We are denying most of our children their cultural heritage, their knowledge of a Dreamtime that belongs to all Australians. |
They first perform a ritual, using song, dance, and clap sticks, not to call the dolphins, but to get into a state which they call the Dreamtime. |
In a work that interprets Dreamtime stories, costumes play an integral role in demarking personas, animals and humans. |
In this untouched wonderland you come to believe that you are following in the tracks of the rainbow serpent, who is said to have gouged out the gorge in the Dreamtime. |
So in 1,000 years time they'll look back on this period as being part of the Dreamtime, and I'm recording what's happening now for our future generations. |
The myths and legends of the Aboriginal people, including their accounts of the creation of the world, are known as the Dreamtime. |