Gerewol
At a second dance called the gerewol(for which the festival is named), the men are judged purely on their physical beauty. For this dance, they shave their foreheads, paint their faces with red ochre (iron oxide), dress their hair with ostrich feathers and cowrie shells, and decorate their chests with criss-cross patterns of white beads.
© Kieron Nelson 1999 "Vanishing Cultures Photography" All rights reserved
