Along with the rhythmic sound of drums, flutes, musical bows and Aonikenk songs, the Ostrich Dance began.
The men who participated in the ceremony came out in a line from under a tarp.
With their bodies covered with animal skins and wearing ostrich feathers on their heads, they started walking around the fire, closing in until touching each other, and then backing up with movements that imitated the ostrich and guanaco.
Collective songs and shouts conjured up the powers and forces of evil.
The rhythm of the dance rose until they were transformed into hunted animals, the men shedding their animal skins and showing off their strong painted bodies.
They danced only with a belt made of ostrich feathers, seashells and bird beaks.