Previous Aboriginal "Mandiwala" Initiation Ceremonies in Northern Australia
Young Yanyuwa boys, "daru" or initiates, sit in their boughshelter away from their family. They are brandishing "boomerangs" made of bark that they throw at men who then later will have to dance for them at their ceremony.
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Daru in shelter
Photo © Ludo Kuipers, OzOutback Internet Services



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