Australian aboriginal culture
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:19 pmAboriginal culture dates from 60.000 years ago. It represents the oldest surviving culture in the world. The studies explain that Europeans come to Australia in 1788 to the Sydney region of South East Australia, but they didn’t reach Central Australia until the 1880s.
Many customs and activities have ceased or changed after European contact, and these were called “traditional” ways. Aboriginal culture have changed in different ways depending of the place, because it hasn’t been the same evolution in all Australian areas.
The didgeridoo is an ancestral musical wind instrument. His name it’s not original from Australia. This name is original from European colonists. In Australia you can find a lot of words to define it, but the most common is “Yidaki” that it means “soul connection instrument”.
There are a lot of styles in aboriginal art. You can find painted art, or stone art, or many other. Also it’s different in function of the age and the ancestral region. All is very intrensting, and, in my opinion, very nice.
Many customs and activities have ceased or changed after European contact, and these were called “traditional” ways. Aboriginal culture have changed in different ways depending of the place, because it hasn’t been the same evolution in all Australian areas.
The didgeridoo is an ancestral musical wind instrument. His name it’s not original from Australia. This name is original from European colonists. In Australia you can find a lot of words to define it, but the most common is “Yidaki” that it means “soul connection instrument”.
There are a lot of styles in aboriginal art. You can find painted art, or stone art, or many other. Also it’s different in function of the age and the ancestral region. All is very intrensting, and, in my opinion, very nice.