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Marine hunters from the Lamalera village on Lembata Island hunt for whales. The different roles the men have are symbolically and cosmologically important, and decided by the kinship system. Here, the harpooner jumps from a long bowsprit to give added weight to the harpoon.
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David Stanley/Flickr.