Australian Aborigines #1

4.2 Tribe

Most of the time the term tribe is understood as a group of people,

with links to genealogical level, living in a given area and share

customs and common beliefs.

Professor Elkin, in his book "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand

them ", he defines a tribe as a" number of persons occupying a

determined block of land, which they recognized a common report and that

They spoke the same language or the same dialect ".The lineage refers to the relationship between a person and his one / a

predecessor, the rights and privileges that this inherited ancestor Many

company followed the principle of "non-linear descent 'and, according to this

principle, the inheritance could be transmitted through a single line, or male

or female.

When it is patrilineal, the person inherits bonds, property and other rights from the father;

and when it is patrilineal, the person inherits them from the mother.

The residence refers to the place where the couple lives after. Marriage. in

Modern society, the couple usually lives in a separate building from that of

their parents. This is known as "neolocal residence".

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In traditional Aboriginal societies it was customary that the couple went to live

in the vicinity of one or both pairs of parents in such a way as to

share with them the economic and social ties. If the couple lived in

vicinity of the groom's parents, the residence was patrilocal; on the contrary, if the

newlyweds lived near the bride's parents, the residence was matrilocal.

With regard to marriage, a couple is defined endogamous when a person

a certain married someone who belongs to the same group. If a duties. Relationships (kinship) between two determined people these rights and duties.

In due time, if you showed responsible and willing to learn, young

men and young women could be formally introduced fully in

"Encyclopedia" of spiritual knowledge. They learned the song cycles

relating to the acts of creation and was shown them also the places where the Great

Ancestors Creative Beings had represented those acts. They learned to

be familiar with the paintings, dances and everything that was related to any ritual.

They could spend thirty to forty years to reach maturity

through a long series of spiritual initiations.

While they were learning, they could participate with authority in the councils of

senior members of the clan.

As heirs of the traditional rituals, they had an obligation to preserve those

traditions. In the future, they will pass the knowledge and responsibilities to their children

(Oral tradition)