However, whether this significance amounted to more than that achieved in a tanderrum ceremony in the Kulin's eyes is more debatable. ... Barwick suggests that a reason for this misunderstanding may be the common elements between two ceremonies: enfeoffment and tanderrum.10 The Batman treaty was based on enfeoffment, a feudal form of land tenure, which involved the passing of a handful of soil between the participants in the ceremony.11 The Kulin's also had a ceremony with a strikingly similar action: tanderrum. ... However, whilst these points are all initially significant, it is ...

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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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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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Aborigonie as defined in the American Heritage Dictionary: Aborigines - The Flora and Fauna native to a geographical area. Lat for original inhabitants Aboriginal - Existing from the beginning or being the earliest of its type in an area. ~Physical Enviroment: From Australia which is known asthe ...

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Where once, the people lived within a strong community governed by strict and just laws, and culture was sustained through stories of the past and ceremonies; the audience now sees only fragments of cultural links and bonds. ...

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"Pattern thinking is Aboriginal thinking. There is no big boss. Patterns are about belonging" (Stockton, 1995) 'Pattern thinking is 'Aboriginal way'; triangle thinking is 'Western way'. Patterns are about belonging. Nothing is separate from anything else. The land is not separate ...

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