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Bomagai: women and children by fire pit, child (l) holds cigarette

Hunting: Akis in forest, climbs tree to set a snare

Aerial view of mountains and river

Pig festival, singsing preparations, Tsembaga: young men rub oil on their skin to beautify themselves

Pig festival, singsing preparations, Tuguma: men in feather headdresses and colorful garments, line up to rehearse song

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: people herd pigs into ancestral shrine, sacrifice house at left

House-building for Rappaports: site being levelled, sharpened timbers in foreground will be used for frame

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: ritual exchange of shell valuables, steel axes, pork and other wealth displayed on mat

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: decorated men play kunku drums

Aerial view of mountains and river

Pig festival, uprooting cordyline ritual, Tsembaga: man butchers female pig that has been sacrificed to spirits of high ground

Bridge-building: men split logs for planking