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emphasise the life-holding
magical properties of
these tjurungas. The
ancestor regarded his
tjurunga as
portions of his own being; and is
always worried...
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Tjurunga, also
spelt Churinga, is an
object considered to be of
religious significance by
Central Australian Aboriginal peoples of the
Arrernte groups...
- is the
creator being of the
Inapertwa that
became all
living creatures.
Tjurunga are
objects of
religious significance. The
Arrernte Council is the representative...
- cultures, such as the
collection of soul-stones near
Arlesheim or the
tjurungas of Australia. He
concluded that his
intuitive ceremonial act was an unconscious...
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earliest Aboriginal rock art, to the
Early Stone Age. They are
earlier than
tjurungas. If they were used to
communicate messages, as
generally thought, they...
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Tjurunga is a
monotypic genus of
Tasmanian sheetweb spiders containing the
single species,
Tjurunga paroculus. The
female of the
species was
first described...
- noses, then gave them the knife, spear, shield, fire,
boomerang and the
tjurunga, and
lastly gave them a
system of marriage. Cotterell, Arthur. (1989)....
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Aboriginal painting and the
crest shows the wedge-tailed
eagle on top of a
tjurunga, an
Aboriginal ritual stone. The
formal description, or blazon, of the...
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often from a distance. They are
nonetheless frequently mistaken for
tjurungas. The term 'message stick' is also
sometimes applied to
similar objects...
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Seasons Sacred sites Smoking ceremony Songlines Traditional custodianship Tjurunga Torres Strait Islands Language(s)
Avoidance speech Australian Aboriginal...
