No. JACKSON2016-001Oceania
Biripi blades as the Holy Spirit's voice
New Zealand · Auckland (presentation); painted by a Biripi elder, mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
Sacred / spirit
Source term: bullroarers
When the Catholic primary principals of Australia and New Zealand first met together, in Auckland on 31 May 2016, the gifts went both ways. The New Zealanders gave a tokotoko, a Māori talking stick. The Australians brought two candles, and two bullroarers painted by a pastor and tribal elder of the Biripi, the people of the Manning and Hastings rivers in New South Wales. With them came a story an elder had written about Aboriginal Catholic spirituality and the Trinity, "Gulambara and the voice of Yuludarra." The blades, the Australian president said, meant that both associations would have the voice of the Holy Spirit at their meetings, now and in the future.
will have the voice of the Holy Spirit at their meetings now and in the future
Jenny Jackson, “United: ACPPA & NZCPPA candles, a Tokotoko and bullroarers,” 3 June 2016
Particulars
- Object
- Two wooden bullroarers painted by a Biripi pastor and tribal elder, given by the Australian Catholic Primary Principals' Association to its New Zealand counterpart.
Source
Jenny Jackson, “United: ACPPA & NZCPPA candles, a Tokotoko and bullroarers,” blog post, 3 June 2016