[PDF] australian aboriginal culture death and dying

Many Aboriginal language and clan groups share the belief that this life is only part of a longer journey. When a person passes away, the spirit leaves the body. The spirit must be sent along its journey back to the ancestors and the land or it will stay and disturb the family.
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  • Do Australian Aborigines believe in life after death?

    An Aboriginal person's soul or spirit is believed to "continue on after our physical form has passed through death", explains Eddie Kneebone. After the death of an Aboriginal person their spirit returns to the Dreamtime from where it will return through birth as a human, an animal, a plant or a rock.
  • In some local cultures it is believed the soul of the dead is 'in transit' to somewhere better but might be distracted by his/her name being called by the living. Of course, such a belief does not bind others, but out of respect, warning is given that people known to the deceased might hear the name.
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