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Okay, so in my Psychology class, we've been studying death and old age. For our review project, we were assigned to study another culture's traditions of death. Since LBP PSP features a very interesting view of the Aboriginal people, I figured I might as well get a little info on them and learn if the game's view is accurate. What follows is my report. Aborigine Culture and Death Stephen Fox, 2nd Period I decided to do my research project on the culture of the Aboriginal people of Australia because of the prominent feature of Aborigines in the 2009 game LittleBigPlanet PSP in the Australian look-alike world of ?Down Under?. I was interested in the reality of these people, and found quite a few similarities. The main causes of death in this group are untreated injuries. Many under fifteen die from middle ear infections and injuries of the chest and throat. Common causes of death for adults include substance abuse, diseases of the heart, and, in women, pregnancy complications. Indigenous populations also have higher rates of health problems than non-aborigines, such as 10 times more likely to have kidney disease and 3 times the death rate. Though Christianity has been on the rise, the indigenous peoples traditionally believe in the ?Dreaming?, a state which is not present, past, and future, but instead the environment that the aboriginal lived in. The Dreaming is where the souls of every person, animal, plant, and object came from and returned to upon death. The dreaming is not the product of human dreams. Ancestral beings of the Dreaming created the land and then became the sacred sites of the Aborigines. When one dies, the Aborigines believe that their soul would be reincarnated into another person, plant, animal, or even a rock. After a death, those close to the deceased would traditionally paint themselves white and cut themselves to show remorse. Rituals are conducted to assure the person?s soul leaves to the Dreaming, to be reborn. There are two stages of burial. In primary burial, the body is left on a wooden platform, where leaves and branches are placed on it until the body rots and the skin has decayed. After this, the bones are painted red and are disposed in various ways including in caves and into hollow logs. Sometimes a relative may carry a portion of the bones with them for a year or more. Obviously, my report is only focused on the later life, so here's where you can find more, aka my sources. http://www.creativespirits.info/index.html http://www.mmhr.org.au/Home.asp?documentid=342 http://www.aboriginalculture.com.au/index.shtml Wow, you know you have no life what-so-ever when you manage to merge gaming and school. Hope you enjoy a little more info about the people of Down Under.

2010-03-07 22:49:00 Author: Voltergeist Posts: 1702

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That's pretty cool, and very interesting. Hope you get a good grade in that class.

2010-03-07 23:07:00 Author: Gilgamesh Posts: 2536

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That's very interesting, and nicely written. I wonder, though, surely this assignment is sociological/anthropological rather than psychological?

2010-03-07 23:50:00 Author: SalieriAAX Posts: 421

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Thanks for that infos! But where is the transfer to the way the Aboriginies are described/presented in LBP? I kind of expected something like that.

2010-03-08 07:03:00 Author: Arrestor Posts: 363

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It was only a one page project. I didn't really have time to put more about LBP.

2010-03-08 20:47:00 Author: Voltergeist Posts: 1702

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