This man was explaining that this carving was of their war god, Cormar. Looked cool, so I bought it from him. He was the only guy in the village selling anything, at least as far as I could tell.
The Village People November 2nd 2011 Throughout this journey, we have been stopping at villages along the way to see if they would be something that our boss might be interested in seeing. Each village has been located in incredibly remote areas that have really been untouched by current civilization. It's not a bad thing. It has been really interesting. I swear that I think we are pretty much the only white people that most ... read more
Asia » Indonesia » West Papua » Cenderawasih Bay The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more