PreviousAboriginal "Mandiwala" Initiation Ceremony in Borroloola
After having been painted up with red ochre, the "daru" or initiates are slowly walked to the "Jamangki" initiation ground by a group of men and boys, painted with clay, who run up to and then dance around them. Upon arrival they are carried to their fathers at the boughshelter.
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