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Girls of a kin group wearing pubic aprons as though they were married, ritually hold 'weewela'a sprouting coconut (out of view), symbolizing the kin group looking after its ancestral skulls as a mother looks after her child.

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Girls of a kin group wearing pubic aprons as though they were married, ritually hold 'weewela'a sprouting coconut (out of ...