The Dancing Picture - The Ritual Dance of Native Australians

What kind of message does -or did — the dance convey to the Native Australians? Several types of communication can be distinguished in ritual dance. There is the narrative aspect, i.e., the dramatization of a myth, or of certain social relations, there is an aspect of explanation, i.e., the visual p...

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Published in:	Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
Main Author:	Monica Engelhart
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Donner Institute 1996-01-01
Subjects:	Dance, Religious Indigenous peoples > Australia Ritual Rites and ceremonies Performing arts Australian Aborigines
Online Access:	https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67224