Yam dreaming

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AUSTRALIAN SAIJIKI

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Yam and Yam Dreaming

***** Location: Australia
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant / Humanity

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Explanation


Yams in Australia

Yams are the tuberous root of dioscorea batatis and other diocorea species which are tropical vines. Dioscorea transversa is the Native Yam, known as 'midiny' or 'wanka-parlu'.
Yams are often confused with the 'sweet potato' however they are not actually related.
source : www.nurseriesonline.com.au

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The Kakadu Wetlands

For the Aboriginal people of this region, "Bininj" as they call themselves, this is traditionally a time for celebration, when the great "cheeky" and "long" yams are harvested.
Yams are similar in taste to sweet potatoes.
source : www.aboriginalartonline.com


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yam dreaming
dot painting favoured by many Aborigines.


'The Dreaming' or the 'The Aboriginal Dreamtime'
is that part of aboriginal culture which explains the origins and culture of the land and its people.
Dreamtime is Aboriginal Religion and Culture."
http://www.crystalinks.com/dreamtime.html

source : John Bird . users.mullum.com.au



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Worldwide use

Japan

. Yam (yama imo) Dioscorea japonica 　


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Things found on the way



Traumzeit:
Über die Grenze zwischen Wildnis und Zivilisation
Hans Peter Duerr


Traumzeit, dreamtime,
was one of the first things I learned whilst studying anthropology at Heidelberg University, many years back.
"Primitive Kunst", "Stammeskunst" (primitive art)
was at that time one of the specialites of the Heidelberg department.
Dot painting (Punktmalerei) had also been introduced.

Dreamtime, called among others "Tjurkurrpa", "Altjeringa" or "Palaneri", refers more to the time of the creation of the universe.

German link:
The Indigenous People
Die Traumzeit der Aboriginals
Dieter Tischendorf


external links
http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aboriginal_mythology1/index1.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/peck/index.htm
http://www.gwiztraining.com/Didj%20Book.pdf
http://www.crystalinks.com/dreamtime.html
http://lowchensaustralia.com/names/aborgods.htm





“Dreamtime Kullilla Art“
by Michael Connolly


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"Dreaming"
is also often used to refer to an individual's or group's set of beliefs or spirituality. For instance, an indigenous Australian might say that he or she has Kangaroo Dreaming, or Shark Dreaming, or Honey Ant Dreaming, or any combination of Dreamings pertinent to their "country". Many Indigenous Australians also refer to the Creation time as "The Dreaming".
The Dreamtime laid down the patterns of life for the Aboriginal people.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !



. Reference


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HAIKU

Australia Day
dot by dot she paints
yam dreaming

Haiku by John Bird, Australia




Yam Dreaming, 1994.

Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-1996)
is one of Australia’s most significant artists.

Emily produced her work at an astounding rate; it is estimated that she painted over 3,000 works over the course of her eight-year career, an average of one painting per day. Emily completed Big Yam Dreaming in just two days. Without preliminary sketching, Emily painted sitting cross-legged on the three-by-eight meter canvas, working her way from the center to it’s edges. Given Emily’s technique of painting by sitting on the floor, her works have no prescribed orientation, except in a few cases.

source : www.kitchensisters.org



Emily in Japan

Emily Kame Kngwarreye in Osaka
18.03.08
It would be hard to overstate the importance of this exhibition for the international profile of Australian art, and more particularly, for indigenous art.



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patterns of raindrops
in the first snow -
yam dreaming

Gabi Greve
(thanks to Lorin Ford, who alerted me to this concept used in haiku.)







dream time -
the past and the future
and the NOW



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