AY Honors/Aboriginal Lore/Answer Key
- For the frog of the same name see, Corroboree frog.
A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines. The word was used by 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 form The Dreaming. Many of the ceremonies are sacred and people from outside a community are not permitted to participate or watch.
It is also the official name given to the prom night of the South Australian Matriculation program in Taylors College, Subang Jaya in Malaysia. Weird enough huh? And i think no other SAM student bothered to check up the meaning of "corroboree". except me, that is. Yours Faithfully, a SAM student. Cheers. http://www.taylors.edu.my
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