. Across Australia . W lUllL-ll ilimrmi; in frmil nf (lir Wintari -a f. Kii;. 299. I IKK kki;m. .\ v.^Icn ilancini^ and jcennL; at nthers who arc >luu up in the linug;h uuilcv. XVIII WARRAMUNGA FIRE CEREMONY 419 men came on, alternately standing up and waddling along ontheir knees, while one or two of the older men stood toone side of the procession, keeping time by beatingshields on the ground. Slowly they all passed round thepole and returned to their camp, the women runningaway as soon as the last man, waddling on his knees, hadreached the pole. The sun was just setting when thisperforma
. Across Australia . W lUllL-ll ilimrmi; in frmil nf (lir Wintari -a f. Kii;. 299. I IKK kki;m. .\ v.^Icn ilancini^ and jcennL; at nthers who arc >luu up in the linug;h uuilcv. XVIII WARRAMUNGA FIRE CEREMONY 419 men came on, alternately standing up and waddling along ontheir knees, while one or two of the older men stood toone side of the procession, keeping time by beatingshields on the ground. Slowly they all passed round thepole and returned to their camp, the women runningaway as soon as the last man, waddling on his knees, hadreached the pole. The sun was just setting when thisperformance came to an end, and when night came on, thesinging and grotesque dancing were wilder than ever. Very early next morning a bough wurley was built nearthe creek, and into this the Uluuru men went, accom-panied by a itv^ of the Kingilli, and for hours, packedclosely together, they kept up a continuous singing to theaccompaniment of the beating of boomerangs. We went,or rather looked, inside every now and then to see whatwas going on; but the air within the wurley, o
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