BUNJALUNG PEOPLE ARE ABORIGINES FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY SPEAK BUNJALONG LANGUAGE.THE BUNJALONG BELIEVE THAT SPIRITS OF WOUNDED WARRIORS ARE PRESENT WITHIN THE MOUNTAINS. THEIR INJURIES HAVE BEEN MANIFESTED AS SCARS ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE. THUNDER RECALLS THE SOUND OF THE WARRIORS BATTLES. WALLUMBIN ITSELF THE SITE AT WHICH CHIEF WARRIOR LIVES MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE AND HERITAGE IS CELEBRATED. PEOPLE GATHER AT THE BUNJALUNG NATIONAL PARK TO CELEBRATE PEOPLE'S GATHERING. THEY WANT TO SHOW OTHERS THAT THEIR DECORATIONS ARE STILL ALIVE. THEY WEAR COSTUMES AND DANCE.
THEY MAKE DIDJERIDU'S WHICH PREDATE MOST OTHER INSTRUMENTS BY MILLENIA. THE LEAF FROM THE EUCALYPTUS FAMILY WAS USED TO BY BUNDIJALUNG TRIBES AS AN INSTRUMENT BY BLOWING. THEY ALSO USE PRIMITIVE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS THE BULL ROARER, RHOMBUS, OR TURNDUN. THE LATER IS MADE OF A SMALL FLAT SLIP OF WOOD, THROUGH A HOLE IN ONE END WHICH HAS A STRING THAT IS SWINGING RAPIDLY TO HIM. THE BULLROARERS IS CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD, AND IS ALSO USED IN EGYPT AND BY THE INUIT. IT IS USED TO WARD EVIL SPIRITS AWAY. CLAPSTICKS ARE USED BY VARIOUS ABORIGINALS. THEY ARE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS.
ABORIGINES BELIEVE DEATH AND VARIOUS ILLNESS WAS CAUSED BY SPIRITS OR PERSONS PRACTICING SORCERY. THEIR CULTURE WAS TOO RICH TO BELIEVE AILMENTS OR ACCIDENTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO SORCERY. THEY BELIEVED IN MAGIC THOUGH. SPIRITUAL DOCTORS WERE MEN , RARELY WOMEN OF GREAT WISDOM AND IMMENSE POWER. THEY WERE INITIATED INTO TRIBAL SECRETS. THEY COULD VISIT THE SKIES, WITNESS EVENTS FROM AFAR, FIGHT WITH SERPENTS. BY PERFORMING SACRED THEY COULD EFFECT A CURE.
HEALING OF TRIVIAL COMPLAINTS WAS PRACTICED BY ALL ABORIGINES USING HERBS AND REMEDIES. OLDER WOMEN WERE THE EXPERTS. PLANTS WERE PREPARED FOR REMEDIES AS THE PATIENT INHALED STEAM. AN INFUSION OF LEAVES AND BARK WAS MADE BY SOAKING IN THE WATER - THEN IT WAS DRUNK AND WASHED OVER THE PATIENT. ABORIGINAL MEDICINE WAS NEVER QUANTIFIED. NEWBORN BABIES WERE RUBBED WITH OIL SO THEY WOULD BE STRONGER.
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