Why do aboriginal do the kangaroo dance?

Answer 1

There are many Indigenous dance groups in Australia that perform to keep their culture alive, to keep passing on stories to our young people and to teach non-Indigenous people about the diversity of Indigenous Australia. Learning about Indigenous society and culture through dance is challenging for westerners but is achievable if open minded. For Aboriginal tribes dancing is used to tell stories of their past, animals and the dreamtime. These dances are an important part of their culture. Indigenous people have been dancing since the beginning of time, and traditionally would have danced often.

Answer 2

it is important to aborigines because they like to dance and sing and a good dancer always gets the chicks. So everybody needs to know how to dance.

Further to the above simplistic answer, that may relate to contemporary, urban Aborigines...traditionally, and still happening in remote Aboriginal communities around Australia today, music and dance are integral to transmitting the historical stories of creation (the 'Song lines') from one generation to another. Following the oral history tradition the stories of how the earth was formed, how plants and animals came to be are sung in songs and accompanied by specific dances and percussion instruments. These are sacred and specific to a place and tribal group and handed down through ceremonies over the course of a tribal member's life, and various levels of initiation. Some of these dances are performed publicly when communities come together and sing the songs that connect everyone's country, dance and make music over several days.

Answer 3

Aboriginal art was not just decorative: it served the very important purpose of communicating stories that were important to the indigenous people. These stories could have been about hunting exploits of the men, or stories of the 'Dreamtime', or the time of Creation. Animals such as kangaroos featured strongly in these stories, so it was natural that they would be included in artwork that conveyed the stories.

Answer 4

to tie the kangaroo down sport, to tie the kangaroo down

Answer 5

To keep their culture

Answer 6

to tell stories

Answer 7

Because they use to feel cold in winter