5.4 Joking on display. A young man, Solwoy, jokes that Sasaga is so handsome as a “red bird-of-paradise” that Solwoy will alleviate the frustration of seeing him – by axing him! |
5.5 Wahi, in a jaunty display of cosmopolitan attire. |
5.11 Women of Yibihilu joking during a major feast (clothes given as gifts by Eileen). |
6.14 Initiation dance, with selected young women dancing in costume opposite male dancers. In the photograph, note that the man on the right wearing blue shorts is smiling and joking with the women standing to the left of the dancer along the sago thatch wall. Joking between Gebusi men and women parallels the dance of seduction between the male and female costumed performers and between men and women in the spirit world | |
6.14 Initiation dance, with selected young women dancing in costume opposite male dancers. In the photograph, note that the man on the right wearing blue shorts is smiling and joking with the women standing to the left of the dancer along the sago thatch wall. Joking between Gebusi men and women parallels the dance of seduction between the male and female costumed performers and between men and women in the spirit world |
