Later in the day, I headed off to the local business college where the students were all celebrating the 39th year of Independence for Papua New Guinea by dressing up in their favourite clan sing-sing costume and strutting their stuff.
These guys from the Eastern Highlands caused quite a stir, not only for their slow motion dancing which is a boom for the photographers but the fact the MC was a wantok and he talked up just how great the Highlanders were to the majority coastal Island people and me thinks he went just a little too far... the Tolais were not happy and they interjected... photos to come.
But the Mudmen from Goroka continued to charm and impress.
@blueberry1222 - the Mudmen originated when two tribes were fighting in the Asaro valley way up in the Highlands of New Guinea. One tribe chased the other and they escaped by jumping into the muddy Asaro river. When they climbed out of the river, the white clay gave the Mudmen a ghostly like appearance, and the attackers ran off scared, thinking the souls of the departed were returning for vengeance.
@grammyn - this one looks very recently made and not quite hardened off by sun or fire... I'm sure if a torrential downpour came, this one might run???
@summerfield - I do, mine is a blend of mud and concrete on a wire mesh frame...
@grammyn - I think this one would collapse into big lumps in the rain... There is an internal frame which could be an old sack or chicken mesh or both...
Thinking about you yesterday.. hope everything's going ok out there. I've been absent for so long that I almost -but not quite- forget to visit 365 some weeks. The one-a-week is definitely not conducive to regular postings. Anyway - Love this shot... it was the last one I spotted one day (in a rush as always) and so came up on my thumbnails screen for ages and that made me smile. So gotta fave it :) Take care, Jason :)
@filsie65 - Oh thank you Phil, I too have weaned myself of the 365, and I am back today to post one more pic, but soon, all my projects will be over...
@sangwann - Thanks Dione.
@houdiniem - they are cool.
@cocobella - dancing Golem... with Bow and Arrow.
@blueberry1222 - the Mudmen originated when two tribes were fighting in the Asaro valley way up in the Highlands of New Guinea. One tribe chased the other and they escaped by jumping into the muddy Asaro river. When they climbed out of the river, the white clay gave the Mudmen a ghostly like appearance, and the attackers ran off scared, thinking the souls of the departed were returning for vengeance.
@grammyn - I think this one would collapse into big lumps in the rain... There is an internal frame which could be an old sack or chicken mesh or both...
@juliedduncan - Thanks Julie :)
Thanks for the fave :)