Aboriginal

Japanese: アボリジニー

A general term for the indigenous people of Australia. The word "Aborigine" comes from the English word aborigine, which generally means "indigenous people" or "original people." Racially, they are Australoid. They have chocolate-colored skin and curly hair. Before contact with Western Europe, they were divided into small groups and lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle using bows and arrows, spears, boomerangs, etc. Anthropologically, they are known for their complex marriage rules, totemism, and coming-of-age ceremonies. The population, including urban residents, was 283,000 (1991), less than 2% of the total population of Australia. They were finally granted citizenship in 1967, but the Aboriginal movement has been carried out to eliminate the discrimination that still remains and to restore various rights, and in February 2008, the Australian government made its first official apology to the Aboriginal people. → Australian languages / Mabo ruling → Related topics Arnhem Land | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | Ayers Rock | Australia | Kakadu National Park | Hunter-gatherers | Didgeridoo | Northern Territory | Reservation

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Japanese:

オーストラリアの先住民の総称。アボリジニーとは，〈先住民族〉〈原住民〉一般を意味する英語aborigineに由来。人種的にはオーストラロイド。皮膚はチョコレート色で巻毛。西欧との接触以前は，小集団に分かれ，弓矢，槍，ブーメラン等を用いて，採集狩猟生活を営んでいた。人類学的には複雑な婚姻規則，トーテミズム，成人式の儀礼が有名である。人口は都市居住者も含め28万3000人（1991）で，オーストラリア全人口の２％に満たない。1967年になってようやく市民権が認められたが，いまだに残る差別を撤廃し，様々な権利の復権などをめざし，先住民運動が繰り広げられ，2008年２月オーストラリア政府は先住民に初めて公式に謝罪した。→オーストラリア諸語／マボ判決
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