Rita Willaert posted a photo:

Avi - Papua New Guinea - Mourning wife
Bezoek bij een familie gekleed in de traditionele kledij van de Chimbu-stam.

De vrouw is gekleed als een rouwende echtgenote. Ook zwarte body painting op het lichaam.
The woman has the clothes of a mourning wife. She also has black body painting as a expression of sorrow.

Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Highlands_(Papua_New_Guinea)

Simbu, also known as (and officially named) Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbu_Province

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Papua_New_Guinea

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