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Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR
1904
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Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies

These proceedings are carefully concealed from the women, excepting the old women of consideration, to whom a hint is given by some such expression as "the Mrarts (ghosts) are going to kill a kangaroo." ​This hint is given because the old women take a part in the earlier stages of the ceremonies.

Record ID
1,291
Year
1,904
Source
Wikisource
Index status
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Record context

Record ID
1291
Source
Wikisource
Publication
Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published
1904
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
Mrart
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
South-Eastern Australia: B
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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These proceedings are carefully concealed from the women, excepting the old women of consideration, to whom a hint is given by some such expression as "the Mrarts (ghosts) are going to kill a kangaroo." ​This hint is given because the old women take a part in the earlier stages of the ceremonies.

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