In fact, this seemingly common toys back in fact there are many we are not familiar with the story.
About 40000 years ago, native people in Oceania (mostly in the Australian continent ) settled. In European immigrants arrived, native tribes material culture, although relatively simple, but they have been created, preservation and dissemination of many made us surprised the skills and tools, boomerang ( also known as the " boomerang" or" boomerang" ) is one of a kind.
Cultural model
The emblem of the Olympic Games has its epitome
Boomerangs are the indigenous people in the long hunting practice the greatest invention. Earlier, the natives will only use wooden sticks hunting or trapping of birds, but whether the thickness, length, apex obtuse club has its own limitations -- combat range is not big, can only be used for melee attacks. Aboriginal people in the use of these sticks in the process, gradually improve, to adapt to the needs for survival, then had this amazing" boomerang": while out hunting, hunters to prey after pitching, if not to hit the target," boomerang" will miraculously returns to his hands.
Boomerang patent belongs to the native peoples of Oceania, yet they still considered themselves ethnic symbol of. The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games called" new athlete of the century" emblem used the boomerang design elements, highlight the Australian native cultural uniqueness.
The emblem of the picture can be seen: Sydney Opera House of the shape curve is used to denote the torch, and the sun, rock and traditional native hunting tools boomerang graph composed of a carrying an Olympic torch run the athlete's image (right ). The emblem of the color language is the symbolic representation: Blue Harbor, yellow represents the sun and sand, red on behalf of inland.
Species diversity
The native tribes of weapons and instruments
Boomerang in Oceania native people started hunting tools, especially for the killing of birds, in addition or tribal war against the invading enemy weapons, even within tribes held a ceremony or the carnival activities of musical instruments.
Kill boomerang
The boomerang is mainly used for the inter-tribal battle time, compared with other boomerang will be relatively large, relatively heavy, the most prominent feature is the distal end having a hook out of the ordinary, to enhance lethality, usually one vote out will hurt several enemies, and even his life. In addition, hunting boomerang size slightly smaller, usually used to hunt small kangaroo and monitor.
Ritual boomerang
Because the boomerang usually in the celebration ceremony or Carnival as a percussion instrument, so stick on the pattern decoration is also very important. Usually the tribe musicians have their own unique boomerangs, like the band 's drummer, the opera's actor has its own set of outfits, and different celebration with which a boomerang is also very important.
The ceremony, the tribe will bring two ceremony musicians boomerang back-to-back rhythmically beat, hit a soft rhythm. In addition, singers and dancers will also work in performance ceremony boomerang followed protagonist blowing di Ji Li Du tube ( local indigenous instrument) of the melody and the rhythm of the role, somewhat like a modern musical maracas.
Popular in Europe and the United States
Transformed into" the magical saucer"
In 1770, the British Royal Navy" Endeavour" Captain James Cook in the Australian York island near an island landings, hoisted the British flag, on 1788, Arthur Philip led 1500 people consisting of the first fleet in the Gulf of Sydney, began the new British colonial history. But their aggressive behavior by the local indigenous people resisted, in a cruel and bloody war, backward indigenous people cannot with the civilized man guns gunpowder contend, however, the indigenous people of a mysterious, powerful weapons --, boomerang, but that Europeans pay dearly. They later on this mysterious weapon to carefully study, found that the mystery that makes use of highly advanced aerodynamics principle, fond of sports and Europeans began to this mystery to transform carefully, then, with today's popular in Europe and the United States public outdoor fitness toys -- magic saucer.
Unlimited business opportunities
Tourist class to do achieve close
Europe and the United States on boomerang improvement for the old rare thing in modern society has become a fashion movement, has become many businessmen shaking Qian Shu. Aside from those seen in Europe and America fitness toys market of toy manufacturers, how to make the boomerang shape and pattern of the myriads of changes, to meet the demand of customers, to see how Australians used this to earn tourist gold silver will have to admire their business acumen.
Australia in order to attract more visitors, they come up with a" indigenous cultural tour". In this tour, you can appreciate the unique style of aboriginal dance and prehistoric paintings, also can experience the indigenous life, which of course includes a local resident Shoubashoujiao you making, using the original boomerang, really don't have a flavor.
Nowadays, it even deeper into the Australian mainstream culture, the emergence of a special custom: when the guests leave, the owner to buy a " boomerang" as a parting gift, gift with best wishes, that wish him fly away fly back again.
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