#tolai

If you're interested in learning more about my people and our society, or other cultures that exist in Papua New Guinea, here's a link.

Tolai dancers, Papua New Guinea, by Jimmy Nelson

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Tolai Gazelle Point Papua New Guinea

Duk-Duk is a secret society, part of the traditional culture of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Duk-Duk has religious and political objectives, and represents a form of law and order through its presiding spirits. In ritual dances, members of the society invoke the male spirit duk duk and female spirit tubuan depending on which mask the dancer wears. Women and children were forbidden to look at these figures. The society has secret signs and rituals, and festivals which were closed to strangers on pain of death. Justice was executed, fines extorted, taboos, feasts, taxes and all tribal matters are arranged by the Duk-Duk members. In carrying out punishments, they would burn houses and even kill people. Dancers wearing the tubuan masks were regarded as divine beings whose judgment and actions could never be questioned. Duk-Duk only appeared with the full moon.

this is probably the best tolai stringband song i've ever heard.

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