There are many reasons why Uluru is sacred to our Indigenous Australians.
Click on the link below to check out a website that talks about Aboriginal's culture, lifestyle and religion.
http://www.aboriginalculture.com.au/index.shtml
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands.The Anangu people are the Aboriginals who live in the central Australian desert, near Uluru. The language of the Anangu is Tjukurpa and Pitjantjatjara.
The Anangu say "Tjukurpa is our law, culture, history, and our world view all bundled into one. Our ancestors have lived around Uluru (Ayers Rock) for many thousands of years, maintaining Tjukurpa, the law of the ancestors. Our grandparents taught us our Tjukurpa, just as their grandparents taught them. Tjukurpa is the foundation of Anangu life."
The Anangu believe their spiritual feelings live inside Ayer's Rock.
It is important that all Australians preserve and value Uluru just as our Indigenous Australians do.
Aboriginal dancing near Uluru
Pitjantjatjara word definitions:
Anangu – Aboriginal person arn--ahng--oo
Uluru – Ayers rock oo -- loo – roo
Tjukurpa – creation law djoo--kurr--pa
Mala – Rufous Hare Wallaby mahr--la
Kantju – water hole at Uluru kahrn -- djoo
Mutitjulu – water hole at Uluru moor-ti--djoo--loo
Kuniya – Woma Python koon--e--ya
Liru – poisonous snake lear—oo
Pulya – everthing OK pal-ya
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