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Gallery - Mentawai

 

Arriving in Siberut
Magnificent rainforest
Theorocha, Mentawai man
Pachichi in his Uma
Mentawai man
Theorocha carving wood to decorate his Uma.
Preparing food
Mentawai woman
Henry getting a traditional tattoo
An Uma (Mentawai house) in the rainforest
Decoration in an Uma (Mentawai house)
Mentawai woman fishing
Young Mentawai woman.
Mentawai girl
Feeding the chickens
Kalaba preparing to cook sago
Theor0cha, Mentawai man.
Bailey stripping the bark of a baiko tree
Henry flattening the bark of a baiku tree
Uma with wild flower in the rainforest
Mentawai man with machetes and bow
Mentawai girl
Mentawai man with umbrella
Dreamy Mentawai girl
Henry and Bailey making poison arrows
Collecting mushrooms around a waterfall
Mentawai man with bow and smoking wood to keep away mosquitos
Henry practising his aim
Mentawai boy
Mentawai woman
Mentawai men
Bailey coming out of the jungle
Mentawai women fishing
Mentawai woman fishing
Mentawai woman
Mentawai man
Chickens in cage
Preparing a chicken
Preparing a chicken
Food is put in bamboo tubes to transport or to cook
Young Mentawai woman cooking
Mentawai girl
Mentawai woman with child
Theorocha playing drums
Ceremonial dance
Bailey and Teoracha at the goodbye ceremony