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Death and Maier : meteors and mortuary sites in the eastern Torres Strait, Eud kerker : na korep maierira asmer opged Torres Straitge, Carla B. Guedes, Duane W. Hamacher, John Barsa, Elsa Day, Ron Day, Segar Passi and Alo Tapim

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Death and Maier : meteors and mortuary sites in the eastern Torres Strait, Eud kerker : na korep maierira asmer opged Torres Straitge, Carla B. Guedes, Duane W. Hamacher, John Barsa, Elsa Day, Ron Day, Segar Passi and Alo Tapim
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references : pages 17-21
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non fiction
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Death and Maier : meteors and mortuary sites in the eastern Torres Strait
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Carla B. Guedes, Duane W. Hamacher, John Barsa, Elsa Day, Ron Day, Segar Passi and Alo Tapim
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Eud kerker : na korep maierira asmer opged Torres Straitge
Summary
Presents conclusions reached from a combination of ethno-historic studies and interviews with Meriam elders about the role of bright meteors (Maier) in Torres Strait traditions relating to mortuary customs. Bright meteors are symbolic representations of death and mortuary purification processes and the article shows how the physical properties of meteors are incorporated in ritual, belief, spirituality and custom
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