ngaltawartanouncermonial poleTingarringka-tjananya wati tjarrpatjura kanyirayilku pakaltjingalkitjalu kurranyulu ngaltawarta murrutjunku. Ka-ya wati minymalu tjitjilutarrartu pitjala nyakupayi wati kutjarra-pula tatinnyangka. Kutjupayara kurrkapi-ya kartara murrutjunkupayi. Puru kutjupayara wanari wirrmira. Ka-ya pitjala nyakula kulilpayi yunguntjarra-ya wati tingarringka kumpitjunkutjanya yutirritjaku.When they put men into the T̲i̲n̲ga̲r̲r̲i̲ ceremony, they keep them for a while. When they’re going to bring them out, first they erect a ceremonial pole. Then men, women and children come and watch two men climbing it. Sometimes they cut a desert oak and erect it. At other times they (cut and erect) a tall mulga tree. When (people) come and see it they know that the men who’ve been segregated in the T̲i̲n̲ga̲r̲r̲i̲ ceremony will appear.

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