MURUNGS (Borneo, Indonesia)

 

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 “When twelve years of age girls are regarded as marriageable, and sexual relations are absolutely free until marriage; in fact, if she chooses to have a young man share her mat it is considered by no means improper” [1].

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004

 

 


[1]Lumholtz, C. (1920 [1992]) Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920 / Oxford, United Kingdom: OxfordUniversity Press 1992 [Project Gutenberg]