Note 496 — Chapter V · LUNAR SUPERSTITIONS AND FESTIVALS
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E. H. Man, in Indian Antiquary, 1897, xxvi, 269 n.³⁰ According to this account the Nicobarese do not observe new-moon ceremonies. Other authorities, however, refer to sacrifices and celebrations at this time. See V. Solomon, in Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 1902, xxxii, 204, 213; W. Svoboda, in Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, 1893, vi, 22.