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only to fallback as he passed away from them. What the meaning
of this might be, Deacon was not able to discover.
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beat changed back to tam once more, and a number oi the women
who had been gathered at the entrance to the dancing ground came
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Fm. 34. Plan cd the dancing ground of Eprnunbzmgg during the dance
performed when 51 new gong is set up.
= the ï¬Åre amidst the gangs.
r. the men’s ï¬Åre.
: the women’s ï¬Åre.
= the gangs.
= body oi male dancers.
= two bodies 01 female dancers.
= spectators.
= the pmrmm from which the yams axe hung.
->-' rnonoliths surrounding the dancing ground.
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forward. They were decorated with shell-disc woven armlets,
their faces were painted, and scented leaves were stuck in their
arrnbands. Each one carried in either hand a piece of wild cane
about twice as high as herself. The last dance now began. The
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