Title – Welcoming Committee
Date – August 2001
Location - Sepik - Papua New Guinea
Arriving at a new village in the heart of Papua New Guinea you can be guaranteed a welcome and you can guarantee a welcoming committee. At this village there was a complete lack of any males about on our arrival, having walked round the village with our new friends in tow, it was discovered that all the men were out on a hunting trip. They had taken their spears and bows & arrows and headed off up river to hunt crocodiles!
When they got back I was shown to the chiefs hut, who turned up shortly afterwards with a sack over his shoulder. It had been a good hunt and his share of the bounty (the villagers always share the bounty out amongst the whole village) was three small crocodile heads and several live turtles that he delighted in empting on the floor in front of me.
Beyond The provides Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop that help to prepare individuals planning to travel for all the different types of cultures and environments they may encounter along the way.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – August 2001
Location - Sepik - Papua New Guinea
Arriving at a new village in the heart of Papua New Guinea you can be guaranteed a welcome and you can guarantee a welcoming committee. At this village there was a complete lack of any males about on our arrival, having walked round the village with our new friends in tow, it was discovered that all the men were out on a hunting trip. They had taken their spears and bows & arrows and headed off up river to hunt crocodiles!
When they got back I was shown to the chiefs hut, who turned up shortly afterwards with a sack over his shoulder. It had been a good hunt and his share of the bounty (the villagers always share the bounty out amongst the whole village) was three small crocodile heads and several live turtles that he delighted in empting on the floor in front of me.
Beyond The provides Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop that help to prepare individuals planning to travel for all the different types of cultures and environments they may encounter along the way.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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