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Naissance du Wetr
2019-08-20
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
The legend of Sonedrë, a Wetr creation tale dance in Lifou, New Caledonia, Melanesia. Two brothers Hlemusesë and Caa Penehe set out to conquer a divine beauty in Heo. The child Wetr born of the breath of Sonedrë and the word of the Grand Chief. Photo taken in the cave of the Kirinata tribe in Lifou. Photo taken during the filming of Isa Qala's "Wetr child".