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Customs of Ontong Java Natives on Marriage Death and Birth
USTOMS note Ontong Java society where wealth dictates status and elaborate rites surround marriage birth and death. Daughters are adorned at betrothal while fathers confer gifts and husbands visit at night. birth entails long mother stays and loud communal wails. Death rituals include heavy tobacco gifts and crowded wakes with shell ornaments and nose rings.
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South Sea Islands
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