Timothy Cook

'Kulama Japarra'

56 x 76cm, natural ochres and charcoal on paper

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Kulama Japarra - Painting - Timothy Cook

Cat: 77-18

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Kulama Moon

The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional 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.