TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-29. ALL PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
Accession Number 110368
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-29. ALL PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION WERE GRANTED A HOLIDAY, THEIR FIRST SINCE D DAY, TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE BERNHARD OF HOLLAND. THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES CELEBRATED IN THEIR OWN WAY. SHOWN, NATIVE DANCERS DRESSED IN ANCIENT MALAY COSTUMES GOING THROUGH THE RITUAL OF SCARING AWAY EVIL SPIRITS. SHOWN, CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE COSTUMES; A DRAGON'S HEAD.