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Into the Crocodile Nest
Benedict Allen
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Description for Into the Crocodile Nest
Paperback. The author convinces a tribe in remote New Guinea to allow him to become initiated along with 15 boys due to undergo the rite of passage into manhood. Their totemic god is the crocodile and crocodile marks are carved onto their bodies with sharpened bamboo. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
Benedict Allen travelled through Papua New Guinea in search of a tribe that would let him participate in an initiation ceremony into manhood. He was finally admitted to the ceremonies of the Sepik tribe, whose totemic god is the crocodile. With fifteen other young males, Allen was secluded from the village in a large nest-like enclosure. Crocodile marks were carved onto their bodies with sharpened bamboo. Grey mud was applied to stop the blood-flow from their wounds, and they were beaten every day for six weeks. This book is the story of Allen's initiation experiences - a tale of love, ... Read more
Benedict Allen travelled through Papua New Guinea in search of a tribe that would let him participate in an initiation ceremony into manhood. He was finally admitted to the ceremonies of the Sepik tribe, whose totemic god is the crocodile. With fifteen other young males, Allen was secluded from the village in a large nest-like enclosure. Crocodile marks were carved onto their bodies with sharpened bamboo. Grey mud was applied to stop the blood-flow from their wounds, and they were beaten every day for six weeks. This book is the story of Allen's initiation experiences - a tale of love, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571206223
SKU
V9780571206223
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About Benedict Allen
Benedict Allen is one of the UK's most prominent explorers. For the past twenty-five years he has conducted solo expeditions through the Amazon jungle, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi Desert without the use of GPS, satellite phone or other means of outside support, as we as having written ten books of his adventures and editing The Faber ... Read more
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