The traditional ritual is performed when a relative dies.
The ceremony was held at the right wing of the Koki Fish Market.
The family is mourning the loss of two brothers; one killed in cold blooded murder and the other in prison for the death of his brother.
One of the elders explained to the public and the Moresby South MP, Justin Tkatchenko, who was there to witness the ceremony, that the “blood ceremony” is to wash away the deceased’s blood that had spilled on the murder site.
