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we share our land with all types of
animals
some of them was dangerous is the secret
aisle the sacred animal for us even
though it is capable of devouring a man
in an instant the kangaroo is the most
characteristic animal of my country I
know over fifty different types some of
them over two meters high they are
beautiful and unique they carry their
children and pouches which the mothers
have on their stomachs the forests and
swamps are full of multicolored birds
like the yellow crested cockatoos
there are also dangerous poisonous
snakes and others like the olive Python
that kill their prey by strangling them
we have always respected all the beings
of creation each tribe each person has
one or more animals which are their
totems because they are in their dreams
and they can't hunt them or eat them
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when we get together to dance around the
fire we sing the dreams of the animals
the stories of how they were created and
how man developed special techniques
stantheman obtain food
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those that dance and sing pink their
faces and bodies with cayenne to look
like the spirits which according to our
beliefs are the gray color
the dances are performed in order to
worship or give thanks to nature
traditionally they are to us the spirits
for a particular parade or to forgive us
for having hunted an animal without that
mission the atmosphere is almost as
festive the participants cheer these
steps of those dancing in the center and
there's a kind of competition among them
each one specializes in imitating a
specific animal which is normally there
- taming animal apart from the
didgeridoo the musicians also beat the
Yadavas each group has its own rhythm
which identifies them it is a symbol of
union among them only the high
dignitaries can beat the Geeta caste
they are the ones who changed the beats
to the different songs and direct the
dances the dance of the women is slower
and more measured they are normally in a
state of trance possessed by the spirits
of the forest which protect them their
movements imitate their work of
gathering and collect
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you
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