Aboriginal Religion

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Indigenous Australians Essay Indigenous Australians that lived in the era without Europeans were peaceful and nomadic people. They sought not after violence and anger, but spirituality and love toward their land. The aboriginals tackled a lot of issues like; starvation, hygiene and infection, but they always seemed to survive and overcome the issues bought to their land. They learnt from their mistakes and forgave others, which made them peaceful and enlightened people. In Australian Aboriginal culture, "The Dreaming" is a dynamic religion because it is characterized by energy, ambition, new ideas and practical achievements. The Aborigines relationship with the land, and their art and music, reveals that "The Dreaming" is a dynamic religion. Aborigines cherished their spirituality and embraced it with their…show more content…
They relied heavily on “living of the land.” This meant that they thrived of the vegetation and wildlife as a source of food, and relied on natural housing, such as a cave to inhabit. They did not have an idea of what there was no need for technology or medical aid because of the simple lifestyle they have led. They seemed to be very thin, before the settlement, because of the hunting. If a male was to come back empty handed from a hunting trip the whole tribe would have to starve till the next, hunting trip. Another point is that the aboriginals never over ate they ate what was necessary. The aborigines lived of the land and it is what made the aboriginals an independent and functional society. The role of men and women in the community of aboriginals, were very separate careers. Men would traditionally do all the hunting and spend majority of their time “cave painting.” While the woman will tend to their kin, and gather resources such as berries for the tribes benefit. By giving a gender certain roles to fulfil in a tribe, is what made the aboriginals stand out from today’s modern

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