Wearing
elaborate tribal clothing and decorations, this is the Indonesia’s
rarely seen Dani tribe celebrating the 27th Baliem Valley Cultural
Festival.
Every
August the Dani wage mock battles with neighbouring tribes - the Lani
and Yali peoples - to celebrate the fertility and welfare of the Papua
province as well as upholding ancient traditions.
The
men can be seen sporting distinctive tribal attire, including face
paint, feathers, animal bones and intricate penis sheaths named Koteka.
The women wear skirts made from woven orchid fibres decorated with straw
and woven bags, worn from the head, named 'noken'.
Other
images show the tribe playing with an ancient instrument named a pikon,
which along Papuan singing and chanting forms the soundtrack to the
battle.
After
the battle, there is customary dancing and music of Papua, rattan spear
throwing and games, pig racing, earth cooking and the celebratory roast
pig feast.
This
year the festival was held on the 8-10th of August in Wamena, Walesi
Sub-district, Jayawijaya District, Papua, with some 200 foreign tourists
watching 300 dancers. Source:Mailonline
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