Monday, July 20, 2009

Boomerang Symbols

Thursday I concentrated on locating the best of some of those souvenirs that I had been scouting out for awhile. I eventually wandered into an Aboriginal Art Shop where the owner was super helpful. He had tons of information for me regarding boomerangs, didgeridoos, emu callers, and opals. He didn't seem to high pressure sales me either - he was just giving me lots of historical type information and then leaving me to look around by myself. He explained what a lot of the different symbols often used in Aboriginal paintings meant. He talked about how the boomerang and then Aboriginal style of painting originally came to be. He even let me play the didgeridoo! It was pretty cool. Of course I ended up buying a boomerang there and I can't wait to show it to everyone! It has symbols on it that basically tell a story even!

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