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Cultural domain |
Cultural elements |
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1. Subsistence food source
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Dietary preferences, desired, required (consumed and not
consumed)
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2. Material application
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Use as bait, pet, container, tool or trade item, use of feathers, shell,
bone, tooth, skin for ornamentation, body jewelry, masks, dancing paraphernalia,
head gear, fish traps, sacred sites
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3. Subsistence skills
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Procurement, preparation, exchange and trade, e.g., hunting, fishing,
collecting techniques, butchering, distribution, cooking,
presentation
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4. Wisdom
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Environmental knowledge about behavior, habitat, place locality, season,
moon phase, tide, current, wind
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5. Socio-political representation
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Totem and identity, e.g., connected to social groups, clans, and tribes; naming
of cultural sites, e.g., seascape and territory
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6. Mythological representation
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Story, myth, legend, folktale
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7. Ritual representation
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Ceremony, ritual, magic, beliefs
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8. Symbolic representation
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Constellations, rock art, music, song, story, dance, technical
arts
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9. Contemporary representation
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Utilization by institutions, e.g., fisheries, Torres Strait Treaty, schools,
teams; politics, e.g., flags; commercial utilization
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