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Mambo Bafut- preperations
An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut.
I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie. I arrive early in the morning so I can help preparing the food for this evening and look around in the village.
When the dance is over the food and drinks are being served.
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Mambo Bafut- annual dance (2)
An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie. Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown. He is wearing a luxurious gown and a hat made out of elepant hair. On his sign the dance starts. Fifty to sixty people dance in a big circle and pay honour to the chief. Once in a while a gun is fired which is highly appreciated by the chief. The people dance for hours and are sometimes accompanied by the chief.
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Mambo Bafut- chief Wankie (1)
An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown. He is wearing a luxurious gown and a hat made out of elepant hair. On his sign the dance starts. Fifty to sixty people dance in a big circle and pay honour to the chief. Once in a while a gun is fired which is highly appreciated by the chief. The people dance for hours and are sometimes accompanied by the chief.
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Mambo Bafut- annual dance (1)
An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie. I arrive early in the morning so I can help preparing the food for this evening and.. Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown. On his sign the dance starts. Fifty to sixty people dance in a big circle and pay honour to the chief. Once in a while a gun is fired which is highly appreciated by the chief. The people dance for hours and are sometimes accompanied by the chief.
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Stop 'n Eat
Stop 'n Eat!
Or we'll both starve.
Sign on the side of the Stuart Highway, Australia.
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Coober Pedy, mining town
The opal capital of the world. Half of the population of this town lives underground in dugout caves. The town is therefore called Coober Pedy, after the Aboriginal word kupa piti, which stands for 'White men's hole in the ground.' The conditions in summer are extremely harsh here. Temperatures vary from 50 degrees sizzling hot during the day to less than zero during the night. The temperatures in the underground caves are, with 20 degrees, very stable and comfortable. Opal mining is the only reason for people to come over and live here.
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Coober Pedy, underground Hostel
The opal capital of the world. Half of the population of this town lives underground in dugout caves. The town is therefore called Coober Pedy, after the Aboriginal word kupa piti, which stands for 'White men's hole in the ground.' The conditions in summer are extremely harsh here. Temperatures vary from 50 degrees sizzling hot during the day to less than zero during the night. The temperatures in the underground caves are, with 20 degrees, very stable and comfortable. Opal mining is the only reason for people to come over and live here.
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Coober Pedy, underground Hostel
The opal capital of the world. Half of the population of this town lives underground in dugout caves. The town is therefore called Coober Pedy, after the Aboriginal word kupa piti, which stands for 'White men's hole in the ground.' The conditions in summer are extremely harsh here. Temperatures vary from 50 degrees sizzling hot during the day to less than zero during the night. The temperatures in the underground caves are, with 20 degrees, very stable and comfortable. Opal mining is the only reason for people to come over and live here.
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Coober Pedy
The opal capital of the world. Half of the population of this town lives underground in dugout caves. The town is therefore called Coober Pedy, after the Aboriginal word kupa piti, which stands for 'White men's hole in the ground.' The conditions in summer are extremely harsh here. Temperatures vary from 50 degrees sizzling hot during the day to less than zero during the night. The temperatures in the underground caves are, with 20 degrees, very stable and comfortable. Opal mining is the only reason for people to come over and live here.
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Coober Pedy signs
Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world. Half of the population of this town lives underground in dugout caves. The conditions in summer are extremely harsh here. Opal mining is the only reason for people to come over and live here. Together with two other mining towns, which are near to Coober Pedy, it produces over 85 % in quantity of the world's opal production.
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