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What does Dreamtime mean?

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  1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence.
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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.

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