A collecting a sea worm called nyale, whose arrival on the beach heralds the start of the Pasola, an annual horse battle in Sumba, Indonesia.

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Location: Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animism, animist, asia, battle, ceremony, culture, festival, folklore, harvest, indonesia, man, marapu, outdoors, pasola, priest, religion, religious, ritual, sea, season, southeast, sumba, superstition, traditional, vertical, war, worm