Ritual of drawing bones on the body of the Chimbu tribe, Papua New Guinea

The tribes of Chimbu of Papua New Guinea are still maintaining a unique ceremony, drawing bones on their bodies, and Ripleys.com (RC) last August updated.

According to the RC, many nations in the world still maintain rituals using their own bodies to create works of art.The ritual of drawing bones on the body of the tribes in Chimbu is more unique, the line between art and the world sometimes is no longer clear and heavy in religious rituals.

Ritual of drawing bones on the body of the tribes in Chimbu.

Chimbu is the common name for the tribes living in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, which is over 7,800 feet (about 2,377m) above sea level, first exposed to Western civilization in 1934.

In fact, it is difficult to say exactly how many people there are in Chimbu tribes. It is estimated that there are about 60,000, according to a population census conducted by the Papua New Guinea government in 2011, the province has a population of over 376,000 people.The main language of Chimbu tribes is Kuman , one of the 800 languages ​​of Papua New Guinea today.

Chimbu men are the ones responsible for politics and defense. They are also the breadwinner. Meanwhile, women are responsible for housework and selling fresh produce, often vegetables in neighboring villages.

One of the most valuable items of a Chimbu man is pigs. A pig is often made to celebrate events such as weddings, funerals or when a baby is born.

Overall, despite the Australian government's influence in recent years and the emergence of tourists, Chimbu people continue to preserve their celebrated customs and traditions, including the 'bone dance' that looks seems scary to outsiders.

Rituals to draw bones on the body are combined with dance to intimidate the enemy. Today, part of this ceremony is called "Sing Sing". Accordingly, the neighboring tribes gathered together, organized their traditional rituals.

Rituals to draw bones on the body are combined with dance to intimidate the enemy.

According to experts in cultural studies, the ritual of drawing bones on Chimbu tribes still has many mysteries. People use colors from plants and clay to paint on people to highlight the bones and skulls to create mobile skeletons.

These dancers join in dancing, in the air of gongs and hilarious and fun. If you come close, look closely, these are not dancing zombies, but people whose eyes are painted black from head to toe, and bones, and the skull is painted white, creating warriors. skeleton but know the battle.