Uploads from Eric Lafforgue, tagged بابواغينياالجديدة, with geodata

Elegant kid - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:27:59 -0700

Sunday cloth?

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Mourning woman in Trobriand island - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:23:49 -0700

She is shaved because she has lost her son. I asked her how old he was, she could not tell, she put her hand on her belly to show me the size he was before he died...
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.
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Tumbuan in Tolai tribe - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:11:25 -0700

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Tumbuan (or tubuan) dance in Karavia liu village. The mask are supposed to be female. There are male masks, but they are higher.
The Tumbuan means also the secret culture of the Tolai. Some men (yes!) are under the giant mask.
Women are not supposed to watch the dance.
The dance is also called Duk Duk dance.
The Dukduk society uses male duk duk and female tubuan masks. Both types are cone-shaped and are constructed of cane and fibre. Traditionally the duk duk was taller than the tubuan and was faceless. The tubuan had circular eyes and a crescent-shaped mouth painted on a dark background.
East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea.

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Tumbuan in Tolai tribe - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:42:18 -0700

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New Ireland boy - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:40:52 -0700

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Langania village, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Paplieng tribe - Kavieng New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:49:29 -0700

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This tribe lives in front of the sea in very nice villages. The men use to wear some red clothes, and have some ver interesting dances (more to come).
They dance the spirit of the malagan.
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Paplieng tribe - Kavieng New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:38:00 -0700

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This tribe lives in front of the sea in very nice villages. The men use to wear some red clothes, and have some ver interesting dances (more to come).
They dance the spirit of the malangan.
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Karen, Bougainville - Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:22:21 -0700

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Bougainville and Buka islands are really different from other papua islands; People look more like Solomon islands ones.
Bougainville island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Trobriand island girl - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:45:29 -0700

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Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.
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Trobriand island beauty - Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:40:55 -0700

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Girls dance topless, only wearing red grass skirts, and flower pollens. Dances always take place after lengthy make–up ceremonies. Dancers put a mix of coconut oil, mint and lemongrass on their bodies. I thought they were preparing food.
In fact, it was for make–up! I was then invited to join the circle of dancers who then took a sadistic pleasure in making fun of my hairy legs. I had no hope with the girls here though because they don’t like white skin and hair — something they see as a sign of ugliness and scruffiness. The dim dim (the white man) is not their embodying ideal.
Trobiand islanders have a very free sexuality before and even after marriage !
Girls learn to control their contraception very early, virginity before marriage has no importance at all . If a girl gets pregnant her family keeps the « babu According to the local customs, men just help to open the woman who is supposed to be infused with a « Baloma » spirit provoking the pregnancy. Western education changed the point to view of some islanders, but not all of them. Relationships of married couples have not a lot in common with our culture : here a man is supposed to give presents to his wife in return for the sexual favors she provides him.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.

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Rabaul volcano - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:35:10 -0700

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Only trunks of the palms remain...
Tavurvur is an active volcano near Rabaul in East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. The volcano spits ashes all day long, and when the wind is strong, covers the old town of Rabaul where still live some people who do have anough money to move to safe area of Kokopo.
In 1937, Tavurvur erupted, killing 507 people and causing enormous damage to the Rabaul. Then in 1994, , the eruptions forced the abandonment of most of Rabaul and the relocation to Kokopo.
On the 7th of October 2006 the volcano erupted again, and an initial blast shattered windows up to 12 kilometres away and sent an ash plume 18 km into the stratosphere.Fortunately this time winds blew most of the ash away from Rabaul.

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Trobriand island men - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:33:39 -0700

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Dances always take place after lengthy make–up ceremonies. Dancers put a mix of coconut oil, mint and lemongrass on their bodies. I thought they were preparing food.
In fact, it was for make–up! I was then invited to join the circle of dancers who then took a sadistic pleasure in making fun of my hairy legs. I had no hope with the girls here though because they don’t like white skin and hair — something they see as a sign of ugliness and scruffiness. The dim dim (the white man) is not their embodying ideal.
Trobiand islanders have a very free sexuality before and even after marriage !
Girls learn to control their contraception very early, virginity before marriage has no importance at all . If a girl gets pregnant her family keeps the « babu According to the local customs, men just help to open the woman who is supposed to be infused with a « Baloma » spirit provoking the pregnancy. Western education changed the point to view of some islanders, but not all of them. Relationships of married couples have not a lot in common with our culture : here a man is supposed to give presents to his wife in return for the sexual favors she provides him.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.

