. Across Australia . l-lL. 113. ■>! 1111. ILi;IAIJK\ I K \ I K 1 I 1 M \ 1 \ NA. The pcrlcrnurr sits in irijnL ^A a scrit-s tlills of fealliers lixeil in tlic giamrl. ^=... f:^. 114 I-I ^ll-:\ EXriAIXIXC. TllKMh M\T1KKs hi A VTNA, MAN ATI HE I tjV A IllEMH. ■ERKMuNV. Ai the same lime a decorated shield itsed during the ceremony is pressed against his stoR^acli. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 265 food must go further afield. It must always be rememberedthat important ceremonies are only conducted under thesefavourable conditions. In addition, one of the most
. Across Australia . l-lL. 113. ■>! 1111. ILi;IAIJK\ I K \ I K 1 I 1 M \ 1 \ NA. The pcrlcrnurr sits in irijnL ^A a scrit-s tlills of fealliers lixeil in tlic giamrl. ^=... f:^. 114 I-I ^ll-:\ EXriAIXIXC. TllKMh M\T1KKs hi A VTNA, MAN ATI HE I tjV A IllEMH. ■ERKMuNV. Ai the same lime a decorated shield itsed during the ceremony is pressed against his stoR^acli. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 265 food must go further afield. It must always be rememberedthat important ceremonies are only conducted under thesefavourable conditions. In addition, one of the most striking features of anysuch ceremony as the Engwura, when older men areshowing younger ones anything of a sacred or secret nature,is that, in the first place, the younger men are supposed tobe very abstemious and self-denying in the matter of food,especially meat. Further still, every older man has a fewof the younger ones immediately under his charge. Heis what is called their Abmoara, and every day a party ofthese young men is taken out into the bush under thecharge of one or two old men for the express purpose ofhunting for food, which they must hand over to theirelders. Sometimes these
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