Dzamalag

Dzamalag was a form of ritualized ceremonial exchange or bartering practised by the Gunwinggu people of Western Arnhem Land in Northern Australia. As described by the anthropologist Ronald Berndt in 1951, a dzamalag ritual would include dancing, singing, and the exchange of sexual favors and goods (especially tobacco) between the trading groups.

References

• Graeber, David (2011). "Debt: The First 5,000 Years", Melville House Publishing.
• Gudeman, Stephen (2001). "The anthropology of economy: community, market, and culture," Blackwell Publishing, p. 124-5.
• Oliver, Douglas L. (1989). "Oceania: the native cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands, Volume 1", University of Hawaii Press, p. 514.