up as prince in rememberance of the Buddha.
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  • Attendants carry boys dressed up as princes on their shoulders at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Boy gets water poured over him after he has been shaved at Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
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  • Relatives dance in the family yard together with boys dressed up as princes during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy is dressed up in princely clothes in remembrance of the Buddha at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. His traditional headress contains female hair and fresh flowers.
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  • A novice monk just after he has been ordained at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination ceremonies in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, in April 2003. The boy still has some makeup left in his face from when he was earlier dressed up as a prince in memory of the Buddha. Practically every Shan boy goes through the Poy Sang Long sometime between the age of eight and fourteen. After the ordination, the boy spends about one month in a Buddhist monastery, and then he usually returns to normal life again.
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  • Boys stand by the orchestra and look at a traditional Shan theatre performance during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • An aunt helps a boy with his makeup after a rest at home during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • On the final day of the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, family members help the boys put on their orange robes, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • A boy visits his home and prays in front of the family shrine during the Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Song, Thailand. His great grandmother lights candles and places them on the shrine.
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  • Relatives tie strings for good luck and give a monetary gift to two young cousins at Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • Two cousins dressed up as princes and an older female relative greet each other during Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
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  • A  young novice monk shortly after he has gone through the Poy Sang Long, the ordination of novice monks, in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003.
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  • The five different princely jackets of a Shan boy, which he will wear during the three days of Poy Sang Long, the yearly ordination of novice monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. April 2003. The jackets are worn in memory of the Buddha.
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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.
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  • Three Kombai men stand outside a newly built treehouse some 25 meters up in a tall tree in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Male guests, all armed with bows and arrows, run into the festival house during a sago grub festival held by a Kombai clan 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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  • A Kombai man with stone axe and bow and arrows in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A Kombai man, with a rat tail headband around his forehead, holds up an arrow with a pierced but still live lizard in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The lizard was shot down from a tree. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • The Dairam Kabur or the Becking River at Yofofla in Papua, Indonesia. On the eastern side of the river live the Kombai and on the western side the Korowai, both of whom are so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A group of Kombai men build a new treehouse some 25 meters up in a  tall tree in the rainforest of Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Kombai men collect sago grubs found inside a rotten sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The palm was felled seven weeks earlier, wrapped in leaves and then left to rot in order for the scarab beetle to come and lay its eggs inside. The grubs will be consumed during a a sago grub festival. This is the most important religious rite of the Kombai, who are a so-called treehouse people, building thir homes high up in the trees.
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  • Two Kombai men collect sago grubs found inside a rotten sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The palm was felled seven weeks earlier, wrapped in leaves and then left to rot in order for the scarab beetle to come and lay its eggs inside. The grubs will be consumed during a a sago grub festival. This is the most important religious rite of the Kombai, who are a so-called treehouse people, building thir homes high up in the trees.
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  • Four Kombai women chop and pound the pith of a sago palm with a tool made of of a piece of bamboo in Papua, Indonesia, in order to extract the edible, starchy sago flour. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • A Kombai man with an edible insect in his mouth in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A group of Kombai men fish with the use of poisonous crushed bark in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The bark is placed in a part of the creek where the water runs slowly. A piece of crushed bark is seen to the right. The man in the foreground carries a stone axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A Kombai woman carries a child on her hip during a hunting and foraging trip in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees. The woman also carries a string bag in which to put foodstuff or her child when it gets sleepy.
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  • A new treehouse built some 15 meters above ground in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The house belongs to a group of Kombai, one of the rainforest groups referred to as Treehouse People, since they buid their homes high in the trees.
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  • Armed sentries keep watch as the hosts and their invited guests dance inside the festival house during a sago grub festival held by a Kombai clan 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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  • Women with children on their shoulders run into the festival house during a sago grub festival held by a Kombai clan 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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  • Kombai men, armed with bows and arrows, dance during 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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  • A man carries the woddy shaft of sago leaf in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The shaft will be used for the washing of sago fibres. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • A Kombai boy eats fresh marrow from a palm tree in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. In the background a man cuts more marrow from the tree with a stone axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A Kombai man with a dog´s tooth necklace watches three other men empty a dammed part of a creek in Papua, Indonesia, a fishing method allowing them to catch the fish living in the creek. September 2000.  The men use woody shafts of sago leafs as bailers. One such bailer is leaning against the tree to the left. A stone axe is lying on the ground beside it. On the other side of the creek three women are waiting. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A young Kombai boy with decorated bow and arrows in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A Korowai woman climbs the thin ladder of the treehouse in which she lives with a heavy load in her string bag in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Korowai are a so-called treehouse people, who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Two Kombai men sit on the veranda of their treehouse in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Kombai men dance with bows and arrows in their hands in the early morning 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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  • Two Kombai men uses stone axes to cut down a sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The man in the foreground, who wears a penios sheath made of the beak of a hornbill, tightens the rattan lashings of his axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • A Kombai man with an edible river tortoise that he has caught in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A Kombai woman picks lice from the hair of a pregnant friend during a break in a hunting and gathering trip in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees. The woman wears a dog's tooth necklace and a rat tail headband.
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