So, here you have some "traditional" clothing!

The kind of a mast you see in front of this gentleman is called koteka, aka phallocrypt. You can see it is attached by the string going under arms of this charismatic Yali warrior (notice the bird's leg fastening it securely to the stylish head-net). What you don't see is the second point of attachment. There is a tiny hole just next to the much larger hole at the base of each koteka. The warriors penis goes into the larger one, while there is a bit of string going through the smaller one. The string is used to secure his scrotum, and - bear with me - this is how it's done: the warrior squeezes his balls sack until the testicles are tightly pressed against his body, than uses the bit of the string at the base of koteka to tie the excess of scrotal skin into a tight bun. You have the picture, or do I have to post a closeup?

Now, this is both uncomfortable and impractical, especially while going through some jungle undergrowth, but on the daily basis too. And imagine having your ball sack cough in the zipper all day long... It's a bit silly. It must be TRADITIONAL then.

I like the contrast of gentle flowers with boar's tusk. From hour first encounter I was calling the guy a "fairy" - the Tinkerbell kind of fairy.

The background is softened by smoke - I love smoke in tribes people photography, it turns a messy village into surrealistic studio.

Pilliam village, Yali tribe.