Timothy Cook Australia, Tiwi, b. 1958
Kulama
natural ochres on linen
120 x 90 cm
840925
Kulama 2018 The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March - April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditionl initiation for young men...
Kulama
2018
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March - April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditionl initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.
2018
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March - April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditionl initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.