Initiation ceremony in Simbai, the hats are covered with hundreds of green beetles heads!
Cérémonie d'initiation des jeunes hommes dans la région de Simbai en Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée. Les "chapeaux" sont couverts de centaines de têtes de scarabés verts !!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Initiation à Simbaï
Kekeriang Woman
Goroka Show 2007: one of the largest cultural displays in Papua New Guinea, on the weekend closest to Papua New Guinea's Independence Day (16 September)
Goroka in full colour
Goroka show 2008.
A cultural event (if not THE cultural event) in PNG where many tribes and clans boast there colours while singing and dancing. More to follow (but a lot more of selecting for me to do)...and all this almost in my back yard!
The Goroka show (a cultural show where different tribes peform their sing sing (dances and songs) is arguably the largest gathering of indigenous tribes in the world. Over 90 tribes from all over Papua New Guinea -- the world's most culturally diverse nation -- have gathered in Goroka for the annual festival of traditional dance on the Independence Day weekend.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Eidsvollsbygningen / Constitution Hall (September 2008)
Norge / Norway - Akershus - Romerike - Eidsvoll Verk - Andelva
Weird nature phenomena: Anticrepuscular rays
By sunset the moon became visible, and a light from below horizon spread out all over the sky. Hard to know what this phenomena is caused by, but it has to be an optical illusion set by the sun. The weird thing is, that it came from the eastern sky, as sun went down in the south-west.
Værøy and Røst from Å
I took this picture from aout a km or two vest of Å in Lofoten, Norway. Å is a small place and the end point of the E-10 highway . Å is as far out you in Lofoten can go by car and pretty much as far out most tourists go. Walking vest from Å, there is a nice path and a very nice landscape if the weather is nice. It was a bit windy, but I found a very nice place with this nice view towards the islands Værøy and Røst. To go to these islands, you can go by ferry from Moskenes or Bodø. At Røst, there is also a small airport.
Sunset over Landegode
For the last week we've had nothing but sunny and relatively warm weather in Bodø. The grass and trees have finally taken on their green summer coat, but what I like best about this time of year is the daylight that lasts almost 24 hours a day.
This photo is not photoshoped (except for cropping and straightening). Instead I've used filters to get the vivid colours.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Lofoten Islands
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude. [Wikipedia]
Note: I've been saying these were in Finland, but after looking at a map, realized they had to be in Norway, so I looked them up. Enjoy the incredible photos from "Steinliland" - in most cases I left his titles and notes as he published them and only rarely changed his spelling, as it may be korrect in his land..
Note: I've been saying these were in Finland, but after looking at a map, realized they had to be in Norway, so I looked them up. Enjoy the incredible photos from "Steinliland" - in most cases I left his titles and notes as he published them and only rarely changed his spelling, as it may be korrect in his land..
My homeland, where my heart belongs
My homeland, where my heart belongs, originally uploaded by steinliland.
This photo was shot in early June from a mountain in Vestvågøy, called Handbergstinden. It shows the inland of the Island where I was born, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world, originally uploaded by steinliland.
Shot from a mountain in Vestvågøy called " Himmeltinden " in the midle of the night at 29th of June. The photo shows part of the western group of Islands in Lofoten, Flakstad and Moskenes.
Skarv
skarv, originally uploaded by steinliland.
Stormbirds resting on a rock watching the dawn while drying their wet wings
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