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The men of each of the two moiety groups (Yirritja and Dua) run around their respective “Jirawara” ceremonial forked poles; the leader of their moiety then climbs on the “Jirawara” and gives the Mardayin calls, naming the sacred places connected with the ceremony; the men standing around it respond with their yells. The men dance in their moiety groups; two dancers of the Yirritja moiety perform the “Salt water dance”, facing each other, leaping past one another, changing places, ending up back to back and continuing towards the ceremonial pole.

Video by Ludo Kuipers, Wed Sep 11, 1996
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