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LIGHT-HEARTED ABORIGINES ENJOYING DANCE AND SONG
| Andamanese are devoted to dancing, in which they indulge for hours on end every night, besides on such ceremonial occasions as a meeting between tribes. Their dances consist in hopping on one foot and swinging the arms backwards and forwards to the time of a song kept up by one man, the women clapping their hands loudly and joining in the chorus |
TRIPPING TOES KEEP TIME WITH STEADY TRAMPING FEET
| Time for the dancers is often beaten on a dancing-board. This is a hollow piece of hard wood in the form of an ancient shield which is placed on the ground, hollow side downwards, and stamped on by one of the party who keeps it steady by placing a foot on the pointed end. Places are changed constantly during these performances |