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The Arunta

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It frequently happens that as soon as the operation has been performed on an arakurta [youth between circumcision and subincision] one or more of the other men present, who have been operated on before, stand up and voluntarily undergo a second operation. In such cases the men do not consider that the operation has been carried far enough . . . and some come forward a third time, though a man is often as old as thirty or thirty-five before he submits to this second operation.¹

¹Spencer, B.n/an/an/an/an/a, and F.J.Gillenn/an/an/an/a, , 1: 211 (The Macmillan Company. By permission).

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Chicago: "The Arunta," The Arunta in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed September 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X14BPRZ5QQJASL7.

MLA: . "The Arunta." The Arunta, Vol. 1, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 18 Sep. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X14BPRZ5QQJASL7.

Harvard: , 'The Arunta' in The Arunta. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 September 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X14BPRZ5QQJASL7.

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