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This photo was taken during a rice planting ritual called "Hudoq Festival"on the upper Mahakam river basin, Busang/Bahau tribe of Dayak, East Borneo - early 1970's
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  • Very good pictures!! up to now upper Mahakam river is still off the beaten track so if you made it there in the 70's it must havee been a rewarding odissey!

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