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what form of worship did the australian aboriginals go through?

specially 1000 years back

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The religious life of the Aboriginal people centers on the Dreaming. This is a European term used by Aborigines to describe the spiritual, natural and moral order of the universe. It relates to a time from the beginning of the world to an era beyond living memory. This period is known as the Dreamtime. It focusses on the activities and epic deeds of supernatural beings, and the creator ancestors of the Abg. people: like the Rainbow Serpents, the Lightning Men and the Wagilag Sister who in both human and non-human form travelled across an unformed world, creating everything and setting laws for social and religious behaviour. These beings provide the means for humans to mantain harmony with the universe.

    The power of the Dreamings are present in the land, in natural species ,and can reside even in people. The powers of the ancestral beings have to be activated from generation to generation by ceremonies and by art: ritual songs and dances, totem-like objects and graphic designs. The stories of these ancestrail beings provide the great themes of Aboriginal Art.

    Source(s): Aboriginal Art, Wally Caruna, Thames & Hudson, 1987, pp.10-11
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

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