{"id":2914,"date":"2014-09-10T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T05:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2014-09-10T16:26:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T05:26:01","slug":"biami-and-dinnawhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2014\/09\/10\/biami-and-dinnawhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Biami and Dinnawhan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008-e1410305889860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/20131024_biami_the_creation_story_008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008-e1410305889860.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;24 October 2013&lt;br \/&gt;\nEmu lays an egg for Biami&lt;br \/&gt;\nBiami &amp;#8211; The Creation Story: Kids, Creatures and 100 Harlequins \u2013 Centenary Children\u2019s Week Celebration 2013.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhotograph by Dylan Kovacevic.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008-e1410305889860.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2906\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_008\" width=\"980\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Nakiya Smith as Dinnawhan and Maitland Schnaars as Biami. Photo credit: Angie To)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the Wiradjuri Echoes production <em>Biami<\/em> last year (<a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?s=biami\">see previous posts<\/a>) I also made a mask and costume elements for Biami, and an emu puppet. In the creation story, Biami the creator spirit \u2018created the emu Dinnawhan, the female emu, whose spirit he used to create the Wiradjuri people; who now believe they are of the egg of Biami and the female spirit\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>With a headdress (painted up by Duncan Smith) representing the five elements of the sky that he embodies &#8211; wind, lightning, thunder, rain and fog &#8211; and long soft brushing fingers, Biami&#8217;s presence was awesome!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002-e1410324168406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2014\/09\/10\/biami-and-dinnawhan\/20131024_biami_the_creation_story_002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002-e1410324168406.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;24 October 2013&lt;br \/&gt;\nBiami came down from the sky to the land, and created rivers, mountains, and forests. He then gave the people their laws of life, traditions, songs, and culture.&lt;br \/&gt;\nKids, Creatures and 100 Harlequins \u2013 Centenary Children\u2019s Week Celebration 2013.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhotograph by Dylan Kovacevic.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002-e1410324168406.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2915\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_002\" width=\"980\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Photo credits: Dylan Kovacevic<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/20131024_biami_the_creation_story_003\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1370,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;24 October 2013\\rThe Emu\\rBiami - The Creation Story: Kids, Creatures and 100 Harlequins \\u2013 Centenary Children\\u2019s Week Celebration 2013.\\rPhotograph by Dylan Kovacevic.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382625685&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;24 October 2013&lt;br \/&gt;\nThe Emu&lt;br \/&gt;\nBiami &amp;#8211; The Creation Story: Kids, Creatures and 100 Harlequins \u2013 Centenary Children\u2019s Week Celebration 2013.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhotograph by Dylan Kovacevic.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-685x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2905\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-690x1031.jpg 690w, https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003-980x1465.jpg 980w, https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20131024_Biami_The_Creation_Story_003.jpg 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Nakiya Smith as Dinnawhan and Maitland Schnaars as Biami. Photo credit: Angie To) For the Wiradjuri Echoes production Biami last year (see previous posts) I also made a mask and costume elements for Biami, and an emu puppet. In the creation story, Biami the creator spirit \u2018created the emu Dinnawhan, the female emu, whose spirit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,21,4,14],"tags":[1330,1331,1334,1355,1365,1329],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-make","category-mask","category-puppetry","category-puppets","tag-biami","tag-centenary-of-canberra","tag-emu","tag-puppetry","tag-puppets","tag-wiradjuri-echoes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paZhI-L0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}