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Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR
1904
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Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies

the mountain side, until at another little level a third halt was made. Here the second stage was marked by all the men rubbing themselves with powdered charcoal, making themselves almost unrecognisable. The use of powdered charcoal in this manner seems to have a very general application in these c…

Record ID
1,320
Year
1,904
Source
Wikisource
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Record ID
1320
Source
Wikisource
Publication
Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published
1904
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Bunjil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
South-Eastern Australia: B
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the mountain side, until at another little level a third halt was made. Here the second stage was marked by all the men rubbing themselves with powdered charcoal, making themselves almost unrecognisable. The use of powdered charcoal in this manner seems to have a very general application in these ceremonies and in other tribes to magic, as for instance the Bunjil-barn among the Kurnai. This interlude was an amusing one. The men, led by Umbara, pretended to be a team of working bullocks. Each man held a stick by both hands over his neck to represent a yoke, and the team danced slowly among the trees, past the boys with ludicrous.

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