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Kinship Systems
It is important to note that a kinship system can be taken to be a rather complex feature that determines the role of individuals, their relations to each other as well as their obligations and responsibilities. In this text, I concern myself with the Australian Aborigines' kinship system. I further discuss the impact of the Australian Aborigines' kinship system on the behavior of the culture and lastly give my opinion on whether the kinship system in regard to my own society impacts the way I behave.
A Brief Description of the Culture
It can be noted that when it comes to the Australian Aboriginal culture, quite a number of variations exist as far as cultural practices are concerned. The variations in this case are as a result of the significant number of language groups as well as tribal divisions that are contained in Aboriginal Australia. However, it is important to note that even with the differences; we still have some similarities as far as culture is concerned in Aboriginal Australia. When it comes to belief systems, Australian Aborigines base their spiritual values as well as oral traditions on the dreamtime belief which brings about a number of meanings...
The ancestral being in this case is taken to be the rainbow serpent while the creator-spirits are widely held to be the Bunjil and Baiame. In regard to music, the Australian Aborigines have over time been associated with folk styles and instruments that are largely unique with the national instrument considered to be didgeridoo which is one of the oldest wind instruments in the world.
Astronomy underpins quite a number of Australian Aborigines cultural tenets. Indeed, in the Aboriginal cultures, stories as well as law are firmly founded on the night sky. Further, constellation consisting of dark clouds as opposed to stars have been variously used to chart a number of events including but not limited to the emu eggs collection period or time.
Australian Aborigines: Impact of the Kinship System on the Behavior of the Culture
According to Crawford and Tantiprasut (2003), the kinship system was regarded highly in the traditional Aboriginal society with individuals being known by their kinship terms. In that regard, kinship can be…
References
Crawford, J., & Tantiprasut, L. (2003). Australian Aboriginal Culture. R.I.C. Publications
Nowak, B.S., & Laird, P.F. (2010). Cultural Anthropology. Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
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