warrmarlanounrevenge party, soldiers‘soldier’ men who came in groups to raid or take wives. They would make themselves black with charcoal and place sticks with white wood shavings on them in their headbands.Warrmarla pirnipurlka -- yartaka pitjama, wakalku, ngamurrungka palyalku, pintirralpa tjunku.A revenge party would come in full view of everyone and spear someone. They’d put charcoal on themselves and put sticks with white wood shavings on them in their headbands.Wati minyma tjitji mapakarnu-ya kapi kutjupakutu. Ka wati kutjulu nyangu-nyangu watjarnu, ‘Wiya, kutipitjaku-latju kawaku tjarlpa katirrayilkitja warrmarlangkatarra, pika wakara tjunkutjakutarra.’The men, women and children left to go to another waterhole. But one man looked at them all and said, ‘Oh, we’ll go along with them to look after them in case of revenge killers, so they don’t come and spear them to death.’See alsowarnapa

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