Английская Википедия:Dhay'yi people
Шаблон:See also Шаблон:Use dmy dates The Daii or Dhay'yi are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Name
The tribal ethnonym Daii is formed from the demonstrative pronoun for 'this'.Шаблон:Sfn
Country
In Norman Tindale's estimation the Daii occupied Шаблон:Convert of land, extending northwards from the shores of Blue Mud Bay as far as the Koolatong River. Their inland extension ran at least to Ngilipidji.Шаблон:Sfn
Social organization
The Daii consisted of two clans, which formed the basis for marriage exchanges:-
- Dalwangu
- DjawarkШаблон:Sfn
The Dalwangu moiety was jiritja, the Djawark a dua moiety.Шаблон:Sfn
Trade
The Daii's lands accessed the rich quartzite quarry at Ngilipidji, which provided stone for prized implements that could be traded. The local industry was, according to archaeologists, probably spurred by the rise of precolonial contacts with Asia'sSouth Sulawesi Makassar voyagers.Шаблон:Sfn
Alternative names
- Taii
- Tai
- Dalwango
- Dalwongo
- Dalwongu
- Darlwongo
- Dhalwangu
- Djawark
- Djarlwa:gШаблон:Sfn
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Шаблон:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory