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Darwin Airport - Pukamani Poles #2
Darwin International Airport, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Pukamani poles:
Ceremonial performances involving song and dance are at the core of Indigenous Australian life. Pukamani poles from the Tiwi islands north of Darwin in the Northern Territory are grave posts which refer to life, death and rebirth. Pukamani designs are to make posts like people. Once the funerary ceremonies are complete, they are left to disintegrate. Posts with shapes like heads are believed to be female, whilst the projecting "arms" of others indicate the male gender.
Darwin Airport - Pukamani Poles #2
Darwin International Airport, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Pukamani poles:
Ceremonial performances involving song and dance are at the core of Indigenous Australian life. Pukamani poles from the Tiwi islands north of Darwin in the Northern Territory are grave posts which refer to life, death and rebirth. Pukamani designs are to make posts like people. Once the funerary ceremonies are complete, they are left to disintegrate. Posts with shapes like heads are believed to be female, whilst the projecting "arms" of others indicate the male gender.