Australian Aboriginal Art - Hiding Deep Sacred Mysteries

Aboriginal art, in particular the style of dot painting, became closely associated with the Australian art world wide and is a popular addition to Australian art galleries and numerous private collections.Few may be aware, however, deep sacred mysteries and spiritual meanings behind some of the symbols and the points described in each painting, or the art of work by Aboriginal artists themselves.To better understand Aboriginal art, it is essential to study more profound solid links with Aboriginal peoples and the respect for the land, animals, their elders and the side of their dreamtime beliefs spiritual.Dreamtime Dreamtime stories StoriesThe importance, as they are called to now, have been transmitted from generation to generation. The importance and the significance of these stories, were such that Aboriginal elders have been made of the depositaries of those stories, and many are still well maintained.Aboriginal peoples themselves, did not relate to the stories as legends, but on the contrary, they are a way to explain the creation of the world, how animals are to have certain characteristics and forward Aboriginal history (right) for children.Aboriginal peoples, these stories have a way of life and were not necessarily considered as something special. It was simply the way in which the traditions of their culture, was transmitted through generations.CeremoniesTraditionally sacred, indigenous peoples would decorate their bodies and shields with painting of ochre, to their sacred ceremonies. They drew ceremonial signs and symbols in the sands in the ritual, to maintain their culture. These images or images in the ground, would be later, be smoothed to conceal their profoundly sacred mysteries.The technique of painting of the dot Dot PaintingThe origin itself, appeared after the Papunya art movement began in Western Australia in the 1970s. Professor of European art, Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged the movement of art and was the instigator of a mural on the outside wall of the enclosure of the school.The art of Papunya movement, encouraged Aboriginal artists to move their symbols of art and dreaming of circle designs, drawn in the ground, most permanent artworks on canvas.These dream designs were usually presented with the dance of the circles representing the spiritual and secret ceremonies sacred.Designs revealed cards consisting of circles, spirals, lines, and dashes. As the public interest in the style of Aboriginal art progressed, an internal political outcry arose on the protection of the secret and symbolic meaning hidden Aboriginal. After this, the symbols have been often disguised by Aboriginal artists using the dot painting style for "breaking" symbols and hide their meanings.