Ewb Challange , Indegenous Culture
ureIntroduction
Bendee Downs being an area owned by the Kooma Traditional owners, involves an indigenous population though little, within its precincts. Therefore respecting and gaining knowledge about local culture and customs of the Kooma people are of central importance when dealing with a project as the EWB challenge. This being a symbol to show the traditional owners a sign of respect can be also turned into an asset for this ecotourism project. The local culture of a particular area is what mainly attracts tourists, as tourists prefer to experience different customs and cultures of different places (Costa n.d). This project aims to involve specific indigenous customs to enhance and attract tourists, giving them a unique experience and at the same time giving them the benefit to learn about Australia’s aboriginal culture. These namely include mainly dreamtime stories, music and dance, Spears and Boomerangs throwing, artefacts and medicinal plants.
Therefore this section will mainly concentrate on the Indigenous culture of the place and its involvement in the project.
Background
The Bendee downs is a piece of land which was granted ownership to the Kooma Traditional Owner’s Association Incorporated (KTOAI) in January 2000 (QUT 2010). The indigenous nation of the Kooma people is situated towards south-west Queensland as can be clearly seen in the picture below.
The Indigenous culture and people are going to be of main importance to the project. As the projects main objective would be to get the guests involved with the local community and learn about their culture. So the Kooma culture will be involved in many different ways and times, but the below mentioned 3 main activities will be the ones which this section will mainly focus about.
Dreamtime Stories music and dance
The Indigenous people of Australia also believe that there was a time where everything was created, plants ,animals, lakes, mountains etc…. in other words a “Creation Period” .This
Bendee Downs being an area owned by the Kooma Traditional owners, involves an indigenous population though little, within its precincts. Therefore respecting and gaining knowledge about local culture and customs of the Kooma people are of central importance when dealing with a project as the EWB challenge. This being a symbol to show the traditional owners a sign of respect can be also turned into an asset for this ecotourism project. The local culture of a particular area is what mainly attracts tourists, as tourists prefer to experience different customs and cultures of different places (Costa n.d). This project aims to involve specific indigenous customs to enhance and attract tourists, giving them a unique experience and at the same time giving them the benefit to learn about Australia’s aboriginal culture. These namely include mainly dreamtime stories, music and dance, Spears and Boomerangs throwing, artefacts and medicinal plants.
Therefore this section will mainly concentrate on the Indigenous culture of the place and its involvement in the project.
Background
The Bendee downs is a piece of land which was granted ownership to the Kooma Traditional Owner’s Association Incorporated (KTOAI) in January 2000 (QUT 2010). The indigenous nation of the Kooma people is situated towards south-west Queensland as can be clearly seen in the picture below.
The Indigenous culture and people are going to be of main importance to the project. As the projects main objective would be to get the guests involved with the local community and learn about their culture. So the Kooma culture will be involved in many different ways and times, but the below mentioned 3 main activities will be the ones which this section will mainly focus about.
Dreamtime Stories music and dance
The Indigenous people of Australia also believe that there was a time where everything was created, plants ,animals, lakes, mountains etc…. in other words a “Creation Period” .This
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