Based on the research of Woodford, I find out that the real identity of woodford is not only about the nature (environment) and Festival but also their people, culture and believe. The woodford known as Folk Festival, which getting bigger from time to time, and they lost the real identity of their own culture from time to time. people no longer interested in their culture which result the dreaming festival is not held this year and may be in future.
In this task I would like to challenge my self to learnt and experience the aboriginal culture of Woodford people. Helping them to preserve their culture and develop their identity for the future.
As a an Architecture my vision for the future is to maintain their environment, culture and believe, symbolizing their presence in the future
Aboriginal People
By looking at the vantage point of aboriginal people there are three main point of their life which is their culture, ceremony, and ritual (believe). In the past they have a place which called as Bora ring where all of those thing is happened. the idea of Bora Ring showing the connection between people, social and environment.
Further develop of my previous project about self sufficient community, each community specialize in one product or service with focussed on sharing, supply and knowledge which is create a stronger sense of community.
ART.
stone tools
rock art
craft
painting (body painting and ground painting)
dance
music (Didgeridoo)
food planting
There
are many ceremonies and reasons for ceremonies in Aboriginal society, all have
a firm place with The Dreaming
Great
Ancestral Spirits arranged the earth by creating people, animals, plants and
birds and these were all put in their respective places according to the land
forms and spirits surrounding them. These Ancestral Spirits made rules and the
law to govern the land, its people, animals and plants. If life on earth was to
continue, these rules would need to be followed. Ceremonies ensure that vital
components of this law and The Dreaming stay intact. They provide a time where
all people in a language group work together for the survival of The Dreaming.
All
beliefs and stories of The Dreaming are individually owned and kept secure by
individual members of a language group ensuring that they are protected for all
people. These members of a language group had and continue to have the great
task of ensuring that these stories were correctly remembered and passed on,
and that the correct practise of rituals and ceremonies were performed to do
this.
Aboriginal
ceremonies are concerned with acting out The Dreaming, its laws and stories.
Men and Women had different roles in ceremonies and these roles varied from
language group to language group. In many areas men were given the role as
guardians of a special spiritual site where a ceremony was performed. This role
meant that the site would need to be cared for accordingly so that that
particular spirit would continue to live there. Women were the guardians of a
special knowledge and therefore hold great religious and spiritual power within
the language group.Roles in ceremonies would vary considerably depending on the
reasons why the ceremony was being held. Some ceremonies were for men only,
others were for women only and both men and women had their own particular
Spirtual and sacred objects. Sometimes this is talked about as men's business
and women's business.
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