Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Ernabella, Ernabella, SA
First Date July 1939
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Charles Duguid invited to corroboree, describes it as a circumcision ceremony with two groups of men gathered around small fire, 40 total, who kep constant chanting and rythmic thumping. 'The whole ceremony contined throughout the night and well into the following morning'.
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Corroboree
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book see p 137 Doctor and the Aborigines
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 155766