Driver Blaze

On the second day, everyone was up before sunrise.

The white pigment they were using was ground from white stones, which were collected near the river. Putting the powder into a stone bowl and adding water into the bowl, the pigment is done.

Singing in their own languages in one voice, Alinta and Koori helped each other put on the body painting at the same time, white lines covered their upper arms, shoulders and breasts. After that, they held the bowl and walked toward their mates, also painted on their chests, abdomens and thighs, but the motifs were a bit different: totems of the sun tribe.

While Alinta's spider mate Brain was playing the Didgeridoo, Andy and Hyman began to sing in a deep voice, eyes closed. Along with the music, the other members of the sun tribe all danced around their central bonfire. Bai Lu and her mates quietly watched the ritual, as Alinta told her before, Bai Lu closed her eyes and sent her best wishes to this land.