Tanderrum

A Tanderrum, also English: Freedom of the Bush or Busch peace called, is a ceremony of Aboriginesstämme the Kulin and other tribes in Victoria, which allows the passage or the use of land for non- tribal members. In a quasi diplomatic ritual bring landowners in the ritual exchange of gifts, the hospitality extended to.

Interpretation

Visits, tribes are formed by the elders ( tribal elders ) representative groups who then get to know each other. Eucalyptusblätter characterize the sharing of natural resources. Water is split into containers, sucked through straws to demonstrate the guests that the water is not poisoned.

The on June 6th, 1835, signed Batman's Treaty, in which the Aborigines whites alleged assurances regarding land ownership, different historical traditions, according to a Tanderrum ceremonial Wurundjeri and Bunurong strains. The Wurundjeri and Bunurong were the European settlers against hospitable disposed in the first years of the founding of Melbourne, while other tribes resisted the expropriation of their land.

William Thomas, the Assistant Protector of Aborigines in the region of Port Phillip, described a Tanderrum ceremony by the Wurundjeri from the year 1845.

Tanderrum ceremonies are still sometimes held by the Elders of the Wurundjeri as part of a greeting protocol.

Sculpture

An artist Aboriginal Ellen Jose has created a sculpture in 1997 on Herring Herring in Iceland Iceland Environmental Sculpture Park, together with the elders of the Wurundjeri Joy Murphy, who was named Tanderrum ( coming together ). The National Park describes the figure as follows:

Tanderrum ( coming together ) brings together concepts of pride, culture and spirit and the work symbolizes the coming together of the Kulin nation as one people. It left the symbols and Legends of the Dreaming with ancestral spirits and bird totems of the five clan groups. ( German: Tanderrum ( coming together ) brings the idea of ​​ancestral pride, culture and spirit together and the sculpture symbolizes the coming together of the Kulin to a people It combines the symbols, legends of the Dreamtime with the creation spirits and totems of the five strains.. )