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The Tutini funeral poles for the Pukamani ceremony (Tiwi Islands) were to please the gods of the Aboriginal people.
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Difference between pukamani poles and mortuary poles in Indigenous culture?
Pukamani Poles belong to the Indigenous Tiwi people. The Tiwi Islands are now called Bathurst Island and Melville Island and are a twenty minutes north of Darwin by light plane. Pukamani ploes represent individual people who have passed away and act as a mourning process that can continue after the deceased person has been buried. They are mortuary poles but do not go by this name to Indigenous people.
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