The U shape that is marked on the ground when a person sits cross legged on the earth has come to represent a human. The implements that they carry and put beside them define whether the U shape represents a male or female. A woman may have an oval-shaped coolamon bowl and a digging stick next to her, and this combination of symbols – looking like UOI – represents a woman with her hunting implements.
Their corroboree ceremonies trace the ancient Dreamtime journeys of kangaroo spirit ancestors, as they travel the vast Australian landscape.
