Daramulun in Initiation Ceremonies
This having been done, the men closed rapidly and closely round the women and children so as to crowd them together; and, having done so, shouted "Wah!" and raised their boomerangs and boughs to the sky. This is the gesture signifying "the great master" (Biamban), whose true but secret name of Dara…
- Record ID
- 1,295
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Wikisource
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1295
- Source
- Wikisource
- Publication
- Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
- Published
- 1904
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Daramulun
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- South-Eastern Australia: B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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This having been done, the men closed rapidly and closely round the women and children so as to crowd them together; and, having done so, shouted "Wah!" and raised their boomerangs and boughs to the sky. This is the gesture signifying "the great master" (Biamban), whose true but secret name of Daramulun it is not lawful to utter, excepting at the ceremonies, on the initiation ground.
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