Tag: Indonesia
Spirits’ houses and Kwoma people, (Sepik River)
The Kowmas are among the very few ethnic groups along the Middle Sepik course, that continues the tradition of tambaran and singsing (ceremony) after the missionaries’ assault. The tambaran is a powerful place, the gathering of the male ancestors’ spirits. Pillars, crossbars, roof and walls are carved and painted with motifs from their mythology.
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At the Korowai, in treetop houses (Papua, Indonesia)
Three weeks at the Korowai, a tribe living in the forests of New Guinea Island. We arrived there without much information and planned to cross their territories finding our way by word of mouth.
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Surabaya to Koroway (Java to Papua)
In June 2012 I embarked on a ship to Papua, aiming to find the Korowai, a tribe living between the rivers flowing south of the Maoke Mountains…
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