Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies
In 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, also, the design always has a definite significance, and is supposed in many cas…
- Record ID
- 1,343
- Year
- 1,899
- Source
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1343
- Source
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Publication
- Native Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
- Published
- 1899
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Iruntarinia
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia, NT (NT): B
- State or territory
- NT
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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In 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, also, the design always has a definite significance, and is supposed in many cases to have been handed down from the Alcheringa, while in others 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 have received them by right of inheritance, that is, they may.
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