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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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