Aranda people

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The Aranda people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Central Australian region around Alice Springs, known for their rich cultural traditions, complex kinship systems, and significant contributions to Indigenous art and spirituality.

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Surface form Occurrences
Arrernte language 0
Arrarnta people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Australian Aboriginal language
alternativeName Arrernte people NERFINISHED
alternativeSpelling Arunta people NERFINISHED
artForm body painting
dot painting
rock art
colonialImpact dispossession of land
forced settlement on stations and missions
missionization
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalPractice ceremonial song and dance
initiation ceremonies
storytelling
environment desert and semi-arid country
ethnicGroupOf Arrernte language speakers
hasEthnographicStudyBy Carl Strehlow NERFINISHED
T. G. H. Strehlow NERFINISHED
hasSacredSite sites around Alice Springs
kinshipSystem complex subsection system
knownFor Indigenous art
complex kinship system
rich cultural traditions
spiritual traditions
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Arrernte language NERFINISHED
modernCommunity Alice Springs NERFINISHED
Hermannsburg (Ntaria) NERFINISHED
Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) NERFINISHED
neighbouringGroup Anmatyerre people NERFINISHED
Luritja people NERFINISHED
Pitjantjatjara people NERFINISHED
Warlpiri people NERFINISHED
notableContribution contemporary Aboriginal art movement
documentation of Central Australian Aboriginal religions
region Central Australia NERFINISHED
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
socialOrganization moiety system
spiritualConcept Altyerre (Arrernte Dreaming) NERFINISHED
Dreaming
stateOrTerritory Northern Territory NERFINISHED
subgroup Central Arrernte NERFINISHED
Eastern Arrernte NERFINISHED
Southern Arrernte NERFINISHED
Western Arrernte NERFINISHED
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory area around Alice Springs

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Arrernte people alsoKnownAs Aranda people
Arrernte people alsoKnownAs Aranda people
this entity surface form: Arrarnta people