meriam

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A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.

The Meriams believed in "Bomai", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.

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The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.

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