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Wogasia, Makira, Solomon Islands

May 20, 2023

Photographs from Wogasia Festival in Makira, Solomon Islands.

Photography © 2023 Alex Caro

Children smile and reach toward the camera.
Children crowd together and wave toward the camera.
A canoe on calm water beneath a cloudy evening sky.
A tall bonfire lights participants and their poles at night.
Participants with poles surround a nighttime bonfire.
Participants tend a tall bonfire at night.
A large bonfire burns on the beach at night.
Participants with leaf decorations beside a nighttime bonfire.
A participant wearing leaf decorations stands beside a bonfire.
A participant wearing shells and leaves holds a wooden paddle.
A smiling participant wears shells, body paint, and a leaf headdress.
A smiling participant wears a shell necklace and leaf headdress.
A participant wearing shell necklaces holds a wooden paddle.
A child with painted face stands beside a tree.
A child holds a younger child beside the beach.
A man looks at a camera beside the beach.
A person carries a pole along a sandy path through the palms.
A person stands on a fallen tree over the beach.
Dawn light breaks over the sea beneath a tree canopy.
A group gathers beneath a tree beside the sea.
A child holds a wooden paddle beside the beach.
Children holding wooden paddles and poles gather beneath a beachside tree.
Two children stand among palms with poles and leaf decorations.
Children pose together on the beach with wooden paddles.
A man wearing a leaf headdress raises his arms beside the sea.
A man stands with folded arms beneath a beachside tree.
A smiling child holds a wooden paddle beside the sea.
Participants with long poles line the beach beneath the palms.
People gather in shallow water beneath a cloudy morning sky.
Participants carrying poles run into the shallow sea.
Two participants wear leaf headdresses and hold poles on the beach.
A group with leaf decorations holds poles and wooden paddles.
Participants carrying poles pose together beneath the palms.
A line of participants carrying poles follows the shoreline.
Participants face each other with long poles on the beach.
Participants hold long poles on a sandy beach.
A participant with painted face and leaf headdress smiles at the camera.
A child makes a playful face beside the sea.
A child with painted face poses beside the sea.
A child stands beneath the palms with a wooden paddle.
Children gather with wooden paddles and poles.
Participants wear dense green leaf coverings on a sandy path.
A procession in green leaf coverings moves beneath a blue sky.
A child holding a pole stands in front of a beachside group.
Participants gather in shallow water beneath dramatic clouds.
A participant covered in green leaves poses beside the water.
A smiling child holds a wooden paddle at the shoreline.
A group wearing leaf decorations gathers after dark.
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