RELIGION. 



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ERNSTHAUSEN . [1890, 26S (regarding Finsch Harbour)] and PRATT [1906, 307 (regarding the 



hill tribes) ] qualify the Papuan dancing. 



The first dance is the "Utia", to which is joined a funeral song of seven verses, with drum accom- 

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 paniment : ^"^> as heard in the temple on the 3oth of May, and danced exclusively by men. 

 



Rajè-rajo, marna saine api, sambero ,■ 

 hère raje means wind, rajo eastern. 



Urëb rëchau, gâter madiai ; 

 it is said, that herein is expressed that human beings intended for the devil, urèb, are going to hell. 



Jabe rôti, rôti ai, karchai saimeo, jabe rôti; 

 Tiarni, trenio tremo, remake, remaJw ; 

 this verse deals with arrow shooting. 



Sejaru kùnba, jadu-ai kimôâ; 

 Aie ui, aiëwa, aiëwa; 

 Manëmeni aie, mate, e aie mètau. 

 of a bird (Gourai), manëmeni, which is sitting in a tree or on a branch, aie, and is shot dead. 

 The second dance is called "Djau" and is executed with drum accompaniment by a row of men 

 opposite a row of women, both rows dancing towards each other and then back again, whereby the time 

 of the men is faster than that of the women. The first verse runs as follows : 



Simbora, urasé uha, simboni. 



Fig. 198. Guests from Sëka, dancing; Tobâdi. 



The third dance, "Unanu(ng)", is executed by a circle of men and one of women; each has the 

 arms resting on the loins of his neighbours as can be seen in the figs. 198 and 199. — At Tumleo 

 (Erdweg [1902, 304]) the arms are placed on the shoulders. — The circles are either closed or not, and 

 the dancers of each circle dance round in a direction opposed to that of the hands of a clock. A drum 

 is not used. 



