Karawari village

Alcester island Along the road Chimbu Highlands Kaibola Karawari village Mud Men Panaete Island Port Moresby Rabaul Sepic river Sing Sing Trobriand Islands Woodlark island

Life along the

Karawari

river in

Papua New Guinea

 

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dancers

 

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mock ceremony for cutting crocodile pattern
into the skin on the back

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Their life

 

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dwelling on the river edge

 

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inside a dwelling

 

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Crocodile heads are carved on the prows of the canoes

 

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man in the canoe

 

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kids learn early

 

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more croc heads

 

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making the dugout canoe

 

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baskets used for fishing

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Sak sak
(food from the Sago palm)

 

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the starchy pith from the trunk of the palm
is hacked into small bits

 

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the starch is dissolved from the pith with water

 

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the liquid is drained off and dried to flour

 

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sak sak is prepared in fried little cakes

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Working the fields

 

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preparing the soil with a spade

 

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taro grown for food

 

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the women do the work in the fields

 

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washing the roots

 

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carrying it home with a bilum
(one with a head strap and one on the arm)

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