the hudoq dance, Bahau Dayak - East Kalimantan, with huge and horrific carved masks. is performed at key points in the rice-growing to keep maleficent spirits from taking over the “soul” of the rice.
(Source: wonderfulindonesia, via carov2)
old school anthropologists got all the good stuff
Like, what the hell is wrong with humans. No other animal does this kind of shit. Beautiful though!