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‖ intichiuma|ɪntɪtʃɪˈuːmə|
Pl. intichiuma.
[Native name.]
Sacred ceremonies performed by some Central Australian Aborigines with the purpose of increasing the totemic plants or animals, and thus ensuring a good food supply.
1899Spencer & Gillon Native Tribes Cent. Austral. vi. 170 It sometimes happens that the members of the totem, such as..the rain or water totem, will hold their Intichiuma when there has been a long drought and water is badly needed. 1911J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 3) I. iii. 85 The general result supposed to be accomplished by these magical totemic ceremonies, or intichiuma, as the Arunta call them, is that of supplying the tribe with food and other necessaries. 1950J. Strachey tr. Freud's Totem & Taboo iv. 139 The intichiuma ceremonies of the Central Australian tribes. |