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Original Articles

Considerations on ritual subincision practices

Pages 16-24 | Published online: 11 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

Australian subincision practices have long puzzled many researchers. By including ritual and other subincision practices it is hoped that the ritual occurrences can be better understood. Brief ethnographic backgrounds, the steps of the ritual and numerous hypotheses explaining this painful initiation rite are surveyed.

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