Océanie
Bungle Bungle, la « perle secrète » des Kimberleys
L’Australie est décidément un pays incroyable ! Jusqu’en 1983, malgré la taille conséquente du site (750 km2 tout de même), seuls les aborigènes de la région et quelques éleveurs locaux connaissaient cette merveille géologique.
Un reportage de Jean Robert / LightMediation
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Painted warriors.
Around 50,000 Papuans, descend on Goroka, a small town in the highlands,of Papua New Guinea, their bodies painted in oil and pig grease, they come in their colorful traditional dress, with face and body paint, feathers, shells and masks. They bring together knowledge passed on through their rich heritages and celebrate with dance, music and costume.The town of Goroka host’s this cultural show’ which is called a sing sing, an annual event, held each September.The sing sing is an intense display of the rich and vibrant cultures. The cultural show can attract up to 140,000 people, including 40,000 painted warriors dancing to the rhythmic thud of the Kundu drums.
A Photo story by ©Donna Todd/LightMediation
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Darwin: welcome to the « crocs » country !
Landing in Darwin, at the very north end of Australia, it is finding oneself plunged in the « Crocodile Dundee » movie universe. With a size of six meters long for a weight of one ton, the sea crocodile (crocodylus porosus) is indisputably one of the most dangerous animals in the world. This saurian has been exterminated in most of the countries. In contrary, in the Top End, the « salties », as they are affectionately called here, make part of the natural patrimony. They are protected and have even become stars ! Welcome to the « crocs » country ! ©Jean Robert
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Looking for Laperouse
On March 15th, 1788, after two and a half years of navigation through many oceans, the expedition led by Jean-François Galaup, count of Lapérouse ended in a violent storm below the cliffs of the island of Vanikoro in the Solomon archipelago. In April, 2005, the biggest expedition ever organized to look for Lapérouse since Dumont Durville in 1827, landed on the island of Vanikoro. In the same spirit as the century of enlightenment, Vanikoro 2005 was a multidisciplinary expedition of scientists embarked aboard Jacques Cartier, a French naval vessel. 
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- Autor ©Teddy Seguin / Lirbrearbitre / Lightmediation
- Date Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:42:30 +0200
