Rom: An Aboriginal Ritual of Diplomacy [AIAS New Series].
Language: English
Published by Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS), Canberra, 1986
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Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & cream text-photos, colour photos, minor edgewear. 102 pp. Rom is a 'ritual of diplomacy' of the Anbarra people, Arnhem Land, being a series of ceremonies when meeting neighbouring communities that includes presenting visitors with a decorated totem. The first Rom ceremony to be performed outside Arnhem Land was held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra in November 1982. The songs, dances, and artifacts that are part of Rom are described and accompanied by colour photos. Also involved was an exhibition of bark paintings and craft work that now has been purchased by the National Museum of Australia. All of the paintings reproduced in this book are closely related to the themes of the Rom ritual performed in Canberra. This book is a catalogue of this exhibition in addition to the ethnographic and historical material on the Anbarra people and their country, including meeting with Maccassan fishermen. (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, New Series, no 59. Edited by Stephen Wild.).…
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- Title
- Rom: An Aboriginal Ritual of Diplomacy [AIAS New Series].
- Author
- Wild, Stephen (editor).
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS), Canberra
- Publication year
- 1986
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0855751622
- ISBN 13
- 9780855751623
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ROM is a 'ritual of diplomacy', performed to establish or re-establish friendly relations with neighbouring communities by presenting them with elaborately-decorated totemic poles. The entire process of making, binding, and decorating the poles can extend over weeks and involves successive sessions of song and dance with culminate in a presentation ceremony.
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