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Papuan Cloud
During my trip to the Baliem Valley in Papua, I had the chance to participate in their pig rituals. The Papuans are essentially vegetarians but during the celebration of the pig festival, the whole village gathers around a large oven filled with leaves and vegetables in which a pig is baked and then covered with branches and burning stones. A great smoke then emerges, mimicking a thick white cloud from which the chief emerges.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 10.2022 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Wamena, Indonesia |
| Copyright: | © Nicolas BLANC-SYLVESTRE |