Whaling has been a way of life in Lamalera for nearly six hundred years. With a combination of ancient animistic traditions and the introduction of Christianity more recently, the whalers have passed down many ceremonies and rituals from making the traditional harpoon to calling the whales before the hunt. Click the pictures below to enter the gallery and read the stories behind the images.

The stories with these pictures came from talks between facilitators and photographers and subsequent conversations that Lamalera elders had with many people in the community about the meaning of the pictures. All pictures were taken by Photovoices volunteer photographers.