The hidden mountain tribe in Papua where villagers mummified their ancestors with SMOKE and have kept their remains in a nearly perfect state for hundreds of years
A Dani tribe chief has been photographed carrying the smoked mummified remains of his ancestor
Eli Mabel is holding the remains of Agat Mamete Mabel in the village of Wogi in Wamena in West Papua
The indigenous tribe live in a remote area of the Papuan central highlands
Mummification process isn't used today but some ancestors are preserved from hundreds of years ago
The tribe was discovered accidentally by American zoologist and philanthropist Richard Archbold in 1938[CN]
如图，丹尼部落首领捧着烟熏干化得祖先遗骸。在西巴布亚省的瓦梅纳沃基村，Eli Mabel捧着Agat Mamete Mabel的遗骸。这个土著部落居住在巴布亚中部高地的边远地区。干尸化如今已不再，但是上百年前的一些祖先的干尸还是保留了下来。1938年，美国动物学家、慈善家Richard Archbold无意中发现了这个部落。
Dani tribe chief Eli Mabel is pictured holding the remains of Agat Mamete Mabel in the village of Wogi in Wamena in West Papua, an island in the centre of Papua New Guinea[CN]
如图，在西巴布亚省（巴布亚新几内亚中部的一个小岛）的瓦梅纳沃基村，Eli Mabel捧着Agat Mamete Mabel的遗骸。
The indigenous tribe, who live in a remote area of the Papuan central highlands, used to preserve their ancestors by smoking their bodies, which kept them in a near-perfect state for hundreds of years[CN]
这个土著部落居住在巴布亚中部高地的边远地区。他们通过烟熏保留祖先的躯体，几乎无损保留了上百年。
The smoking mummification is no longer practiced, but the Dani tribes people still preserve a number of mummies as a symbol of their highest respect for their ancestors[CN]
烟熏干化已经不再进行了，但是丹尼部落人们还是保留了大量的木乃伊以象征他们对祖先的崇高敬意。
The Dani tribe is also notorious for following the custom that if someone dies in the village such as the mummified tribe leader (pictured), then each of his female relatives will have a segment of their finger cut off[CN]
丹尼部落有另一个臭名昭著的传统：如果村里有人死了，比如木乃伊部落首领（如图），他的所有女性亲属都要割掉她们手指的一部分。
Every August the Dani hold mock battles with neighbouring tribes - the Lani and Yali peoples - to celebrate the fertility and welfare of the Papua province as well as upholding ancient traditions (pictured)
A Dani tribesman is pictured participating in a mock tribal war in Walesi district in Wamena, Papua Province
Two Dani tribeswomen are pictured participating in the 27th annual Baliem Valley Festival in Walesi district in Wamena
The women (pictured) wear skirts made from woven orchid fibres decorated with straw and woven bags, worn from the head, named 'noken'
The Dani men (pictured taking part in the annual festival) wear distinctive tribal attire, including face paint, feathers, animal bones and intricate penis sheaths named Koteka
Dani tribe men perform a mock tribal war in Walesi district in Wamena, Papua Province
Performances at the 27th Baliem Valley Festival, taking place from August 8 to 10, feature mock battles of highland tribes of Dani, Yali and Lani
The festival performances symbolise the high spirit and power that have been practised for generations by the tribes
Two Dani tribal children are pictured taking part in the tribal festival which feature mock battles of the three tribes
This Dani tribesman participated in the festival performances with a spear and bone-made dagger
A Dani tribesman plays a 'pikon' traditional musical instrument during the 27th annual Baliem festival
A Dani tribeswoman and her child, right, watch a performance at the festival which has been run for decades featuring tribesman such as the man pictured left
In recent years the Dani tribe has attracted tourists from around the world, with some villages even showing their original customs and holding mock wars
Covered in only ceremonial beads, flowers and headdresses, as well as strategically placed pieces of carved wood, these men take in the festival's atmosphere
The keeping of traditions and customs is fundamental to the tribespeople's way of life
Indonesian soldiers from the 756th battalion 'Jayawijaya' participate in the opening dance of the 27th annual Baliem Valley Festival in Walesi district
The people of Baliem Valley, the Dani, Lani and Yali tribes, were discovered accidentally by American zoologist and philanthropist Richard Archbold
Tribesmen and women mingle with the crowds that gathered the watch the event in Walesi district in Wamena, Papua
American zoologist and philanthropist Richard Archbold, was on a zoological expedition to New Guinea in 1938 when he discovered the tribes
A group of men show off their traditional dancing as they gather for the 27th annual Baliem Valley Festival
This year the festival was held on August 8-10 in Wamena, Walesi Sub-district, Jayawijaya District, Papua
Traditional clothing was worn by those taking part while the men carried weapons including spears and bows
This aborigine looks like he has seen it all before as he takes part in the mock dance during the festival
This archer is all ready to go as he lines up to take a shot during the Baliem Valley Festival
Indonesian soldiers from the 756th battalion 'Jayawijaya' participate in the opening dance
Hundreds of Papuanese people along with tourists watch the 27th annual Baliem Valley Festival
The event took place under the watchful eye of Indonesian army soldiers who patrolled the fesitval
Extraordinary photos have emerged showing a tribe chief holding the perfectly mummified remains of one of his ancestors in a remote Indonesian village.
