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Publication Date: 2001
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Waves of Knowing: Polymorphism and Co-Substantive Essences in Yolngu Sea Cosmology.
Magowan, Fiona
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, v29 n1 p22-35 2001
The Yolngu people of Australia's Northern Territory trace their lineage through places in the land and water. Movements of currents represent movements of clans over time. Patterns of sound and design are associated with particular groups and with body parts. These essences are conveyed in ritual songs that are crucial ways of knowing oneself and invoking ancestral power. Analysis of Yolngu sea cosmology has substantiated Native land claims. (TD)
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Anthropology, Foreign Countries, Genealogy, Identification (Psychology), Indigenous Knowledge, Nonformal Education, Oral Tradition, Self Concept, Songs, Spirituality, Symbolism, World Views
For full text: http://www.uq.edu.au/ATSIS/ajie/contents/29 1.html.
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Language: English
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