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DKH01-023_kombaning - Kombañiŋ teplakay ‘Painting faces with Annato tree pigment’

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The bright orange-red coloured oily seeds of kombañiŋ ‘annatto tree’ (Bixa orellana) are so frequently used in face painting and body decoration that, for the Awiakay, they are nearly synonymous with ritual, traditional songs and dancing. The seeds are also used as a pigment for colouring the string for making bilums. Painting faces with kombañiŋ is associated with the excitement and the joyous...
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1970
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