Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from Northern Australia

Boy brought by women

A young initiate who has spent his last night and day with the women as an uninitiated boy, is brought to the men by the women for the “Mandiwa” dance that night in his initiation ceremony.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Apr 04, 1982
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