Aboriginal Dreamtime Analysis

Across the Aboriginal territory, you’ll find traditional paintings made by the them and which speak of their understanding of the world and of its creation, The Dreamtime. According to the Aboriginal people and their Dreaming stories, their old ancestors emerged from the earth as supernatural beings, creating every part of nature such as all the existing animals, trees, rocks, rivers, plants, that we know today. In present time, a common belief exists among the Aborigines that the sacred spirit of the ancestors still remains alive in some natural elements and places. Henceforth, the Dreamtime is a period, still existing, with its purpose to connect the past and the present, the people and the land.

The Aboriginal people have always expressed

themselves through painting now, and since the beginning of time. Throughout the Australian continent you’ll find these drawings and images in ancient rock shelters, which tell of the dreamtime and show representations of what the world of their ancestors were like thousands of years ago. Each painting contains an internal massage which can only be seen by those who have the wisdom to understand it.
On these exposed rocks you’ll also find drawings of animals’ characteristics of the country, warriors and hunters who used the same spears and harpoons as they use today. In the modern Aboriginal culture, the artist painting all these different images, often makes reference to especially important moments of their history, both good and bad.
Body painting is as well a significant part of the art, where women have always been in charge of collecting the elements necessary to make the different colors. Compared to the rock paintings the body decoration also speak of spiritual matters, and are made of natural pigments from the earth. This practice of body painting are particularly used during sacred ceremonies and funerals.