Songline
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A songline, also called dreaming track, is one of the paths across the land (or sometimes the sky) within the animist belief systems of the Aboriginal cultures of Australia which mark the route followed by localised "creator-beings" in the Dreaming. The paths of the songlines are recorded in traditional song cycles, stories, dance, and art, and are often the basis of ceremonies. They are a vital part of Aboriginal culture, connecting people to their land.
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See also
- Australian Aboriginal culture
- Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology
- Ethnogeology
- Ley lines
- Method of loci
- Oral history
- Story arc
- Songlines (Alphaville video), inspired in part by the aboriginal Songlines
- "The Dreaming (song)", inspired in part by the aboriginal Songlines
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