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What is meant by The Dreaming in Aboriginal Spirituality? What is its significance for Aboriginal Australians and how is this expressed?
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What is meant by The Dreaming in Aboriginal Spirituality? What is its significance for Aboriginal Australians and how is this expressed? The Dreaming is the core of traditional Aboriginal religious beliefs. The term itself translates as various words in different languages of the Aboriginal people. Groups each have their own words for this concept: for example the Ngarinyin people of north-Western Australia use the word Ungud, the Arrernte people of central Australia refer to it as Aldjerinya and the Adnyamathanha use the word Nguthuna. Its meaning is paramount to traditional Aboriginal people, their lifestyle and their culture, for it determines their values and beliefs and their relationship with every living creature and every characteristic of the landscape. Through a network of obligations involving themselves, the land, and the Ancestors, traditional Aboriginals express The Dreaming through every facet of their life. The Dreaming is not just a recollection of the past, it is...
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