Ceremonies connect the present tribes with their spirit ancestors and their creation in the dreaming. ... These ceremonies bring life to the dreaming stories and they believe that it enables the world to flow and not fail. ... They are taught this through ceremonies, rituals, dance, song, painting and storytelling. ... They have many ceremonies to communicate with these ancestors. ... This ceremony requires blood, and men to abstain from sexual acts with their wives. ...

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.: 250,000 _ groups: _ traditional _ urban (just under half of present population) _ there are similarities in the beliefs of different tribes _ spiritual dimension of the land _ present life is continuous with the Dreaming _ totemistic: animals/plants have associated symbols _ naturalistic: living off the land _ tied to the land: each group has a particular relationship with a particular piece of land _ The Dreaming as being fundamental to Aboriginal Culture and Societies _ 5 distinct features of Aboriginal Spirituality: Spiritual " spirits are natural to the world _ each person ...

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In the bicentenary of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell, the site that was previously home to the old Aborigines Protection Board at La Perouse a ceremony of mourning that called for "Land Rights - Nationally - Now" was held. ...

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The knowledge that elder people recount is passed on through behaviour, rituals, ceremonies, dances, songs, arts, and mainly stories. [8] Some of these stories can be told but others have to remain secret. Because of the strong attachment to the past, Anangu consider Uluru as an important place because of Mala people camping and meeting for ceremonies there. ...

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