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deep in the australian outback among modern day campsites, there are hundreds of ancient sites of ritual and ceremony they offer a rare look into the fascinating culture of the aborigines, many of these places were lost for years and are only now being rediscovered these ceremonial sites are home to rock paintings older than the pyramids of egypt local anthropologist adam mcphee is our guide talking about art that possibly goes back forty thousand years in world probably some of the oldest art in the world and the world doesn't know about it that's the other thing it is generally accepted that aborigines settled in australia about 55 thousand years ago, their ceremonies were performed here right up until the 20th century the area is like a living museum this is an example of what i mean by a master artist, you can only imagine the detail it's missing here but this is very very fine work, very very fine indeed the drawing shows, symbols and images of something the aborigine is called the dreaming legends of the dreaming describe the creation of the world, its rivers, its mountains and its humans, the dreaming forms, the basis for many of the aborigines, beliefs and traditions, one of the most important stories of the dreaming is that of the rainbow serpent the creator of everything we see respected local elder margaret catherine explains what it means to her it stays privileged that look after the river in the country if i die, my spirit will be there, these legends have been passed down through time and the paintings have no meaning without them together they ensure the aborigines linked to the past and its people they are all part of the land i feel really really good when i come back to the land, because i can always build a person of my great great grandfather, and is there sadly there are fewer and fewer tribal elders like margaret catherine who speak the languages and know the ancient stories for the aborigines to tell the story of the dreaming is to create the world again and again don't forget your culture and leave on with it forever in your heart and mine deep in the australian outback among modern day campsites, there are hundreds of ancient sites of ritual and ceremony they offer a rare look into the fascinating culture of the aborigines, many of these places were lost for years and are only now being rediscovered these ceremonial sites are home to rock paintings older than the pyramids of egypt local anthropologist adam mcphee is our guide talking about out that possibly goes back forty, thousand years and world probably some of the oldest art in the world and the world doesn't know about it that's the other thing it is generally accepted that aborigines settled in australia about 55 thousand years ago, their ceremonies were performed here right up until the 20th century the area is like a living museum this is an example of what i mean by a master artist, you can only imagine the detail it's missing here, but this is very very fine work, very very fine indeed the drawing shows, symbols and images of something the aborigines call the dreaming legends of the dreaming describe the creation of the world, its rivers, its mountains and its humans, the dreaming forms, the basis for many of the aborigines, beliefs and traditions, one of the most important stories of the dreaming is that of the rainbow serpent the creator of everything we see respected local elder margaret catherine explains what it means to her a state spirit that look after the revenge country if i die, my spirit will be there these legends have been passed down through time and the paintings have no meaning without them together they ensure the aborigines linked to the past and its people they are all part of the land i feel really really good when i come back to the land, because i can always build a person of my great great grandfather and is dead sadly there are fewer and fewer tribal elders like margaret catherine who speak the languages and know the ancient stories for the aborigines to tell the story of the dreaming is to create the world again and again don't forget your culture and leave one with it forever in your heart and mine,
