Kabelan

Fine art photography in limited edition from the Stéphane Sensey Papuans Tribe Collection, Kabelan by photographer Stéphane Sensey.

90 x 130 cm

Limited Edition /5

Printing technique: Fine art paper

Delivery times: 15 days

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Nabelan-kabelan is the Dani term for immortality.
It literally means ‘my skin, your skin’.
It comes from their belief that the snake’s ability to shed its skin lets it live forever.
Legend has it that a snake and a bird were having an argument over whether man should die like the bird or live forever like the snake. To settle the argument they raced each other, the bird flew swiftly and won the race.
As a result, man was destined to die and the secret of immortality remained forever with the snake.

Nabelan-kabelan is the Dani term for immortality. It literally means ‘my skin, your skin’. It comes from their belief that the snake’s ability to shed its skin lets it live forever. Legend has it that a snake and a bird were having an argument over whether man should die like the bird or live forever like the snake. To settle the argument they raced each other, the bird flew swiftly and won the race. As a result, man was destined to die and the secret of immortality remained forever with the snake. KABELAN Limited Edition Photography by Stéphane Sensey