Australia has always interested me. When I was young I always dreamed of going there to travel around the continent. Last year my dream came true when I went to Australia with The People to People Student Ambassador Program. In addition to learning much about the culture of the people in Australia I also learned that there are native people not only to North America but also to Australia. Did you know that? The Native people of Australia are called the Aborigines.
According to Wikipedia the term Aboriginal has been applied to indigenous inhabitants of mainland Australia, Tasmania, and the adjacent island. As much like the Native Americans there are about 14 different groups of Aborigines in all of Australia. The groups have a number of traditions, some familiar to us in America but some that were very unique to the location, time and customs of these Aborigines. The traditions include Bora, when a boy - known as a Kippas - becomes a man; Corrobore, a special meeting for the Australian Aborigine people; Fire-stick Farming, a process of burning foliage to facilitate hunting; and The Walkabout, a rite of passage journey when young aborigines in adolescence goes to live in the forest for a specific amount of time.
The Aboriginals have a very diverse life style that is quite different then the lives of young Americans. The traditions are nothing like the traditions we have in the US, but make it quite interesting to see how people grow up in different parts of the world.
What other cultures do you know of that have Natives? What are some of the traditions they practice within their culture?
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