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Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies

YEAR: 1899
PLACE: Northern Territory
SOURCE: Internet Sacred Text Archive

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 be regarded as private property, p. 625 and each one is, save those given.

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Iruntarinia in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies

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 dec…

Record ID: 1,345
Year: 1,899
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive
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Record ID: 1345
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
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Publicness: Public Domain Public Web

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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 be regarded as private property, p. 625 and each one is, save those given.

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