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Yuletide is always a time for great festivity and what is known as sing-sing among New Guineans. The celebration continues nonstop for days, undeterred by cloudbursts of rain or darkness of night. This year’s annual sing-sing attracted thousands of natives of both sexes; hundreds of maidens and warriors gorgeously plumed and bedecked in dazzling colors assembled to dance and celebrate, in keeping with a centuries-old tradition.
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Zigas, V. (1990). Opening the Pathway to Kuru Research. In: Laughing Death. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4490-5_7
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