Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: ending the festival, fight magic men dispose of cordyline roots (previously buried at gate to dance ground) in direction of enemy territory
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Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roy Rappaport Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 55, Envelope 30-35, Frame 32) [Title, Date]. Roy Rappaport Papers. MSS 516. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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Cordyline Musical instruments Rites and ceremonies Maring (Papua New Guinean people) Headdresses Jewelry Pacific Islands Melanesia Papua New Guinea Oceania Madang Province (Papua New Guinea)
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Pacific Islands Melanesia Papua New Guinea Oceania Madang Province (Papua New Guinea)
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