[CULTURAL WARNING: Contains name and image of an indigenous person who has died] On this day in 1855, Aboriginal lawman and resistance leader Dundalli was executed in Brisbane
Submitted 3 weeks ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundalli
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I don’t think the trigger is that someone who was alive in 1855 is dead today. The method is pretty horrible though.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s a cultural sensitivity thing, with many Aboriginal Australian cultures having a prohibition against using the name of a deceased person.
Guidelines here: www.abc.net.au/edpols/…/13633944
Grail@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
What I have heard from indigenous people I’ve spoken to, and I have no idea if this is the reason for all Aboriginal cultures, is that it keeps dead people from getting into the afterlife and staying there. If people in the mortal world keep saying their name, they’ll get distracted and have a harder time staying in the afterlife where they belong. They’ll be stuck coming back to the mortal world to see who’s calling their name.
It’s like the western concept of ghosts having unfinished business. An emotional tie that prevents them from moving on.
Once they’ve been dead for a hundred years, it’s fine. They moved onto the next phase of their existence in the universe a long time ago.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Thank you, I had no idea!