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Arrernte people
The Arrernte (/ˈʌrəndə/) people (also known as Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta) are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands at Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. Many still speak one of the various Arrernte dialects. Some Arrernte live in other areas far from their homeland, including the major Australian cities and overseas.
Arrernte spirituality focuses on the landscape and The Dreaming which the Arrernte name for is Altyerre. Altjira is the creator being of the Inapertwa that became all living creatures. Tjurunga are objects of religious significance.
The Arrernte Council is the representative and administrative body for the Arrernte Lands and is part of the Central Land Council.
Tourism is important to the economy of Alice Springs and the surrounding communities.
"Aranda" is a simplified, Australian English approximation of the traditional pronunciation of the name of Arrernte [ˈarəɳ͡ɖa]. The ancestors of the Arrernte all spoke one or more of the many Arrernte dialects in the Arrernte group of languages. Today, several are completely or nearly extinct, but some (especially Eastern or Central Arrernte) are widely spoken and taught in schools.
The Arrernte also had a highly developed sign language.
Arrernte religion and cultural life were documented thoroughly from the late nineteenth century by the Lutheran missionary Carl Strehlow, the seminal Australian anthropologists Walter Baldwin Spencer and Francis Gillen and later by T. G. H. Strehlow. The Arrernte men worked with Strehlow to document their songs and ceremonies between 1932 and 1974. Arrernte oral history discusses the region of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) and its environs being shaped by primordial caterpillar-beings known as Ayepe-arenye (Hyles livornicoides), Ntyarlke (Hippotion celerio), and Utnerrengatye (Coenotes eremophilae) which were ancestral to the Arrernte people. The eastern MacDonnell Ranges was formed by the Ayepe-arenye, while the western portion of the ranges was formed by Ntyarlke.
The Arrernte's lands, according to Norman Tindale's estimate, encompass some 47,000 square miles (120,000 km2). Of their overall territory he wrote that they were:
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Arrernte people
The Arrernte (/ˈʌrəndə/) people (also known as Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta) are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands at Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. Many still speak one of the various Arrernte dialects. Some Arrernte live in other areas far from their homeland, including the major Australian cities and overseas.
Arrernte spirituality focuses on the landscape and The Dreaming which the Arrernte name for is Altyerre. Altjira is the creator being of the Inapertwa that became all living creatures. Tjurunga are objects of religious significance.
The Arrernte Council is the representative and administrative body for the Arrernte Lands and is part of the Central Land Council.
Tourism is important to the economy of Alice Springs and the surrounding communities.
"Aranda" is a simplified, Australian English approximation of the traditional pronunciation of the name of Arrernte [ˈarəɳ͡ɖa]. The ancestors of the Arrernte all spoke one or more of the many Arrernte dialects in the Arrernte group of languages. Today, several are completely or nearly extinct, but some (especially Eastern or Central Arrernte) are widely spoken and taught in schools.
The Arrernte also had a highly developed sign language.
Arrernte religion and cultural life were documented thoroughly from the late nineteenth century by the Lutheran missionary Carl Strehlow, the seminal Australian anthropologists Walter Baldwin Spencer and Francis Gillen and later by T. G. H. Strehlow. The Arrernte men worked with Strehlow to document their songs and ceremonies between 1932 and 1974. Arrernte oral history discusses the region of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) and its environs being shaped by primordial caterpillar-beings known as Ayepe-arenye (Hyles livornicoides), Ntyarlke (Hippotion celerio), and Utnerrengatye (Coenotes eremophilae) which were ancestral to the Arrernte people. The eastern MacDonnell Ranges was formed by the Ayepe-arenye, while the western portion of the ranges was formed by Ntyarlke.
The Arrernte's lands, according to Norman Tindale's estimate, encompass some 47,000 square miles (120,000 km2). Of their overall territory he wrote that they were: