PNG Photo Journal
 

Below is a picture from our charter plane of the coastal town of Wewak:



and some of the local wildlife:



The welcoming committee:



The Village where we stayed:

Wow Jase!!!

I feel like a broken record but . . .
you have the coolest job!!

More pics
 

The crew and the chief:



Our "Accomodation":



Boy meets white man for the first time:

It's gonna get nasty soon...
 

The "Crocodile Scar" initiation ceremony:

And the results...
 

Some actions shots...
 

Glad to get out of the village...
 

Staying in the village and seeing this ceremony was indeed an amzing experience, but it was testing at the same time. We were supposed to leave after 5 nights, but due to the weather, our plane wasnt able to pick us up. What made it worse was the idea of the hotel that awaited us back in the town...

The Bedroom:



The Poolside:



The View from our private balconies:

Hehehe....You replied too quick Doc, I hadnt finished posting the rest of the pics yet!

I do really love my job, especially on trips like this, but it is not always this exciting.

That scar initiation process looks incredibly painful.

Do all the men in the community have to go through that process?

You lucky, lucky bastard!

What was it like during the ceremony?

Far fekkin out, Jase. What a trip.

SEBASTIAN. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME ON YOURSELF, ÅSA OR NOVA.

matsa: Hoho! I can't really say anything about myself not going thru an "ceremony" like that.. But Nova and Åsa is safe

jase: thanks for the pics!

The ceremony is slowly dying out. The village we stayed in is one of the last to keep up the tradition, and most of the men there have been initiated.

The ceremony is about removing the blood of the mother, which is said to be contaminated, and thus about becoming a man, and being allowed into the sacred spirit house

It was really quite intense. We were up at 6:00am and didnt stop running around for hours. By the end the cameraman and I were exhausted. I thought I would be more disturbed by the whole event, but I wasnt. It was crazy though....

No probs Seb! Glad you liked them...

I'll be putting some more pics up as soon as I get home... We have filmed an initiation ceremony which involves young men swallowing canes, and we are currently trying to find a woman that breast feeds piglets.

Wow, cool pics. I wish it was me...

Its amazing to see that tribal cultures still exist and their lifestyle is completly preserved.

Thank you for the censorship on the pics btw. :)

thanx for sharing those pics, they're really really interesting.
regards, Lorenzo

That's gratitude for ya! I'm guessing they don't do Mother's Day, then?

Glad you all liked the pictures!

OVM: Yeah, the women here are treated rather shabilly. They do most of the work, whilst the men of the village sit around chewing Betel nut, smoking cigarettes, and tending to their vegetable gardens...

Really great pics!!! I just showed a work friend here and we agreed that you have a fucking great job!!!

Not arf. Bloody awesome pics Jase! Looked like an amazing experience all round.

lol