Aboriginals and the Land
ABORIGINALS AND THE LAND
For a non aboriginal person, it is very hard for me to understand how vital the land is to the survival of the aboriginal culture. The Aboriginal people have a very close relationship with the land. They believe that he land was created by their ancestors for them and is very sacred. They also believe that the land is equal to them and hat everything comes from the same spirit world. The Aboriginal people passed down stories of the land through Dreamtime stories and artworks painted on rocks. The Aboriginals believed that the land was a part of them and that it was their identity. Most things that they did revolved around the land and using the land to effectively survive without harming it.
#PHYSICAL WORLD
" OUR LAND OUR LIFE "
'We don 't own the land, the land owns us '
'The Land is my mother, my mother is the land '
'Land is the starting point to where it all began. It is like picking up a piece of dirt and saying this is where I started and this is where I will go '
'The land is our food, our culture, our spirit and identity '
'We don 't have boundaries like fences, as farmers do. We have spiritual connections '
This poem was written by and Aboriginal person and it very effectively portrays haw the Aboriginal people feel about the land. This poem shows us that there was no ownership of land in the aboriginal culture and that they depended on the land. Its also shows us how they are spiritually connected to the land and how their land is their identity. This poem also helps us to understand that the land is everything to the aboriginal people "The land is our food, our culture, our spirit and identity" and that they need the land to continue to practice their faith and traditions.
# The Aboriginal people believe that all things are part of a large network of relationships .These relationships are said to have been started by the spirit ancestors of the Dreamtime.
This diagram
For a non aboriginal person, it is very hard for me to understand how vital the land is to the survival of the aboriginal culture. The Aboriginal people have a very close relationship with the land. They believe that he land was created by their ancestors for them and is very sacred. They also believe that the land is equal to them and hat everything comes from the same spirit world. The Aboriginal people passed down stories of the land through Dreamtime stories and artworks painted on rocks. The Aboriginals believed that the land was a part of them and that it was their identity. Most things that they did revolved around the land and using the land to effectively survive without harming it.
#PHYSICAL WORLD
" OUR LAND OUR LIFE "
'We don 't own the land, the land owns us '
'The Land is my mother, my mother is the land '
'Land is the starting point to where it all began. It is like picking up a piece of dirt and saying this is where I started and this is where I will go '
'The land is our food, our culture, our spirit and identity '
'We don 't have boundaries like fences, as farmers do. We have spiritual connections '
This poem was written by and Aboriginal person and it very effectively portrays haw the Aboriginal people feel about the land. This poem shows us that there was no ownership of land in the aboriginal culture and that they depended on the land. Its also shows us how they are spiritually connected to the land and how their land is their identity. This poem also helps us to understand that the land is everything to the aboriginal people "The land is our food, our culture, our spirit and identity" and that they need the land to continue to practice their faith and traditions.
# The Aboriginal people believe that all things are part of a large network of relationships .These relationships are said to have been started by the spirit ancestors of the Dreamtime.
This diagram
Bibliography: http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/dreamtime2.html http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/culture/land.php http://www.dreamtime.auz.net/default.asp?PageID=71