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Bunga bunga is a phrase of uncertain meaning that dates from 1910, and a name for an area of Australia dating from 1852. By 2010 the phrase had gained popularity in Italy and the international press to refer to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex parties, which caused a major political scandal in Italy. == Early use == An 1852 issue of ''Hogg's Instructor'' states that "bunga bunga" is the name given by locals to a location near Moreton Bay on the eastern coast of Australia.〔"Popular botany: The pine and the palm", ''Hogg's Instructor'' vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1852), (p. 411 ).〕 In 1910 Horace de Vere Cole, Virginia Woolf, her brother Adrian Stephen and a small group of friends, pretended to be the Prince of Abyssinia and his entourage. They obtained permission to visit one of the world's most powerful warships HMS ''Dreadnought'' in Weymouth, Dorset, in what became known as the Dreadnought hoax. Each time the Commander showed them a marvel of the ship, they murmured the phrase ''bunga, bunga!''〔("The Dreadnought Hoax" ), ''Museum of Hoaxes''. Retrieved 24 January 2011. This anonymous article cites Adrian Stephen, ''The Dreadnought Hoax'' (Hogarth Press, 1983).〕 which then became a popular catchphrase of the time. A 1950 Bugs Bunny short "Bushy Hare" used the phrase "Unga Bunga Bunga" in a nonsensical exchange between Bugs Bunny and a character who represented an Australian Aborigine and who was referred to as "Nature Boy".〔IMDB. "Bushy Hare" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042291/〕 In Indonesian bunga means flower, bunga bunga is simply flowers. Possibly, Makassan contact with Australia can explain the existence of the word within the Australian Aborigines culture. The Areca catechu or betel palm in Tagalog is referred to as bunga. Berbunga-bunga means "Joy" in Bahasa Indonesian. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「bunga bunga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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