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Baiame in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2

YEAR
1878
PLACE
Victoria
SOURCE
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Baiame in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2

he thoughtful blackfellows ascribe to '■'■BaiamaV these three attributes — immortality, power, and goodness. They say that Baiame is i)resent at their Cora — the periodical assembly at which young men are initiated into the privileges of manhood. Among the ceremonies of the Cora is the exhibition o…

Record ID
3,554
Year
1,878
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3554
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth
Published
1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Baiame
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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he thoughtful blackfellows ascribe to '■'■BaiamaV these three attributes — immortality, power, and goodness. They say that Baiame is i)resent at their Cora — the periodical assembly at which young men are initiated into the privileges of manhood. Among the ceremonies of the Cora is the exhibition of a sacred wand, which they say was given to their people by Baiame, the sight of which is essential to impart manhood. '''■Baiame" is derived (as the Rev. C. C. Greenway has shown) from "■haia" to make, cut out, or build. Like many other words, it is variously pronounced — sometimes aspirated, sometimes sharjiened. The "b" which is.

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