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Bougainville shell money necklaces - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:31:21 -0700

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In Bougainville, shell money is still necessary to pay a woman for wedding.
You need to offer 2 shells money like this one.
The woman who wears it explained me that she was very angry cos her husband had not still paid the necklaces!.
Bougainville island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

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Bougainville woman - Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:30 -0700

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Shell jewel in Trobriand island - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:27:10 -0700

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Shells have a great value in the papuan islands. There is still a big exchange system between the islands, made by traditional boats once a year. Shells can be used as traditional money in many places.
Girls dance topless, only wearing red grass skirts, and flower pollens. Dances always take place after lengthy make–up ceremonies. Dancers put a mix of coconut oil, mint and lemongrass on their bodies. I thought they were preparing food.
In fact, it was for make–up! I was then invited to join the circle of dancers who then took a sadistic pleasure in making fun of my hairy legs. I had no hope with the girls here though because they don’t like white skin and hair — something they see as a sign of ugliness and scruffiness. The dim dim (the white man) is not their embodying ideal.
Trobiand islanders have a very free sexuality before and even after marriage !
Girls learn to control their contraception very early, virginity before marriage has no importance at all . If a girl gets pregnant her family keeps the « babu According to the local customs, men just help to open the woman who is supposed to be infused with a « Baloma » spirit provoking the pregnancy. Western education changed the point to view of some islanders, but not all of them. Relationships of married couples have not a lot in common with our culture : here a man is supposed to give presents to his wife in return for the sexual favors she provides him.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.

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Tattooed woman - Trobriand Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:43 -0700

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Women in Trobriand likes to have tatoo on the face. But they jsut tatoo one side, not the both. it's much more nice this way, they all say!
This one hase the ear lobe broken as when she was a kid, her mother has put too many turtle shell ear rings.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.
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Yam house in Trobriand village - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:11:28 -0700

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In every vilage in Trobriand island, you can find some Yam houses. (Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea . These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.)
The biggest Yam house belongs to the chief, of course, and is decorated with shells.
Yams are very important as a symbol of wealth, power and prosperity. After the harvest, yam houses are filled, and there are big festivities at this time. A yam house filled to the brim reflects wealth and prestige for its owner.
For some years, harvests in Trobriand are not good, and even bad this year, so many Yam houses are void, some are even destroyed.
at the time i was there, september 2009, there was a drought.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.
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Salomé, Trobriand island - Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:35 -0700

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She is 7 years old, she dreams of becoming teatcher.
She stands on the remainings of a Yam house.
As there is a drought in Trobriand islands, many Yam houses have not been rebuilt, as there is yam available...
In every vilage in Trobriand island, you can find some Yam houses. (Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea . These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.)
The biggest Yam house belongs to the chief, of course, and is decorated with shells.
Yams are very important as a symbol of wealth, power and prosperity. After the harvest, yam houses are filled, and there are big festivities at this time. A yam house filled to the brim reflects wealth and prestige for its owner.
Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) ,off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province.
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Bougainville girl and frangipan headress - Papua New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:45:42 -0700

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Pororan island, Bougainville, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

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Bougainville youth - Papua New guinea

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:17:34 -0700

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Bougainville is an island to the east of Papua New Guinea.The people wanted to be free of New Guinea and declared independence, so a long civil war took place with a lot dead people. The peace has came back, the island has a special political status, but you still need secutity when you go in the bush.
Everybody is nice with foreigners (except when they are drunk, but it's a worldwide attitude!) and are amazed to see tourists coming in their island.
The youth who fought few years ago like to keep their soldier look...
Bougainville island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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