ARTS,+LITERATURE+AND+MUSIC+INDIGENOUS

**__ ARTS, LITERATURE, MUSIC __**  -Much of aboriginal art is a representation of dreamtime/dreamtime stories [|**] - Art has a very significant importance- One must act appropriately around the artwork [|**] - Images are not just 'pictures' but manifestations of what they show [|**] - Art is used as form of communication/re-creation of ancestral events/ancestors [|**] - Designs are believed to posess/contain ancestral power [|**] -Examples of traditional indigenous Australian art include body, rock and bark painting, as well as rock engravings, stone arrangements, sculpturing, carving and weaving.[|**] -Designs & styles varied, as there were many separate Indigenous tribes who lived with different kinds of cultures.[|**]

__BODY PAINTING__ - Earlier forms of art. - Very spiritual significance to tribes, though sometimes just creative. [|**] - Reflected upon relationships, social position, totem animals, ancestors, social stature, ect. - Some tribes used in ceremonies and traditional dances. - Designs were very well thought out, and took a long time to create. - Designs often included cross hatching and dots. - Generally ‘earthly’ in colour. - Women often paint their upper body for ceremonies concerning them. - Specific relatives are given permission to paint the women, not appropriate to paint self.



__BARK & ROCK PAINTING__ - Used earthly colours. - Usually made from ochre. - Dot painting, totems/stories told through dots - Cross hatch art, animals/humans drawn inside outline - Stencil

__MUSIC__ [|Main source] - The didgeridoo was only played in easter regions, only by men. - Clapping sticks more popular. - Much of the time songs were sang about spiritual journeys, or the 'dreamtime' - The 'bull-roarer' is a wooden slat twisted in a circle on a cord that rotates while producing a pulsing, low pitched roar.[|**] - The 'gum leaf' was initially a tree leaf held against the lips and blown- initially used to imitate bird calls.[|**]



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