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French term or phrase:	emprunts
English translation:	borrowing
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10:43 Feb 16, 2010

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Social Sciences - Anthropology / description of museum exhibition

French term or phrase: emprunts

What do you think this means in the following sentence?
'quant aux parures de plumes et aux masques spectaculaires d'Amazonie, ce sont des#emprunts# de corps et d'images gaits par les Indiens aux animaux et aux esprits, donc des moyens, en se rendant semblables a eux, de se faire accepter comme congeneres.'
I can't understand why it says that the Indians are making a loan to the animals and spirits by using their feathers etc, (- it would seem to be the other way round) but I may have misunderstood this.

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borrowing

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Indians are borrowing feathers, masks etc from animals and spirits...

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borrowing

Explanation:
Indians are borrowing feathers, masks etc from animals and spirits...

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