Australian Aborigines

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Which Ancestor are these women connecting to?

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Which Ancestor are these men connecting to?

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What type of totem would you expect this young man

to carry?

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What type of totem would you expect this young man

to carry?Ritual dances are performed in single-gender groups by people who share a totem and an

Ancestor-related responsibility.

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Ritual dances are performed in single-gender groups by people who share a totem and an

Ancestor-related responsibility.

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During many rituals, Aborigines will paint a criss-cross pattern to show the paths of the Ancestors during the

Dreaming, across all of Australia.

Some commonly used designs in Aboriginal painting

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The flag of the Australian Aborigines shows a sun, the darkness of the Aboriginal people of Australia and the redness of the earth and the spiritual

relationship these people have with the land.