Ngarlu Dreaming Story Analysis

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Ngarlu Dreaming Story centres on the taboo relationship between a Jungarrayi man and a Napangardi woman; a union forbidden under the Warlpiri skin group system. Through concepts such as kinship, animism and, indignity, the dreaming story vividly provides a commentary on beliefs central to Indigenous customs and traditions. Kinship acts as a focal component of the story, as it reinforces the authority Aboriginal Customary Law has in governing the way Indigenous Australians interact with one another. Ngarlu Dreaming Story alludes to, in particular, the moiety system that exist across specific areas. Moiety system is a form of skin grouping, employed to divide Indigenous society into categories that relate one another through the kinship system.

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