Dani tribe chief Eli Mabel is pictured holding the remains of Agat Mamete Mabel in the village of Wogi in Wamena in West Papua, an island in the centre of Papua New Guinea.
The indigenous tribe, who live in a remote area of the Papuan central highlands, used to preserve their ancestors by smoking their bodies, which kept them in a near-perfect state for hundreds of years.
The smoking mummification is no longer practiced, but the Dani tribes people still preserve a number of mummies as a symbol of their highest respect for their ancestors.
In recent years the Dani tribe has attracted tourists from around the world, with some villages even showing their original customs and holding mock wars.
Every August the Dani hold mock battles with neighbouring tribes - the Lani and Yali peoples - to celebrate the fertility and welfare of the Papua province as well as upholding ancient traditions.
The smoking mummification is no longer practiced, but the Dani tribes people still preserve a number of mummies as a symbol of their highest respect for their ancestors.
In recent years the Dani tribe has attracted tourists from around the world, with some villages even showing their original customs and holding mock wars.
Every August the Dani hold mock battles with neighbouring tribes - the Lani and Yali peoples - to celebrate the fertility and welfare of the Papua province as well as upholding ancient traditions.
The people of Baliem Valley, the Dani, Lani and Yali tribes, were discovered accidentally by American zoologist and philanthropist Richard Archbold, while on a zoological expedition to New Guinea in 1938.
In the Dani tribe, the men wear distinctive tribal attire, including face paint, feathers, animal bones and intricate penis sheaths named Koteka.
The women wear skirts made from woven orchid fibres decorated with straw and woven bags, worn from the head, named 'noken'.
LOL!! I am part melanesian.I think it is a rare beauty that a tribe gets to continue their age old traditions and remain virtually untouched by outside development!!! but i wont lie it is yukky huh !!!!! I love and cherish the life that western civilsation has given me and i never take it for granted not one day of it .[CN]
哈哈哈，我有部分美拉尼西亚血统。我觉得，一个部落沿袭他们的古老传统，几乎和外部世界隔离开来，才真的万分难得。但我真的想说，真是太恶心了。我还是喜欢喝珍惜西方文明赐予我的生命。我并不觉得这是理所当然的，永远不会同意。
I know its their way, but keeping a corpse around like that is just gross, if they brought one to usa and did the same thing people would be outraged, then will you say oh its their tradition?... yeah right[CN]
我知道这是他们的方式。但是就这么留着具尸体也真是恶心，如果他们带一具去美国，还干相同的事，人们可会暴怒的，那时你还会说那是他们的传统吗？…好吧，对的。
Yeah, right. We must respect their right to celebrate absurd, ignorant and undignified rituals because ... they are uneducated but protected, for some bizarre reason. They can't help this, but we could. Digging up the dead can in no way be described as a good thing to do. And trying, for some reason, to preserve people, who live in the stone age in tiny pockets of the world, is simply stupid and patronizing, merely because some idiotic modern people think they dance well, tell ancient stories, or eat 'natural' foods by hunter-gathering. All, eventually, unsustainable. Their children would probably far rather be educated and live in our world if they understood the choice and were offered it..[CN]
是的，我们要尊重他们那荒谬的、无知的、没尊严的庆祝礼仪因为…他们因一些怪诞的原因未开化，应受保护。他们做不到，我们可以啊。把死人挖出来决不能说是好事吧。还有，因某些原因在现在小小世界中保留这些居住在石器时代的人们，实在是愚蠢之极、傲慢之至。这仅仅是因为一些现代傻瓜觉得这些人跳舞不错、讲远古故事、吃着远古打猎而来的“自然”食物。所以这一切都是不能持续的。他们的孩子还是想接受教育，住在现代社会的吧，如果他们明白有这样的选择，又有人给他们选择。
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