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kurdaitcha [kəˈdaɪtʃə]

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman Also kadaitcha

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kadaitcha kurdaitcha shoes			It is the ngardarrikirlangu who orders the other kurdaitcha men to attack someone. The moral lexicon of the Warlpiri people of central Australia by Hiatt, LR / Australian Aboriginal Studies It is not at all clear what, if anything, these practices have in common, for some of them seem to be 'witchcraft,' nor is it clear that they might resemble the kurdaitcha man practices reported by Spencer and Gillen for Australian aboriginal peoples. Our Very Own Cargo Cult by Wagner, Roy / Oceania Some of the images were staged for the purposes of illustration, such as those dealing with the Kurdaitcha man (Spencer & Gillen 1899:482) and the Illapurinja woman (1899:487). Visual knowledge: Spencer and Gillen's use of photography in the ... by Peterson, Nicolas / Australian Aboriginal Studies			kundalini Kundera Kundt's tube Kunene Küng kung fu Kungur Kunlan Shan Kunlun Kunlun Mountains Kunming kunzite Kuomintang Kuopio Kuoyu Kupfernickel Kupffer's cell Kura Kura River kurakkan Kurashiki kurchatovium kurchee kurchi Kurd kurdaitcha kurdaitcha shoes Kurdish Kurdistan Kurdistan Labor Pary Kurdistan Workers Party Kure Kurgan kuri kuri-chiku Kuril Islands Kurilian Kurland Kurnool Kuro-Siwo Kurosawa Kuroshio Kuroshio Current kurrajong kurrat kursaal Kursk Kurt Godel Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Waldheim Kurt Weill			Kurbas, Les Kurbatkin, Gennadii Kurbatkin, Gennadii Pavlovich Kurbatov, Aleksei Kurbatov, Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kurbatov, Leonid Kurbatov, Leonid Nikolaevich Kurbingui Youth Development Association Kurbskii, Andrei Kurbskii, Andrei Mikhailovich KURC Kurchatov Kurchatov Institute Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source Kurchatov, Igor Kurchatov, Igor Vasilevich kurchatovium kurchatovium kurchatovium kurchee kurchi Kurchum KURCPI Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Ali, Muhammad Farid kurdaitcha kurdaitcha man kurdaitcha men kurdaitcha shoes kurdaitchas Kurdaitja kurdee Kurdestan Kurdestan Kurdi Kurdi Kurdi Kurdi Kurdia Kurdia Kurdiani, Archil Kurdiani, Archil Grigorevich Kurdish Kurdish Kurdish Kurdish Kurdish American Education Society Kurdish American Youth Organization Kurdish Autonomous Region Kurdish Autonomous Zone Kurdish Community of Ottawa Kurdish Conflict Resolution Forum Kurdish dance Kurdish Democratic Party Kurdish Democratic Party

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