The+aborigine’s+lifestyle



In the old days, the aborigines lived very differently from most people lived as nomads at a certain time in history. They didn’t have any permanent residence. They were often on the run and lived together in tribes. These different tribes lived often ver y differently. The reason was th e changing of the climate and temperatures. They also had different languages, their own culture and their own regulations. Each tribe contained big families with about 30 to 40 family members. The families in each tribe weren’t always good friends, but despite this they looked after each other. When it came to the distribution of the daily work, women were suppressed. They lived with daily hard work and gave birth to a lot of children. It was also normal that the old men of the tribe had many different wives. The men got hold of their wives even if the women wanted it or not. The tribes had strict rules about how men and women should and were allowed to behave. They should not talk too much with each other if they weren’t related.

The aborigines lived side by side with the nature. Weapons and clothes were both made out of resources from the nature. Hunting and fishing were also a very important way to get food. The men had to catch big animals and the women caught the smaller ones, like for instance snakes. They also ate berries and other things they found in the nature. The aborigines used arrows, boomerangs and javelins when they were hunting.

In this movie an aboriginal man tells how the boomerang works!

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