Summary: Spiritual Uluru's Spiritual Meaningu

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Spiritual Uluru has spiritual meaning mainly to the Aboriginal people. Aboriginal tribes gave each feature of the rock a specific meaning in their own language. It has more spiritual meaning as the Aboriginal made a dreamtime story of how the rock was formed. Cultural Uluru has cultural meaning to the Anangu people. These people are from the oldest culture known to man as they have dated back 60,000 years. Their main belief is that their culture has always been known to be around in Central Australia and that Uluru was created during the beginning of time by great ancestral beings. Due to the cultural significance Uluru holds, the site has now been used for traditional ceremonies and rituals for over 10,000 years. The Anangu people continue

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