. Across Australia . ,f ,-? o Bi/r •Jn k • J ) 1 £ ill mm> IIl,. 329. hlJiK\lhi\ i| ri:k|i iKMKR-, I\ \ clklMo\\- (dWFi 11:11 w nil 1 111-, [ ii;i: n >i 1 M, 1 1 XX TENNANT CREEK TO POWELL CREEK 451 and customs, there is marked difference in regard todialect.^ The Tjingilli men were engaged in the performance ofa series of totemic ceremonies, which in general featureswere very closely similar to the very many that we hadseen amongst the Warramunga at Tennant Creek. Thewhole series was called Wantju, and the object of theirperformance was to ensure the growth of the boy
. Across Australia . ,f ,-? o Bi/r •Jn k • J ) 1 £ ill mm> IIl,. 329. hlJiK\lhi\ i| ri:k|i iKMKR-, I\ \ clklMo\\- (dWFi 11:11 w nil 1 111-, [ ii;i: n >i 1 M, 1 1 XX TENNANT CREEK TO POWELL CREEK 451 and customs, there is marked difference in regard todialect.^ The Tjingilli men were engaged in the performance ofa series of totemic ceremonies, which in general featureswere very closely similar to the very many that we hadseen amongst the Warramunga at Tennant Creek. Thewhole series was called Wantju, and the object of theirperformance was to ensure the growth of the boys andgirls, to make the former grow up strong and able to fightand endure, and to make the girls plump and well-formedfrom a native point of view. We saw ceremonies con-nected with the laughing-boy, fire, yam, eagle-hawk, andwhite-cockatoo totems (Figs. 329). In some of those ofthe yam totem decorated slabs were used, on a few ofwhich the designs clearly represented yams attached totheir roots ; but as a general rule no relationship could betraced between the decorations and the totemic animalsand plants (Fig. 331). The performance always tookplace just at sunset, when the decora
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