![]() ![]() ![]() He became one of the few white men ever accepted into a Sepik tribe and to learn the ancient secrets of the 'crocodile nest'. Undeterred, he sought a tribe who would allow him to take part in the traditional initiation rites into manhood, and at Kandengai his patience was rewarded. Living for a time among missionaries in far-flung West Papua, he learned of the mysterious Obini tribe and set out on an arduous journey to meet them - an encounter that, despite promising beginnings, ended in him fleeing for his life into the jungle. When Benedict Allen set off for New Guinea to contact the hidden peoples of the island and learn the secrets of their harmonious communion with nature, he embarked on one of the strangest adventures recorded by any modern traveller. ![]() Benedict Allen - Into the Crocodile Nest ![]()
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