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#Repost @geste.paris Caption : Venon Gowepmin, Korogu from Sepik River Portraits Project Papua New Guinea The Mariwai Project at its core is an artistic #collaboration with the #painters, #sculptors, #weavers and #musicians of remote Papua New Guinea. Shiva Lynn Burgos is the first international #contemporaryartist to work in #Mariwai , a small #Kwoma village located in the Upper #sepikriver #PapuaNewGuinea . She has returned six times since 2013... She was taught #traditionalart styles and contributed #carvings and #paintings to the new ceremonial house Tokimba now built in Mariwai sharing contemporary materials and techniques. Other projects include, in 2018/19, the set up of a field #photo #studio to capture #portraits of over 200 individuals from the Sepik River community, recording each individual’s name, #tribe and village affiliation. Working together with a group of village women, Shiva Lynn Burgos developed another project intitled the Women's Tapestry Initiative using #embroidered #tapestry as a means for artistic #expression by stitching wool and traditional bilum string onto a substrate vinyl mosquito netting. Burgos and the group created a series of these “tapestries” combining representational symbols, such as fish and birds, bilum-style motifs and #contemporarydesigns to create a new art form for women. The Mariwai Project has hosted diverse international visitors including United States Embassy representatives, the European Union Representative and senior academics at UPNG, museum curators, doctors and arts and environment #philanthropists. In 2018, TMP is proud to have aided the Boram Hospital outreach program in performing more than 200 eye surgeries to those living in remote river communities. **The Mariwai Project operates in collaboration with and with respect for the wishes of the people of Mariwai village and the Kwoma #culture at large. Always open to new partnerships. @the.mariwai.project . #gesteparis #geste2019 #themariwaiproject #crocodilefestival #ambunti
The man behind the #mask. Krobin Kara, #Koroku village #papuanewguinea #themariwaiproject #sepikriverarts #pngproud
The signature #necklace of the #Koroku people group is an identifier of their #culture #pukpukfestival #ambunti #bilas #themariwaiproject #blackandwhite #singsing #bilas #oceanicart #pngpride @papuanewguineans #sepikriverarts
Final shot of the day. Samuel Sonny of the Koroku people wearing traditional ornamentation called #bilas . #crocodilefestival #singsing #sepikriver #Ambunti #pngproud #themariwaiproject
#painting a new #yamba or #finial for #Tokimba , the #Hausboi or #spirithouse in #Mariwai village in preparation for upcoming #secretceremony #kwomacultureshow #themariwaiproject ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… @papuanewguineans #paintbrush #customaryart #ancienttraditions #contemporarypainting #oceania #oceanicart #sepikriverart #melanesia #tribalfestival
Preparing the sacred #kwoma spirit Sinmai #dancemask in a hidden place. He is the secret #Tumbuan of #mariwai village for the #kwomacultureshow. 7,8 August #sepikarts #haustambaran #papuanewguinea #jungleart ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… @papuanewguineans #customaryart #ancienttraditions #oceania #oceanicart #sepikriverart #melanesia #tribe #tribalfestival #natgeo #cultural #png #singsing #bilas

Tokimba Ceremony-calling in the spirits

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