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Roberto Pazzi, of Treviglio, Italy, met the Dani people, who live in bamboo huts, hunt with spears and sacrifice pigs to celebrate marriage. The 42-year-old photographer trekked into the island's ...

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A view of the Baliem valley in Jayawijaya mountains, Wamena, Papua. This picture is a part of the 'Dani the Highlander, Manusia Pegunungan' book by Evi Aryati Arbay. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As many as ...

Traveler TJ Korst will present “Koteka Quest -- Trekking the Baliem Valley,” in search of vestiges of kotekas, tribally distinctive coverings for male genitals, in the Papua area of Indonesia; and ...

The female participants of the Baliem Valley Cultural Festival are getting ready for their performance in the event,at Wamena, Papua, Indonesia, August 7, 2014. Image: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images ...

Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua has both stunning landscapes and an array of tribes that still honor many traditional practices and rituals. Baliem Valley in Wamena has one of the highest ...

In late-October 2024, a post on Facebook highlighted an indigenous tribe on the island of New Guinea, in which the tribespeople apparently practice the custom of cutting off a portion of their fingers ...

The "car wash" in the remote Baliem Valley of Indonesia's Papua region is not as innocent as it seems at first glance, and just decades ago anything like it would have been inconceivable. A fertile ...