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| − | '''Marn Grook''' (also spelt "marngrook") is an [[Australian Aborigine|Australian Aboriginal]] ball game, which is claimed had an influence on the modern game of [[Australian Rules Football]], most notably in the spectacular jumping and ''high marking'' (catching of the ball) exhibited by the players of both games. Some claim that the origin of the word "[[Mark (Australian football|mark]]" is derived from the Aboriginal word "mumarki" used in Marn Grook meaning "to catch". However the origin of the term mark actually comes from the practice of a player who has just taken a mark physically marking the ground with his foot to show where he took the fair catch. | + | :''For the frog of the same name see, [[Corroboree frog]].'' |
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| + | [[Image:Corroborree.jpg|right|thumb|A [[ballet]] performance based on the Corroboree]] |
| − | Meaning "Game ball", Marn Grook was a traditional game played at gatherings and celebrations of up to 50 players by the [[Djabwurrung]] and [[Jardwadjali]] people of western [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]].
| + | A '''Corroboree''' is a ceremonial meeting of [[Australian Aborigine]]s. The word was coined by the European settlers of [[Australia]] in imitation of the Aboriginal word Caribberie. At a corroboree Aborigines interact with the [[Dreamtime (mythology)|Dreamtime]] through Dance, music and costume, many ceremonies act out events from the Dreamtime. Many of the ceremonies are sacred and people from outside a community are not permitted to participate or watch. |
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| − | In a [[1878]] book by [[Robert Brough-Smyth]], ''The Aborigines of Victoria'', Brough-Smyth refers to a man called Richard Thomas, (Aboriginal Protector) as saying in about [[1841]], that he had witnessed Aborigines playing the game:
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| − | :''The men and boys joyfully assemble when this game is to be played. One makes a ball of possum skin, somewhat elastic, but firm and strong. The players of this game do not throw the ball as a white man might do, but drop it and at the same time kicks it with his foot. The tallest men have the best chances in this game. Some of them will leap as high as five feet from the ground to catch the ball. The person who secures the ball kicks it. This continues for hours and the natives never seem to tire of the exercise.''
| + | *[[Australian Aboriginal mythology]] |
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| − | [[Tom Wills]], who drew up the rules of Australian rules football, was raised in Victoria's western districts and is said to have regularly played with local Aboriginal children. He recalled watching a game in which they kicked a possum skin about the size of an orange stuffed with charcoal{{citation needed}}. The game was played between large groups on a totemic basis — the white cockatoos versus the black cockatoos, for example — with the greatest honour going to those who could leap or kick the highest.
| + | The movements used in aboriginal dancing were: foot stamping, knee slapping, jumping and lose knee shuffling. The corroboree was a hi emma major part in the aboriginal peoples lives and was very unique to each tribe |
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| − | In [[2002]], in a game at [[Stadium Australia]], the [[Sydney Swans]] and [[Essendon Football Club]] began to compete for the '''''Marngrook Trophy''''', awarded after home-and-away matches each year between the two teams in the [[Australian Football League]]. However, the games are played under normal rules of the AFL, rather than anything approaching Marn Grook.
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| | + | *[http://indigenousaustralia.frogandtoad.com.au/cultural.html Introduction to Aboriginal culture] |
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- For the frog of the same name see, Corroboree frog.
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ballet performance based on the Corroboree
A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines. The word was coined by the European settlers of Australia in imitation of the Aboriginal word Caribberie. At a corroboree Aborigines interact with the Dreamtime through Dance, music and costume, many ceremonies act out events from the Dreamtime. Many of the ceremonies are sacred and people from outside a community are not permitted to participate or watch.
See also
The movements used in aboriginal dancing were: foot stamping, knee slapping, jumping and lose knee shuffling. The corroboree was a hi emma major part in the aboriginal peoples lives and was very unique to each tribe
External link
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