1/15Grade 3 Lansdowne Crescent Primary School students Elka Kuylaars (left) and Frannkie Allocca with their Ogoh-Ogoh birds they made on a school excursion and were participating in the parade. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
Dark Mofo 2019 Ogoh-Ogoh Parade and Burning
Dark Mofo has gone off in an explosive bang with the spectacular burning of the swift parrot ogoh-ogoh, and with it thousands of fears scrawled on scraps of paper.
2/15Friends Katie Rea (left) and Tessa Anderson from Sydney watch as the Swift Parrot Ogoh-Ogoh starts its procession at Dark Mofo's Winter Feast. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
3/15The Swift Parrot Ogoh Ogoh paraded past the entrance to the Dark Mofo Winter Feast on it's journey to Macquarie Point Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
4/15The Swift Parrot Ogoh Ogoh paraded past the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on it's journey to Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
5/15The Swift Parrott Ogoh Ogoh is placed into position for the burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
6/15Thousands watching at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
7/15The Swift Parrot Ogoh-Ogoh is set alight at the burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
8/15Thousands watching at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
9/15The Swift Parrot alight at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
10/15The Swift Parrot surrounded fireworks going off at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
11/15The Swift Parrot alight at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
12/15The Swift Parrot surrounded fireworks going off at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
13/15Simon and Sasha DeSalis with their children, Denzel, 7 (bottom left) and Sam, 10 at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
14/15The Swift Parrot surrounded fireworks going off at the Ogoh Ogoh burning at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
15/15The Garuda Bird Ogoh-Ogoh paraded past the entrance to the Dark Mofo Winter Feast on it's journey to Macquarie Point Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
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