Promoting Aboriginal Culture: Dance, Media, Sports, Art in Education

This essay examines various facets of Aboriginal culture through the lens of dance, media, sports, and art. It highlights the importance of preserving and promoting these traditions, particularly within primary education. The essay discusses how traditional Aboriginal dance plays a crucial role in storytelling and cultural transmission, while modern media provides platforms for connecting communities and expressing cultural identity. Traditional sports and games offer opportunities for social interaction and physical health, and Aboriginal art serves as a powerful medium for conveying knowledge and cultural values. The essay emphasizes the need for support from students, parents, and staff in fostering cultural awareness and promoting the unique identity of Aboriginal people on a global scale. Desklib provides students with access to this essay, along with a wealth of other study resources, including past papers and solved assignments.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Australia aboriginal people is defined as the one of the two distinct which have a group of
people in Australia. The other being is also called as the Torres Strait Islander, in this, some of
the scholar now argue (Araluen Corr et. al., 2018). However, that their evidence of the early
practice of both the facts which is agriculture and aquaculture by the aboriginal people. In this,
the four sample is collected which is based on the dance, media, sport and art which is
proportional to the study with the traditional aspect of Aboriginal people. Moreover, study
include information related with the sample and their issue or nay fact which is explored with the
portfolio (Frieman et. al., 2020). In the primary school, it is important to promote such culture
which based on tradition and aspect which follow the culture of ancestor. With this, the support
of student, parents and staff is necessary for the promotion of their culture include dance, media,
sports and art. Moreover, this help to provide knowledge and skill regards with their own culture
that promote Aboriginal people identity and their work among the world with the help of school
and also, student, parents and staff.
MAIN BODY
Sample 1: Dance
In this, the dance has their always some factor of tradition which is must promoted and informed
to student in school during their primary schooling because they used to know about their
traditional form of dance. While taking the aspect of dance, there is a particular article which
state about the traditional and ceremonial Aboriginal dance which has been a part of culture of
Aboriginal people for the thousands of years. In this, the dance is played an essential role which
is spirituality of indigenous people which is also called as Australian tribes. With this, each
group have their own custom and they have their own pattern to perform and orchestrating these
dance. In this, they have a major purpose of the traditional Aboriginal dancing which was focus
on the telling of stories which is continuously passed through one generational to others. In this,
these stories have their own segment which refers land animals, dreamtime and about the
ancestor and present culture of Aboriginal people (Garvey et. al., 2021). As per this, the student
knows the importance of their culture which is associated with the dance. In this, primary school
is a place where student has on their leaning phase and when they are getting to know about the
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culture which inspire them for their identity. This act as media which influence and determine
the people with impeding with their own identity.
As per this, for the primary school staff, it is major responsibility that they must grow
through the aspect which is helpful to inspire the student for the learning their culture includes
dance and other form. In this, they usually classes and make appropriate bond with the parents
for the promotion of culture through this activity. This is quite simple and common for the
people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander that they are incorporated their limitation for the
certain animals which help to assist in the approach of storytelling and bring the concept of
dreamtime to the life. Moreover, the stories which is based on dance is act as initiation process or
help to celebrate the new stage of life. For example, the ceremonial dancing and the process of
storytelling was a large context of coming at the age of celebration for the children which include
boys and girls which initiate them into the adulthood. In this, the dance is act as subject for the
people of Aboriginal because it happens in the wedding and funeral ceremonies which was the
community which help to bring tradition and culture as a part of celebration (Gibson et. al.,
2019).
Sample 2: Media
Media of the Aboriginal play vital role in promoting their culture on the global level. In this,
they promote their culture through activity and using proper digital platform. However, this all
started with the primary school where student is achieving knowledge of their own culture and
with the support of parents and staff they usually make their own recognise on the world. In this,
they have their unique culture and traditional which attract media to explore and promote, which
is helpful for the people of Aboriginal to make their identity and recognition.
