The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Wig man

British photographer Neil Beer

Watcher in the dance

Wabia Village Spirit Dance (No illness)

for18 months and 15 days, black inside

Wash the stomach with river water

Caring for the wig

Mayor of Bloomers Village

Makeup is a pigment of soil and flowers

Commemorative photo with Huli

Kotetsu and Huli

After the dance, take a sip of tobacco

Villagers observing SinSin

Beat the drum and jump

Huli people wearing dance makeup

Huli in Don Pete Village

A spirit dance (no illness) was performed in Wabia Village (300people).

Disease treatment in which four spirits dance around the sick.

A guard is used to keep the dance out of the way.

The dance that lasts for2to 3hours is 200to 300Kina.
（8000-12000yen)

It takes a lot from the rich,
but the fee different depending on the person.

A conscientious system that gives
money if the sick person dies.

The head wing is made in the neighboring village of Bloomers.
It takes18months to finally complete one manda
(wig in the local language).

Under the strict guidance of the village mayor,
first wash the stomach with river water to make good quality hair.

Drink up the remaining sacred river water that was given.

If you are Japanese, you will soon get diarrhea.

One manda is comparable to the price of a pig (200kina).

Ready for a colorful body painting and stand by for a fighting dance.

Make up colored from red, white, yellow, soil and flowers.
The brown body that shines in coconut oil is a brave warrior.

He, jumps to the rhythm of the beating drum.

I feel a big difference from me.

SinSin is a Pidgin word that comes from singing in English （Sing Sing).

SinSin, consisting of 400 to500 tribes,
is performed and danced during ceremonial occasions and traditional ceremonies.

It seems that it started when they were shown as proof of friendship
between tribes during the colonial rule.

I immediately visited the Huli people in Don Pete village (population70-80).

The ethnic dances that have been passed down from generation
to generation are a unique world that is far from the modern world.

In a self-sufficient

but humane dance a creepy wig man,

for hair ornaments made from bird of paradise wings
It was hard for me to get used to.

SinSin (ethnic dance)