Australian Aboriginal culture.ppt

1、Australian Aboriginal culture,Definition,Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Austr

2、alian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal music is predominantly of the country music genre. Indigenous Australians did n

3、ot develop a system of writing.,Australian Aboriginal art,Indigenous Australian art (also known as Australian Aboriginal art) is art made by the Indigenous peoples of Australia and in collaborations between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. It includes works in a wide range of media includi

4、ng painting on leaves, wood carving, rock carving, sculpture, ceremonial clothing and sandpainting. This article discusses works that pre-date European colonization as well as contemporary Indigenous Australian art by Aboriginal Australians. These have been studied in recent years and have gained in

5、creased international recognition.,Examples,Aboriginal hollow log coffin,Aboriginal Namadgi National Park featuring a Kangaroo, Dingoes, Echidna or Turtles, totems and stories are created using dots.,This photo shows the painting of Baiame made by an unknown Wiradjuri artist in Baiames cave, near Si

6、ngleton, NSW. Notice the length of his arms which extend to the two trees either side.,Aboriginal art at Uluru,Aboriginal art showing Barramundi fish,Ochre Pits in central Australia where a variety of clay earth pigments were obtained.,Luurnpa by John Lee Tjakamarra and Kaningarra near Canning Stock

7、 by Susie Bootja Bootja at the Arte contemporaneo australiano de Balgo Hills exhibition at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City,Picture of Albert Namatjira at the , Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, in 2007.,Indigenous Australian music,Australian indigenous music includes the music of Australian

8、Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates a variety of distinctive traditional music styles practiced by Indigenous Australian peoples, as well as a range of contemporary musical styles of and fusion with European traditions as interp

9、reted and performed by indigenous Australian artists. Music has formed an integral part of the social, cultural and ceremonial observances of these peoples, down through the millennia of their individual and collective histories to the present day. The traditional forms include many aspects of perfo

10、rmance and musical instrumentation which are unique to particular regions or Indigenous Australian groups; there are equally elements of musical tradition which are common or widespread through much of the Australian continent, and even beyond. The culture of the Torres Strait Islanders is related t

11、o that of adjacent parts of New Guinea and so their music is also related. Music is a vital part of Indigenous Australians cultural maintenance In addition to these indigenous traditions and musical heritage, ever since the 18th century European colonisation of Australia began indigenous Australian

12、musicians and performers have adopted and interpreted many of the imported Western musical styles, often informed by and in combination with traditional instruments and sensibilities. Similarly, non-indigenous artists and performers have adapted, used and sampled indigenous Australian styles and ins

13、truments in their works. Contemporary musical styles such as rock and roll, country, rap and reggae have all featured a variety of notable Indigenous Australian performers,Traditional instruments,Didgeridoo Clapsticks,Bunggul Clan songs and songlines Death Wail Krill Krill Kun-borrk Wangga,Tradition

14、al forms,A didgeridoo, or yidaki,Two pairs of Australian Aboriginal clapsticks,Australian Aboriginal astronomy,Australian Aboriginal astronomy is a name given to indigenous Australian culture relating to astronomical subjects such as the Sun and Moon, the stars, planets, and the Milky Way, and their

15、 motions on the sky. Because the Australian Aboriginal culture is the oldest continuous culture in the world, it is probable that the Australian Aboriginal people are the worlds oldest astronomers. One of the earliest records of indigenous astronomy was made by William Edward Stanbridge, an Englishm

16、an who emigrated to Australia in 1841 and befriended the local people. Some Aboriginal groups use the motions of celestial bodies for calendar purposes. Many attribute religious or mythological meanings to celestial bodies and phenomena. There is a diversity of astronomical traditions in Australia,

17、each with its own particular expression of cosmology. However, there appear to be common themes and systems between the groups.,Emu in the sky Canoe in Orion Pleiades Milky Way and other stars Sun and Moon Eclipses Venus,The main content of astronomy,The Aboriginal Emu in the sky. In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsac