what are three aspects of Aboriginal Culture
The following lists the three main aspects of Aboriginal social structure and then the details and grouping within these are given. The physical or geographical structuring of the society. A tribe or "language group" of perhaps 500 people is made up of bands of about 10-20 people each, who join together for day to day hunting and food gathering. Each band of people can be called a "horde". Within each horde are several families. The religious and totemic structuring of the society. On a religious level, society in much of Australia is divided into two moieties. These moieties may be based on Ancestral Beings from the Creation Period. Within each moiety are significant animals, plants, or places, which are of a highly religious nature. Each person, as well as belonging to one or the other moiety, is also connected to one or more of these subjects, called "totems". Sometimes moieties are further divided into sections or subsections. The social structuring - relationships between people – the kinship system. The kinship system allows each person in Aboriginal society to be named in relation to one another. This is seen when a non Aboriginal person goes to live in an Aboriginal community, and proudly tells their friends that they have been adopted by the group, being called a "mother/father", "daughter/son" or "brother/sister" to someone. When Aborigines accept an outsider into their group, they have to name that person in relation to themselves, to allow that person to fit into their society. This is because they need to have in their own minds the kinship relation of that person to themselves, and that person must have a defined social position. http://www.aboriginalculture.com.au/socialorganisation.shtml
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