Film of the hotaly festivities concerning the girl Milige Logo from Sagatnokoma village in the Baliem Valley, recorded in March, 1973. Shown are the making of the apron, the mud festival and putting on the apron after bathing. The text at the beginning of the film: 'Hotaly: renewing the apron. The first time a girl in the Baliem Valley has her period, there's a festival. At night there's dancing and singing in the long kitchen. The morning after, women of the family make a number of new skirts. When these are ready, the mud festival, which can get a little rough, can begin. Could the background of these festivities be contamination (mud, menstruation) and purification (bathing afterwards)?' For a more extensive commentary, see Hotaly Pupukhe (Camps 31, part 2).