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Page 30
... sound out their bilma , clapping sticks , and didjeridu loud enough to please every spirit in the country . The sound tells you that the time has come to go there and be made into a woman . I hope there is somebody there to tell me how ...
... sound out their bilma , clapping sticks , and didjeridu loud enough to please every spirit in the country . The sound tells you that the time has come to go there and be made into a woman . I hope there is somebody there to tell me how ...
Page 94
... sound of the leaf with the clattering of my beak . The noise I make lags behind him ; I have to be careful that my tongue is not caught by my beak . Before , when I had human shape , I had bilma , the clapping sticks - quite an old pair ...
... sound of the leaf with the clattering of my beak . The noise I make lags behind him ; I have to be careful that my tongue is not caught by my beak . Before , when I had human shape , I had bilma , the clapping sticks - quite an old pair ...
Page 96
... sound of his gum leaf , and then they would fly down to land on his arm and pick at the food . One of the passersby handed out what looked to be a piece of barley sugar , but it tasted . . . it was the butt of a burning cigarette that ...
... sound of his gum leaf , and then they would fly down to land on his arm and pick at the food . One of the passersby handed out what looked to be a piece of barley sugar , but it tasted . . . it was the butt of a burning cigarette that ...
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angry Anguban animals Baba babaru balandja barley sugar beast belly better billabong billycan bilma birds Boma boulder branches Bungawa bush bush tucker camp chant cliff cloud cockatoo crawl crocodile dark didjeridu dilly bag dingo Djangau dragged dreams dust Duwei eyes fellows fire flaps flock Galpu gather Gidja goanna gone ground hand hill hurry inside Jambawal keep leaves look mangrove marain Marngit Midinari Mother Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told track trap tree tribal country tribal elders trunk tucker valley voice walk wallaby Warand Warngi water hole Wati Wawa white man's whole wonder Wongar Yirli yudu