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Aboriginal Art

The Kakadu National Park, located in the North of Australia, is an Aboriginal land.

Generations of Bininj and Mungguy have lived on and cared for this country for tens of thousands of years.

Kakadu’s Rock Art is one of the most important in the world.

It all starts with the Creation time, when Nayuhyunggi or ancestral beings, created landforms, plants and animals.

Mimi spirit were the first of the Creation Ancestors to paint on rock. They taught some Bininj how to paint and other Bininj learned by copying Mimi art.

Art is an important part of traditional Aboriginal life. 

Aboriginal people paint to record events in their lives, to illustrate stories and for fun and enjoyment. Some paintings have religious power and can influence the success of the hunt.

Four colors are used by the artist. They are natural pigments.

• The white comes from clay, it’s the symbol of the ceremonies.
• The black comes from charcoal, it represents the fire.
• The red comes from the rocks, it represents the earth and the blood.
• The yellow comes from limestone and mentions the sun.

I liked the sites visited because it's very impressive to think the paintings are there since 20 000 years.
The painting are really precise.
I love the representations of  kangaroos, fishes and hunting scenes.
The landscape around the  aboriginal shelters  is breath taking.

The landscape.

Painting on a Didgeridoo

Fishes

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Rock Art