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Hi everyone here are some interesting facts about Aboriginal Culture

Aboriginals are the first know human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands

Traditional Aboriginal music is played on the Didgeridoo

Music and dance is a very important part of Aboriginal customs, there is a song and dance for every occasion, including songs for hunting, ancestors, landscapes, animals, seasons, myths, and dreamtime legends.

Aboriginals believe that they don't own this land the land owns them

The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation and its stories and the beginning of knowledge

Boomerangs are used as weapons especially for hunting and fighting

Uluru, or Ayers Rock is a Sacred Aboriginal Site for the Aboriginal people of Anangu, there is a sacred traditional Dreamtime track that runs around it



Thursday, August 4, 2011

Hi everyone,

Here in Australia we have been celebrating NAIDOC week so Nat and I thought it would be a great idea to share with you what NAIDOC is all about and why it's so important to all Australians.

Every July NAIDOC celebrations are held all around Australia to honour the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated by everyone and the week is a great opportunity for all communities to come together and take part in a wide range of activities and show support for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

At Nat's school they celebrated by holding a NAIDOC week Assembly where there was a displayof traditional dancing, ceremonies and story telling and during the week the whole school took part in sand and ink art, contempo
rary dot and animal painting, boomerang aerodynamics, Murri Murri which is a traditional ball game using traditional skills, face painting and damper cooking which is where a bread type meal is cooked in a hole in the ground by fire, Nat said it was a lot of fun taking part in making the bread but it didn't taste to good! Every night Nat came home and told us all about the activities that took place, he loves NAIDOC week and said that this year it was really good!

Other traditional activities and ways to celebrate include, holding a traditional flag ceremony, reading dreamtime stories which we did at home, Nat has a book called "Tales of my Grandmother's Dreamtime" by Naiura, his favourite story is Yarrah-Wil Yango The Storm Boy, visiting local indigenous sites of significance and interest, supporting local events and
listening to indigenous music.

You can visit the NAIDOC website www.naidoc.org.au to find out more and Nat and I have found a great website that you can visit which is really fun and interactivewww.abc.net.au/messageclub

We want to share more with you about the Aboriginal Culture and the Dream Time Stories so we will put up a post soon, till then have fun and if you live in Australia hope you all had a great NAIDOC week!

Don't forget, if you have a story to tell and would like a post put up, email us and we will share it with everyone for you!

See you soon Kate and Natxx
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