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ghost in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR
1904
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ghost in Initiation Ceremonies

the male kangaroo, as the necessary qualification can be acquired in no other way than by eating the flesh in common with all the men who are present at the Jeraeil. After this the boys were dressed as men, with a red forehead-band, a nose-peg, reed necklace, armlets, and with their faces marked wi…

Record ID
1,415
Year
1,904
Source
Wikisource
Index status
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Record ID
1415
Source
Wikisource
Publication
Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published
1904
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
South-Eastern Australia: B
Source voice
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Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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the male kangaroo, as the necessary qualification can be acquired in no other way than by eating the flesh in common with all the men who are present at the Jeraeil. After this the boys were dressed as men, with a red forehead-band, a nose-peg, reed necklace, armlets, and with their faces marked with naial—that is, red ochre. The Water Ceremony.—After the "ghosts" had killed and eaten their kangaroo, the novices retired in company with their Bullawangs and some other men. All the rest FIG. 38.—TUTNURRING, SHOWING CHARACTERISTIC MARKING. of the people also left the camp, and went by another route to the place where the final.

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