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Kinavai ceremony, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, July 2019

Under Tolai law, a person administering punishment acting as a Duk Duk spirit (dressed in the traditional ceremonial costume on the photo) was not liable because it was said to be done by a spirit invoked and residing in that man's body. This included cases when Duk Duk burnt houses and killed people including their own relatives.

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Uploaded on August 27, 2019
Taken on July 10, 2019