Iruntarinia
This page groups search-ready records carrying the label “Iruntarinia” in public source text or archive coding. It preserves a discovery term without treating the label as proof, a biological category, or a claim that distinct cultural traditions are interchangeable.
- Search-ready records
- 5
- Public sources
- 1
- States / territories
- 1
- Dated span
- 1899–1899
Terminology belongs to the cited public sources and may be historical, contested, culturally specific, or outdated.
Public records
- Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#1346thers the decorations have been shown to the owner of the quabara by the Iruntarinia, or spirits. These ceremonies, again, are never passed on from tribe to tribe, but are in the possession of certain individuals who ha…
- Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#1345performers, and, instead of occupying a long time in their performance, they usually last only a few minutes. Unlike those of the ordinary dances, also, the design always has a definite significance, and is supposed in…
- Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#1343In these ceremonies also only a limited number ever take part as actual performers, and, instead of occupying a long time in their performance, they usually last only a few minutes. Unlike those of the ordinary dances,…
- Iruntarinia in Burial and Mourning#1342on the other hand, the idea is to render him or her more conspicuous, and so to allow the spirit to see that it is being properly mourned for. Footnotes 500:1 Amongst the Warramunga tribe, the widow crops her hair short…
- Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#1289In these ceremonies also only a limited number ever take part as actual performers, and, instead of occupying a long time in their performance, they usually last only a few minutes. Unlike those of the ordinary dances,…