Aboriginal Marndiwala Initiation Ceremonies in Borroloola

Daru with spears

Young Yanyuwa boys “daru” or initiates, armed with spears with the men and boys who will dance for them at their ceremony in Borroloola, near the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory. The dancers are painted with clay and carry gumleaves.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Dec 28, 1987
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