2013年5月23日 · Patrick’s oldest son Kingston showing off his impressive dorsal scars – the “back” of the crocodile. HERE ON THE BLACKWATER in the shadow of the Central Mountain Range, animal, spiritual, and human life is celebrated with power and passion.

2018年8月26日 · He also endured an initiation into manhood in which he was kept in a "crocodile nest" with 20 others and repeatedly cut with bamboo blades to leave scars that looked like crocodile scales.

2016年6月2日 · During performances at the Festival of Pacific Arts over the past two weeks, the traditional clothing of delegates from Papua New Guinea left their upper bodies partially exposed. One could...

2025年1月15日 · During performances at the Festival of Pacific Arts over the past two weeks, the traditional clothing of delegates from Papua New Guinea left their upper bodies partially exposed. One could...

Along the Sepik River in Eastern Papua New Guinea, where crocodiles reign, there lies a tribe where coming of age is a painful – and sometimes dangerous – event. The Chambri Tribe – commonly called The Crocodile Men of Papua New Guinea – believe humans evolved from the pre-historic river predators and that the creature is therefore sacred.

2014年8月12日 · The men of the Chambri tribe in the East Sepik province of PNG practise crocodile scarification, an initiation for boys entering manhood during which their skin is cut and scarred to represent the ...

2014年8月12日 · Boys as young as 11 in a Papua New Guinean tribe risk their lives to take part in a generations old ritual that pays tribute to the crocodile which leaves them with scale-like skin similar to...

Papua New Guinea. The culture is very close knit and is a patrilineal society. The Chambri community has been performing the male initiation ritual of crocodile scarification for generations. No one knows when the initiation ritual began but it is used as means to get closer to the ancestral crocodile and as a stepping stone to reach

In Papua New Guinea, scarification is usually related to initiation. In the middle Sepik region, it is believed that migrating ancestral crocodiles established human populations.

2015年5月19日 · The ceremony includes crocodile scarification, a ritual where the skin is covered in deep cuts which cascade down the boy’s back, chest and buttocks, imparting the look and feeling of a crocodile’s skin. The marks are representative of the tooth marks left behind by the crocodile as it “swallowed” the young man during the ceremony.