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Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR: 1904
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en for these words. I was told in reference to them, "Our fathers always said and did thus to make the boys into men." ↑ I was much struck by the similarity of this raising the hands towards the sky, to the pointing upwards of the Murring at their Kuringal; but I could not learn that it had any reference to Mungan-ngaua, who is the equivalent of the Murring Daramulun. ↑ "He!" may be translated here "Well," or "Good." The aspirate has a nasal sound which cannot be represented in writing. "He!" is also used affirmatively as we use the sound "Hm!" Nga = yes. ↑ Yiirung, the totem of the Kurnai males, as Djiitgun is that of the.

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Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies

en for these words. I was told in reference to them, "Our fathers always said and did thus to make the boys into men." ↑ I was much struck by the similarity of this raising the hands towards the sky, to the pointing upwards of the Murring at their Kuringal; but I could not learn that it had any ref…

Record ID: 1,317
Year: 1,904
Source: Wikisource
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Record ID: 1317
Source: Wikisource
Publication: Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published: 1904
Narrative type: Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label: Mungan-ngaua
Archive period: Federation Era
Location: South-Eastern Australia: B
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en for these words. I was told in reference to them, "Our fathers always said and did thus to make the boys into men." ↑ I was much struck by the similarity of this raising the hands towards the sky, to the pointing upwards of the Murring at their Kuringal; but I could not learn that it had any reference to Mungan-ngaua, who is the equivalent of the Murring Daramulun. ↑ "He!" may be translated here "Well," or "Good." The aspirate has a nasal sound which cannot be represented in writing. "He!" is also used affirmatively as we use the sound "Hm!" Nga = yes. ↑ Yiirung, the totem of the Kurnai males, as Djiitgun is that of the.

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