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From life to death

From life to death
by Sanghamitra Sarkar


In the dance of life and death, the young stand enveloped by the past—a lineage of spirits painted as bones, echoing both vitality and mortality. Originating from Papua New Guinea, the Skeleton tribe’s symbolic body art presents both protection and a tribute to ancestors, connecting the living with dead.