What is Corroboree?
[[Image:WR Thomas - A South Australian Corroboree, 1864.jpg|thumb|WR Thomas, ''A South Australian Corroboree'', 1864, [[Art Gallery of South Australia]]]] [[Image:Corroborree.jpg|upright|thumb|A [[ballet]] performance based on the corroboree]] A '''corroboree''' is a ceremonial meeting of [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal Australians]]. The word was made by the European settlers of [[Australia]]. It was an imitation of the Eora word ''caribberie''. At a corroboree, Aborigines interact with the [[Dreamtime]] through dance, music and costume. Many ceremonies act out events from the Dreamtime. Many of the ceremonies are sacred. People from outside a community cannot participate or watch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seqhistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99%3Apart1chpt3&catid=42%3Atom-petrie&Itemid=67&limitstart=2|title=Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland |author=Petrie, C.C. |access-date=2009-11-27}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Australian culture]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian culture]]