While taking the contrast of second sample which is based on the aboriginal media which
signify that the aboriginal people from the Australia are enthusiastic and avid user of the social
media. In this, the Facebook, twitter, tic toc and other platform which is associated with the
social media are usually help the people of aboriginal to connect each other and established
contact and culture across the distance and time. However, the enhancing their social connection
sometime useful to analyse and determine their identity (Hamacher et. al., 2019). As per this
media promote the culture with various form, in school and university, in which they perform
their aspect of culture basis dance, drama and so on which is promoted by media. The student
learn this all during their primary schooling with the support of parents and children.
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As per this, indigenous media which be defined as the form of media expression which is
based on the concept that produce and circulate by the impact of indigenous people around the
world or measure at the global level as medium to develop and produce communication and
interaction. This may include cultural preservation, cultural and artistic expression and the
political self-determination and the cultural sovereignty. This act as purpose for the education
where smartphone have the graphical user interface that use icon and gesture which is very
compatible with the aspect of culture that has oral and visual history.
Sample 3: Sports and Games
The people of aboriginal have various games and sports which is play by them. With this
some of the games are played in primary school between the student as a sports competition. In
this, aboriginal people have their traditional game and student plays with a proper ethical manner
and parents support their student in achieving some rewards which make recognition for sports.
Such type of sports with the help of parents and staff maintain their identity in aboriginal and
they are promoted in global level. Traditional Aboriginal games are almost lost after the
colonisation of people. With the current time, the Aboriginal people is usually try to establish the
traditional Aboriginal games and their rules. In this, they adapted the game for the safety reason.
Traditional factor of aboriginals is usually including some of inclusive game which not
competitive. For example, if the player is out from the games which they can immediately join
the game once leaving the filed (McGregor et. al., 2018).
There are some of the benefits which is associated with the traditional gaming which is
based on the indigenous people and this is promoted by parents and staff. There are benefits
which bring the traditional indigenous people game to back in life. There are some of factor
which is useful due to this include bringing together of indigenous people, it also helps to
connect urban indigenous youth to their culture. In this, they also boost the education and their
retention, they also promote the reconciliation, provide essential training in the social interaction
and they also helpful to enhance the physical health. Moreover, traditional Aboriginal games
were not only played by children. In this, some of the games are involved with the men and boys,
even for the old men, while in other games everyone is allowed to take their participation in this
games.
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Sample 4: Arts
The art has their unique form which is recognise on the global level. This is taught in primary
school that is based on culture. The people of aboriginal have their ancient form of art which is
recognise on the global level. For this, the staff and student during the primary schooling are
learn about art which is followed by their ancestor and they drive for maintaining the equilibrium
and show the potential to explore the culture.
There several type of the method which is used for making the aboriginal art which majorly
include rock painting, dot painting, bark painting, carving, sculpture and the weaving which is
main identical of the Aboriginal people. Australian Aboriginal art which is based on the oldest
tradition of the art which is based on world. In this, the indigenous art is centred on the story
telling. This all is associated with the chronical to convey the knowledge of the land. Moreover,
the people of aboriginal people use symbol is an alternate way to writing down stories which
show the significance of cultural and teaching survival and use of the land (van Rijswijk et. al.,
2017).
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is analysing the aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people
have their dance which is based on traditional aspect which follow their ethics and culture.
Moreover, there are other sample such as sports, arts and media which is also support the
indigenous people for the promotion of their identity.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Araluen Corr et. al., (2018). Silence and resistance: Aboriginal women working within and
against the archive. Continuum, 32(4), 487-502.
Frieman et. al., (2020). Navigating contact: tradition and innovation in Australian contact rock
art. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 24(2), 342-366.
Garvey et. al., (2021). The fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing: a
conceptual model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, 18(15), 7745.
Gibson et. al., (2019). Ethnographic sound collections and Australian Aboriginal Heritage:
Kaytetye song traditions remembered. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 25(6),
537-552.
Hamacher et. al., (2019). Indigenous use of stellar scintillation to predict weather and seasonal
change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 131(1), 24-33.
McGregor et. al., (2018). Reconciliation and environmental justice. Journal of Global
Ethics, 14(2), 222-231.
van Rijswijk et. al., (2017). Encountering Aboriginal Legalities through a Literary Jurisprudence
of Suffering. Challenges to Living Together Transculturalism, Migration, Exploitation.
for a Semioethics of Human Relations.
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