. Across Australia . uthern a median prolongationrepresented the tail. Then the Kingilli men sat down byits side, and hour after hour they patiently stuck endlessdots of red and white down on to it until the whole surfacewas completely covered—the wavy band with red and therest with white down (Fig. 281). Every now and then theysang chants referring to the great Wollunqua, its wander-ings and its going down into the ground. At times theybroke out into refrains such as Yanga le deba; le deba;yanga le deba ; or Waiu irri; we gar dudu : waiu wangawanga; waiu irri; irri wanga du du du; wanga du du
. Across Australia . uthern a median prolongationrepresented the tail. Then the Kingilli men sat down byits side, and hour after hour they patiently stuck endlessdots of red and white down on to it until the whole surfacewas completely covered—the wavy band with red and therest with white down (Fig. 281). Every now and then theysang chants referring to the great Wollunqua, its wander-ings and its going down into the ground. At times theybroke out into refrains such as Yanga le deba; le deba;yanga le deba ; or Waiu irri; we gar dudu : waiu wangawanga; waiu irri; irri wanga du du du; wanga du du dudu. These latter have been handed down with theceremony, and their meaning is unknown. This went onhour after hour with wearisome repetition, the singing asusual always beginning very loudly on a high noteand gradually dying away, falling lower and lower asit did so. The whole mound was supposed to represent aparticularly large sand-hill, by the side of which thesnake stood up and looked around and with which he. Till pt;) ftiiiiKr is liinililmL^f ilnwii on in tilt- t^ri, luiid, Tlie IvnnclvLd-nff iK-lnict llLs on Ux- L^iMiinil 1(1 the Itll nf ihc I w (i hgurcs. (p. 39N.)
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