 | 1840 - 594 páginas
...length, when they find all these endeavours to be fruitless, they place the body on a hier unadorned with flags, and carry it out into the forest, where...This last ceremony is called by the Arafuras ' Sudah Huang,' by which they mean that the body is now cast away, and can listen to them no longer." " For... | |
 | George Windsor Earl - 1853 - 288 páginas
...length, when they find all these endeavours to be fruitless, they place the body on a bier, adorned with flags, and carry it out into the forest, where...none but women, entirely naked, are present. This is called by the Alfoers fsudah buang,' by which they mean that the body is now cast away, and can... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1174 páginas
...length, when they find all these endeavours to be fruitless, they place the body on a bier. adorned with flags, and carry it out into the forest, where...the top of four posts. A tree, usually the Pavetta Indie«, is then planted near it ; and it is remarkuble that at this last ceremony none but women,... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1170 páginas
...into the forest, where it is fixed upon the top of four posts. A tree, usually the Pavetta Indie«, is then planted near it ; and it is remarkable that...none but women, entirely naked, are present. This is called by the Alfoers ' sudan buang,' by which they mean that the body is now rast away, and can... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 586 páginas
...and the unfortunate corpse placed again upon its bier, which is then adorned with flags and earned into the forest, where it is fixed upon the top of...Pavetta Indica — is then planted near it ; and it is stated that at this final ceremony none but nude women are present. This is the " sudah buang," and... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1882 - 948 páginas
...placed on the bier, which is then adorned with flags and carried into the forest, where it is placed on the top of four posts. A tree, usually the pavetta indica, is- then planted near it. It is statf d that at this final ceremony none but nude women are present. This is the sudah buang,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 368 páginas
...is again placed upon its bier, which is carried into the forest, and it is hoisted upon the summit of four posts. A tree, usually the Pavetta Indica, is then planted near it ; and at this final ceremony none, it is said, but naked women are allowed to be present. This is called... | |
 | Richard Folkard - 1884 - 660 páginas
...called the Aruans, when burying their dead, carry the body into the forest, and hoist it upon the summit of four posts. A tree, usually the Pavetta Indica, is then planted near it, and at this final ceremony none but nude females are allowed to be present. always traditionally been connecfted... | |
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... friends and fellow-villagers will not induce the deceased to awaken ? At length, when they find all these endeavours to be fruitless, they place the body on a bier, adorned with flags, and carry it out into the forest, where it is fixed upon the top... 