PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Ole Østergaard, a Dane who works as a teacher at a school for the mentally and physically handicapped, is interested in face painting both from a professional point of view and as a hobby.
He travelled to Papua New Guinea in 1998 to study the masks and decorative techniques of the Papuan tribes. Numerous ritual ceremonies are performed in Papua New Guinea in which costumes, wigs, masks and make-up play an important role.

Ole Østergaard was more than just an onlooker: using Grimas Water Make-up, he showed Papuan children how face painting of animals, for instance, is done in the West.

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His enthusiasm was infectious, because in no time there were groups of children who were enjoying painting each other's faces. And it wasn't just the kids, either!

Ole Østergaard's book 'Masker & myter' (Masks and Myths) containing his story and photos was published in 2000. We are now publishing some of those photos and additional photographic material on this site.

Papua New Guinea

Ole Østergaard, a Dane who works as a teacher at a school for the mentally and physically handicapped, is interested in face painting both from a professional point of view and as a hobby.
He travelled to Papua New Guinea in 1998 to study the masks and decorative techniques of the Papuan tribes. Numerous ritual ceremonies are performed in Papua New Guinea in which costumes, wigs, masks and make-up play an important role.

Ole Østergaard was more than just an onlooker: using Grimas Water Make-up, he showed Papuan children how face painting of animals, for instance, is done in the West.

His enthusiasm was infectious, because in no time there were groups of children who were enjoying painting each other's faces. And it wasn't just the kids, either!

Ole Østergaard's book 'Masker & myter' (Masks and Myths) containing his story and photos was published in 2000. We are now publishing some of those photos and additional photographic material on this site.

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