Tribes in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea to this day still practice an ancient initiation ceremony. A way of testing and introducing adolescents into manhood, the ceremony is a strenuous and painful process, that leaves the men’s skins scarred all over; the effect resembling the crocodile scales. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago tags crocodiles extreme tribal scars sepik papua |
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