Aboriginal Spirituality Flashcards
Syllabus : Discuss how Aboriginal Spirituality is determined by the Dreaming (Kinship. Ceremonial life, Obligations to land + people)
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What is the Dreaming
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- Defined as the past, present and future.
- It is aboriginal spirituality (affects every aspect of Aboriginal life)
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What does the Dreaming do?
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- Establishes the rules
- provides knowledge which creates relationship between people and land
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How is the Dreaming expressed?
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- Kinship
- Ceremonial life
- Obligations to land
(this determines Aboriginal Spirituality)
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What is Kinship
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The system of relationships accepted by the people that describe the rights + responsibilities of the members of that particular group/clan
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What are the 3 levels of Kinship
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- 1st level - Moiety
- 2nd level - totems
- 3rd level - Skin names
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What is Ceremonial life
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The rituals which maintain the connection to the dreaming of individuals and to land
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Examples of Ceremonial life?
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- Rites of passage (initiation, death, burial, periodic)
- Ceremonies performed at various intervals for various reasons
- Balance Rites
- Death + burial Rites
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What is Obligation to the land
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- The responisibility to care for + nurture the land
- recognition of land providing food, water, and repository of sacred + activities of Dreaming beings
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