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Mud Men

This is an image of the mud men tribe from Papua New Guinea. The legend goes that many years ago these men where running from their enemy who was trying to kill them. As they ran down a hill they all fell into a huge mud pit. When they climbed got out of the mud they were covered from head to toe. As their enemy came over the hill and saw them they thought they were ghosts and they ran away. After that experience the tribe decided to keep the mud on and add the mask. They were one of my favorite tribes!

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Uploaded on September 23, 2009
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