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Today in archaeology: Melbun and their religious festivals.

Once a year, the city would fill the giant Melbun Cup with alcohol and everyone would get drunk.

Violence was celebrated in their winter by kicking each other in the balls in a game called "Footy".

There was also the Boxing Day Test, where residents punched visitors in a test of fighting prowess. This would get out of hand, with Melbun reduced to ashes, which the residents would complain about in their "whine bars".

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