Get Familiar With Australian Aboriginal Art

By Author: Taj Cochran
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As is well known, there are numerous nations, each of which contains a variety of cultures. A particular group of people's culture includes their knowledge of and attitudes towards things like religion, social customs, music, the arts, and other things. One such example is Australia, which has long been regarded as a multicultural nation made up virtually exclusively of immigrants. The Australian Aboriginal people, one of Australia's two separate Indigenous peoples together with the Torres Strait Islander peoples, have a fascinating culture and art.
 
The fact that Australian Aboriginal culture may be the oldest continuously existing culture on earth makes us more curious to learn more about them. First of all, it's interesting to note that Aboriginal spiritual systems base their rituals and practises on respect for the Dreamtime. According to some, dreaming is both the actuality of dreaming and the distant period of creation. For many Australian aboriginal people, the Rainbow Serpent, for instance, is a significant ancestor figure. Therefore, aboriginal people likewise saw death as a transition ...
... to a new life that was somewhat similar to the one they had been leading before they passed away. Australian aboriginal art, as far as we are aware, encompasses a variety of artistic mediums, such as painting on leaves, wood carving, rock carving, sculpture, ceremonial dress, dot painting, bark painting, and sand painting. Aboriginal art and religious rituals or ceremonies appear to be intimately related. Symbols are utilised in indigenous art to depict a variety of ideas. It's interesting to note that contemporary and traditional materials are used by Aboriginal artists to maintain these traditions in their works.
 
Another fascinating aspect of Aboriginal people is that they hunt with boomerangs, which are common hunting tools. Various than the boomerang, there are other weapons available, including spears, message sticks, canoes that made it simple to traverse around the lagoon, and others. But the boomerang is the one that grabs my attention. How could such a flat object be used for hunting? That kind of thought comes to mind when considering how the Aboriginal people utilise boomerangs for hunting. Amazingly, it makes sense that boomerang production differs across the continent given that there are more than 250 different linguistic groupings. Boomerangs are thrown by coastal and high-country inhabitants using lighter boomerangs, whereas inland and desert cultures utilise larger, heavier boomerangs. Non-returning boomerangs make up the great bulk of them. You will find Australian aboriginal arts on rock walls, ceremonial articles and so on.


About the Author: This contribution has been made by Taj Cochran who has written a number of articles on Australian Aboriginal Art and provides fruitful information.