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James Cameron Says a Trip to Papua New Guinea Inspired Part of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'
Witnessing the Indigenous Baining people's fire ceremony left the director awestruck.
Indigenous people in the mountains
Baining people
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“The Baining people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea; they currently inhabit the Baining Mountains, from which they take their name. They are considered a genetic isolate and speak the Baining languages, with each language corresponding to…”
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