Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies
roarer, told them the message. After due consideration, the message was announced in a general assemblage of all the initiated men, and the Gweraeil-kurnai sent forward the message by one of his own men. These proceedings are carefully concealed from the women, excepting the old women of considerat…
- Record ID
- 1,323
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Wikisource
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1323
- 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
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- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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roarer, told them the message. After due consideration, the message was announced in a general assemblage of all the initiated men, and the Gweraeil-kurnai sent forward the message by one of his own men. 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. In this manner the message travelled from clan to clan and from group to group, till the whole Kurnai community, that is to say the.
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