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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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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