Traditional Aboriginal Nyungar Society example essay topic

This essay is on Traditional Aboriginal Nyungar Society. In what ways is Traditional Aboriginal Nyungar Society similar and different to our way of life today in 2003? Well, you " re about to find out. To answer this I'm going to tell you about their roles and responsibilities, celebrations, seasons, migration, homes and foods.

First Roles & Responsibilities. Some of the set roles and include toolmaking and hunting, which is completed by the men. The elderly people of the society were responsible for teaching the younger ones and the teenagers were usually babysitters. The only hunting done these days is shooting and fishing. So there are some similarities. Not all elderly people teach nowadays, it is usually set to the adults- usually over 21 years of age.

Babysitters were around the same age when they became permitted / trusted to take care of younger children. Most of the responsibilities are the same but are done in a different way. The main element of teaching back then was stories though. Some of the celebrations are very similar compared to now, like the passing from child to an adult.

When we turn 18 we are allowed to smoke, drink, and drive legally. Many more options become open to you. When they pass they have new tasks or responsibilities. There is also a celebration of death- a funeral.

We too have funerals. Maybe with a different layout but it's for the same reason. Our celebrations have very minor differences. The way we live our lives is very different. The average family is said to move every 5-15 years.

Aboriginals move after a much shorter period, as they do not want to over-use a certain are of land. By doing this, the particular area can replenish its supplies over the years without anything stopping it. By doing this, they can then use the place again- in the future because there would be more to hunt / gather. We do not do anything like this, because it's not necessary.

We have a practically unlimited supply of water. We don't move with the seasons either, so there is hardly any similarities here. But what they do does make sense- a lot of sense. The Aboriginal Society eat a large variety of foods, but they don't just walk down to the shop like us, they gather berries, edible plants, and hunt animals for food. We eat berries and animal meat, but we do not hunt them with throwing sticks and spears. The food we eat is similar, but not exactly like what they eat.

It is not necessary for us to eat edible plants as such, because we have an even bigger choice in our supermarkets. So its similar and different. There are some major differences, but also some very close similarities. I think that our culture kind of "evolved" from theirs- our ways are modernized, but we do some things quite similar to them- still.

We party for the same sort of reasons too! (Mostly) I think that there is more similarities than there are differences. But in my opinion, our ways are better!