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…
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- 1,878
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 3554
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- Publication
- The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth
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- 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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