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down like an apron in front. Strings of colored beads reached from 
the shoulders to the waist, crossed like suspenders. On their 
heads were turbans of turkey red cloth, trimmed with small shells, 
and into the turban were stuck the feather heaa-dresses of the 
national costume. The feathers, mostly fro, cockatoos and parrots 
but wit., occasional delicate sprays of ^irdof Paradise feathers, 
stand up, adding ten inches to the men's height, and smell bits 
of red aAd green flutter in the breeze. They wear arm bands of 
shell, into 6 which are stuck long bunches of palm-leaf strips, yellow 
and green, and bunches of bright croton leaves. The men in the 
orchestra, instead of the feather head-dress, wear a top knot of 
frlsh green ferns, with a short palm fringe falling down over their 
eyes. They dancers carried s all wodden shields and swords. 
The women wore hand-woven sarongs, jackets of P rin t e dred and 
white cotton, silver and sea shell bracelets, bead necklaces, belts 
and head dresses of strung rings of brrss and nickel. 
man and woman 
Williams photographed each m*akBrx*fx*taxsra«P singly end in 
groups, using color film. Certainly there was no lack of color 
in these outfits. Then everybody went across the road to an 
open meadow, and the dances were performed for the benefit of the 
movie camera. 
The Chakalele dances are war dances. The women, lined up in 
front, dance quietly, with small movements of hands and feet, 
turning their downward glances first to one side and then to the 
other. The men in back of them, chanted a war song, and waved 
their swords and shields while they stamped about on the grass. 
Then two of the warriors put on a fighting dance, which ended with 
one of them killing the other, cutting off his head ^dancing 
away with the feather head-dress. The orchestra, of bamboo flutes 
and conch shells, played weird music, while one man counted the 
rhythym aloud in a chant. 
The Maroe-maroe dance was the last one in the group. It was 
originally the dance done around the cut-off head of a vanquished 
enemy. In these days the dance is done ft night ground a lantern, 
and is accompanied by impromptu songs retelling all the events 
of the day. Bill tossed his helmet into the center of the ring 
to represent a head, and men and women jned hmds and moved 
in a slow circle around it, singing an endless song. 
Afterwards we adjourned to the resthouse verandah and 
served refreshments to the Controller and Mr. Meijiink and the 
doctor, who had come to see the show. 
April May 1 - 
Memorable as the first day on which we could observe the 
maleos eating anything. We now have nearly twenty of them, and 
thev are shy! wild birds. Some of them were distinctly seen to 
eafbrown rice and papaya, and our spirits rose considerably. 
In the afternoon the school children came and snng songs 
and danced for us. Little girls wore pink jackets, and^ sarongs 
of various colors: little boys wore long trousers and pink or 
red jackets. Each child clutched a Dutch flag in one hand and 
a large handkerchief in the other. Some of the songs were 
very pretty, one was "Noesa Ina", and another was "Kole-kole.' 
