Information about exotic customs

Australians have both the cheerfulness of Westerners and the reserve of Easterners. They have a wide range of interests and like sports, such as surfing, windsurfing, horse racing, fishing, betting on horse racing, bocce, Australian rules football and swimming, etc. There are many enthusiasts. In the city of Sydney, if you can't swim, you will be the object of ridicule. In the commercial port of Darwin, swimming is generally done at night due to the high temperatures during the day. The citizens of this city especially like to drink beer, and it is said that beer sales are second only to Munich in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Indigenous people living in some tribal areas in Australia still protect their customs and habits. They make a living by hunting, and the "boomerang" is their unique hunting weapon. Most of them still live in shacks made of branches and mud, wear a piece of cloth or kangaroo skin to cover their bodies, and like to get tattoos or paint their bodies with various colors.

Usually only some yellow and white colors are painted on the cheeks, shoulders and chest. When participating in war, the body is painted red, and after death, it is painted white. During festivals or festivals, the whole body is painted. Most of the tattoos are thick lines, some like raindrops, and some like ripples. For the indigenous people who have passed the coming-of-age ceremony, tattoos are not only decorative, but also used to attract the love of the opposite sex. At the carnival dance, people wear colorful decorations on their heads, paint their bodies with colorful patterns, and dance collectively around the bonfire. The dance is simple and mostly reflects hunting life.

The primitive distribution system is implemented in the indigenous tribes, and totem worship is prevalent. When an indigenous man reaches adulthood, he must undergo a series of rigorous exercises and tests and accept tribal traditions. Moral education. There is a very special kind of funeral in Australia. Once a person dies, the family gathers together, and a person from the clan cuts some wooden stakes, paints them with oil paint, and places them around the tomb. Each pillar symbolizes a dead or alive person in the family. The body is hung high, and even if it has begun to decay, it cannot be taken down and buried until the next full moon.

Finally, the family members of the deceased have to hold a cleansing ceremony, that is, after the funeral, the family members have to wait until it rains before they can go home. For this reason, the family members sometimes have to sleep outdoors for several days or even weeks. , because according to local customs, only rain can play the necessary cleansing role.