Aborigines

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Aborigines

• The Aborigines lived in New South Wales Australia
  for over 40,000 years.

• The Aborigines believed that the world was
  created in a time called dream time.

This is a map of New South Wales.
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Aboriginal art
Aboriginal Art, art of the Aboriginal
Australians. Traditionally almost entirely
religious and ceremonial, it was directed toward
portraying stories of the Dreaming, a creation
mythology reflecting the Aboriginal
hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Perishable materials
were used, for example in bark painting and
carved trees and logs, and few early works of
this type survive. A great deal of rock art
remains intact, however, and forms one of the
richest continuing traditions in the world.
Abstract patterns and stylized figures
predominate. Ground and body painting were also
practiced, chiefly as part of secret initiation
rites.
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Didgeridoo
Didgeridoo, musical instrument, a trumpet used
by the Aboriginal people of northern Australia to
accompany singing and dancing in rituals and
entertainment. In use for about the past 1000
years, the didgeridoo is made from an irregular
eucalyptus branch about 1 to 1.5 m (about 3.25 to
5 ft) long and has a conical bore that is
hollowed by termites. The entire length of the
tube is often decorated with totemic designs. At
the smaller end there is a mouthpiece fashioned
of pliable beeswax. Players produce the
fundamental note by loosely vibrating their lips
against the mouthpiece. To avoid pausing for
breath, players inhale through the nose and store
air in their cheeks, a technique known as
circular breathing. This technique permits the
production of a continuous drone that can be
altered by the lips, by the tongue, and by
diaphragm pressure to vary the pitch and texture
of the instrument's sound. Vocal sounds are
integrated to create buzzing, growling, humming,
and croaking effects that imitate birds and
animals. In recent years the didgeridoo has been
adopted by non-Aboriginal musicians.