Australlia - Culture - Aborigines

Australlia - Culture - Aborigines

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FileName: 2I3U4.TXT
A Subject: 026: Science: Geography
A Title: Australlia - Culture - Aborigines

        The Aborigines were described as "stone age hunters" by the first Europeans who saw them.   There are about 250 tribes left and each has its own language.   The Aboriginal people called "aboriginal" because the word itself mean people who lived in a place
        The basic constant in Aboriginal life is their sharing, caring and responsibility.   The best skill for a child to learn is how to behave toward everyone they might meet.   That skill is a major part of their kinship system.   The kinship system helps organ
        The aboriginal people get food in two ways: hunting and gathering.   Only the men hunt and it it's done with traditional spears and boomerangs.   Out of respect for nature and its cycles they only kill enough to feed their family or clan.   Gathering food
        Their home moves every season.   Homes depend upon where they are living at the moment and it's conditions.   In hot, dry, grassland they live in grass wind breaks to keep sheltered from the sun.   In the rainy north they built huts on stilts.   In cold area
        Their are many tribes and each has a different language and a name.   The pitijantjatara, yolngu, lardil, tiwi, aranda, pintupi, wajarpi, and cadigal.   Today only about 200 -250 languages are still spoken compared to the 500 which were thriving before Wor
        The Aborigines have no written language.   Due to this fact, they must memorize everything.   They are able to read rock , bark, and body painting as if it were a book.   Children learn to communicate by watching elders participate in ceremonies and rituals
        Rituals are an important part of Aboriginal life.   At campfires elders...