- Australian. A temporary return to traditional Aboriginal life, taken especially between periods of work or residence in modern society and usually involving a period of travel through the bush.
- A walking trip.
- Chiefly British. A public stroll taken by an important person, such as a monarch, among a group of people for greeting and conversation.
walkabout
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walk·a·bout (wôk'ə-bout')  |
n.
| Veterinary Dictionary: walkabout |
A dummy syndrome in horses; usually pyrrolizidine alkaloses caused by crotalaria poisoning. Affected horses walk compulsively, head press, appear blind and walk into objects. They do not respond to usual external stimuli or commands. Called also walkabout, Kimberley horse disease.
| WordNet: walkabout |
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a walking trip or tour
Meaning #2:
a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
Meaning #3:
(Australia) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
| Wikipedia: Walkabout |
For other uses, see Walkabout (disambiguation).
Walkabout refers to a rite of passage where male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months.[1] In this practice they would trace the paths, or "songlines", that their people's ceremonials ancestors took, and imitate, in a fashion, their heroic deeds. Merriam-Webster, however, defines the noun as a 1908 coinage that refers primarily to "a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work", with the only mention of "spiritual journey" coming in a usage example from a latter-day travel writer.[2] To white employers, this urge to depart without notice (and reappear just as suddenly) was seen as something inherent in the aboriginal nature, but the reasons may be more mundane: workers who wanted or needed to attend a ceremony or visit relatives did not accept employers control over such matters (especially since permission was generally hard to get).[3]
In the media
- Walkabout by James Vance Marshall, from which the 1971 film Walkabout was adapted.
- "Walkabout" is an episode of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, focusing on Dr. Stephen Franklin's walkabout through the Downbelow section of the titular space station.
- "Walkabout" is also an episode of the television series Lost, focusing on John Locke attempting to go on walkabout in Australia.
- "Walkabout" is also an episode of Millennium in which Frank Black discovers a conspiracy whilst entering into fugue states.
- "Walkabout" was frequently mentioned in the 2008 movie Australia, because the child lead, Nullah, adamantly insisted on participating in his cultural heritage through this tradition.
- "Walkabout" Song recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- "Walkabout" Song recorded by The Sugarcubes, which features Björk.
- "Walkabout" Song recorded by Atlas Sound and Panda Bear.
- "Walkabout (Millennium)", a season one episode of Millennium.
See also
- The Songlines a book by anthropologist Bruce Chatwin.
- Songlines
Footnotes
- ^ [1]
- ^ Merriam-Webster Online: "walkabout"
- ^ Nicolas Peterson (2004), John Taylor, Martin Bell, ed., "Myth of the "walkabout": Movement in the Aboriginal domain", Population mobility and indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America: pp. 223, ISBN 978-0415224307, http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0NSxWP98NWkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA223&dq=Walkabout+Aboriginal&ots=VjWkqk-LHT&sig=QAU7DMcafE4hcFlBpueB1VMFJGU
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| Translations: Walkabout |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - spadseretur, vandren omkring
Nederlands (Dutch)
gelegenheid waarbij een beroemdheid zich onder de mensen begeeft
Français (French)
n. - bain de foule, (Austral) (partir) dans le désert, (fig) (disparaître) dans la nature (hum)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Bad in der Menge, Buschwanderung
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ., καθομ.) περίπατος επισήμου ανάμεσα στο πλήθος
Italiano (Italian)
passeggiata
Português (Portuguese)
n. - viagem a pé (f), retorno temporário à vida simples (m)
Русский (Russian)
пеший туризм, прогулка высокого лица среди толпы с целью неофициального общения
Español (Spanish)
n. - paseo de políticos, realeza, etc. entre el público
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vandringstur
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
徒步旅行, 短期丛林流浪, 长期旅行
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 徒步旅行, 短期叢林流浪, 長期旅行
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도보 여행, 숲속의 떠돌이 생활, (왕족 등이) 거리를 걸어 다니며 서민과 접하는 일
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فترة قصيرة يتشرد فيها العبد من أصل أستراليا
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מסע אל הטבע (של ילידי אוסטרליה), סיור רגלי בקרב ההמון של אישיות שבאה לביקור, תקופת נדודים, טיול
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