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RITES OF BIRTH AND INITIATION 269
aMong the Big Narnbas) of North Malekula is a developMent,
degeneration, or siMply a derivation froM the group of the
‘devouring-Monster’ type of cereMonies as found in GerMan
New Guinea} Perhaps, of course, it is wiser to leave it
unexplained, and not to atteMpt to give a. reason.â€ù
1 Cf, A. B. Deacon, “The Kakihan Society of CeraM and New Guinea
Initiation Cults ": Folk-Lore, xxxvi 1925, pp. 332-361.
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