Australian Aborigines #1

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The exchanges that took place between aboriginal tribes were significant both in terms of

socially and economically.

There were exchanges that took place within the clans. In fact, the food or captured

harvest was compulsorily split within the clan. The distribution of food,

such as kangaroo meat, it was determined by blood relationship.

Certain Perishing or similar were entitled to a certain portion of food.

When the various tribes people met for ceremonies or to arrange

dispute, took place in trade since they carried objects

different environments. Shells and pearls were brought from the north-west coast and

north-eastern South Australia in exchange for skins. The facts boomerang The companies vary depending on whether you put the emphasis on the identity or individual

collective of people.

In Western culture, individuals and their rights are at the center of

society. In Aboriginal communities there is a greater emphasis on social identity and

responsibilities of individuals required to comply with the expectations of others.

Traditional aboriginal societies lived in relatively small groups called

clan (or local groups). The largest social unit was the tribe (or linguistic group)

which it was formed from the set of clans.

There was also a third group, smaller than the others and family call, where

children grew up learning relationships with other members of the tribe.