澳大利亚图腾文化 Dreamtime

3、knowledge of the land so that the indigenous people can survive in the life-threatening environment
1、Ancestor in the dreamtime create the land and all the things in nature. 2、Now ,people believe that those ancestor still exist and influence all the things in nature.
3、Totem，which every clan has, are Intermediary between the ancestors and them. kangaroos, fishes, birds are often used as totem.
Definition:
it’s the belief that each clan has a supernatural connection with a special animal. They can contact their ancestors by this animal.
think their totem has a special relation to other clan’s totem, or even equal to their totem . They extremely respect their totem and those totems they think equal to theirs , so you can’t kill or even eat their totem in front of them.
The savannah climate
Tropical rainforest climate
Tropical desert climate
Mediterranean climate
Exploitation of the land 1、after 1788, the first industries --- the sealing industries. 2、later, the pastoralists exploited the People’s understanding
Stories of the dreaming
1、explain the creation of whichever features of the land that form the country of any one group
2、principles of how people should live and interact with each other (religious faith and customs)
“time before time”
“the time of the creation of all things”
Beliefs and spirituality This belief system from ancient times that has bound indigenous groups together Oldest religion in Australia
of the land in the development of the great cattle and sheep stations, which created massive wealth for them. Young indigenous women were abducted to work for them.
Image:
Animals are often admired as totems ,plants and other things are very rare.
Symbol: Prohibit intermarriage in the same tribe. Details: each clan has its own totem. sometimes, they
The formation of their existence:
Public performance Beg myth Show the power of myth
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Witch doctor: they all have a bird or other animals to symbolize spirit. It helps them communicate with spiritual world and gain power to defeat enemies.
Origin:
the people of dreaming are weak when they confront nature, so some myth who have supernatural strength went in their hearts. They believes that witch inherit those myth’s great power, and they can control environment , create miracle.
No wages and were treated very bad
Care about their fate!!!
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