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The Native Tribes of North Central Australia: Chapter VII. Initiation Ceremonies

Baldwin SpencerCentral Australian AboriginesDreamtime Rock ArtTotemism

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The Native Tribes of North Central Australia, by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen [1899] All Australian natives, with rare exceptions, have to pass through some initiation ceremony before being admitted to the secrets of the tribe—Enumeration of ceremonies amongst the Arunta and Ilpirra tribes—Absence of the knocking out of teeth as an initiation rite—Ceremonies amongst natives of Finke River—First ceremony—Throwing the boy up in the air—The second ceremony—Circumcision or Lartna—The Apulla…