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Aboriginal Day

On Thursday 24th July an aboriginal family visited Tallangatta Seconday College. they had come down all the way from Ballarat. Their names were Big Al, Leoni and Tristin( Pancake). They came to teach us about aboriginal culture and people.

We were split into three groups. my group was in Pancakes group first, he was teaching dancing. The dance's that aboriginals did were to describe how animals more, they were special dance's, in a way of aboriginal communication. The animals that we learnt were the goanna, emu, kangaroo and eagle. We then had Big Al who taught us about his culture and some interesting facts about his life. He then told us a dream time story which had three messages, don't brag, respect your elders and be nice to everyone. Last we had Leoni who taght how to draw and tell us a story through the drawing.

All the activities were ways of communicating in aboriginal culture. After all the activities were finished, we had a big ceremony, where some students did dancing and the aboriginals said fair well. We all had damper to finish off the day.