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Photographer’s Note

This was captured in Sawarak, Malaysia. And here is an explanation of the photo done by a friend.

"This Iban tribe thing is actually a trophy for the village after a good kill. The heads of enemies are displayed on the ceiling of their longhouses as a memorabilia.. or rather, a gothic collection of their skills, powess, and manhood. Other tribes, however, would also display some of these skulls outside their longhouses so as to ward off enemies, as most tribes were believed to have the ability to "smell" the blood of their own fallen tribesmen." -Evan Hwong

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travelyurt (276) 2004-10-01 10:15

An excellent photo...personally, from what I can see of the detail above, this photo might have worked even better with the skulls at the bottom and the interesting weavings more in the shot, as opposed to just the wall. Very good though.

scalerman (25787) 2004-10-01 15:01

Indeed. A healthy reminder of universal fate.

Bogdan (1641) 2004-10-13 21:04

It is a good shot, it has a great compo and great potential. I made a ws, even if not the best, still an ideea of what could be done.
Hear no evil, say no evil, see no evil ?!

Bogdan.

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