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MARIND ANIM JJ'S DISCO

The Marind Anim occupy the southern coast of New Guinea. During the centuries prior to their contact with the Dutch and other Europeans, they had been experiencing the beginnings of a cultural renaissance marked by accelerated, sophisticated artistic creativity. Until recently, their expansionist foreign policy resulted in the decimation of nearby alien populations. Continuous warfare is a primary ingredient in their view of the world.

valuable substance and a saleable commodity. It is mixed with food, stored, bartered and actually extracted from the males of conquered neighboring peoples!

Initiation rites, marriages and other celebrations involved orgiastic sexual activity, relatives. Marriages are confrequently between close sidered to be economic contracts only so that a married woman may be impregnated by several men. Since men vie with women for the embuing" male genital liquid, males form close relationships, engaging frequently in mutual grooming, hunting, conservation

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and all-male social festivities.

Marind Anim culture centers about ritual homosexuality. A basic Marind Anim spiritual tenet holds that semen is both beneficial and necessary for vitality, virility strength and fertility. Mutual masturbation and sodomy are performed informally and in various ceremonial and festive events. Seminal fluid is considered a women.

The sexist Marind Anim men spend much of their time in a "men's house," a communal excludes dormitory which

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