Suicide Missions in the Rain Forest of Papua New Guinea

The love that bonded together male raiding parties in the jungles of papua new guinea was forged through pain and suffering, especially the agonies of male initiations. The shared ordeals of the male cult produced such powerful bonds of solidarity that every initiated man knew he could bank on his fellows to stand by him on the battlefield. Warriors could depend on each other never to run away, no matter how overwhelming the odds stacked against them, and instead, to continue fighting side-by-side or to die trying.