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potlatchのWordNet

  • 1名詞

    意味

    a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display their superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to their own impoverishment)

    北米北西海岸の一部の先住民族が(結婚や新たな就任などを祝って)催す儀礼的な宴会;主催者が富の優位性を誇示するため部族民などに贈り物を配る(以前は自身を困窮させることもあった)

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