The Anangu people, and culture has always existed here, from before European explores came in the 1870's. Until the 1930's Anangu continued to live a traditional nomadic life, travelling in small family groups, hunting and gathering from the land. The people worked the land in seasons, allowing the lands to die and the regrow burning certain parts to allow this process. They lived and performed ceremonies passing on and teaching knowledge and skills to young people. Many of they're ceremonies remain private to the culture, and are not allowed to be passed on or told to anyone outside the culture. As with Kata Tjuta, many places are sacred in Uluru, and not allowed to be photographed, out of respect for what they represent.
Although, over time, the land was taken over by others, in 1985 it was handed back, and now many of the Anangu people are keepers of the park, and are working with Australians to bring it back to how it used to be.
Now, I may have gone a little bit snap-happy, but, I defy anyone not to, so, I've broken down the photo's in 4 groups
From Far away . . .
From Up Close
And its when you're up close, walking around the base that you can really imagine people living here. There are cave where people cooked, ate, slept. There are classrooms with Uluru where there are still marking and teaching, there are sacred places, some only women are allowed to know about, and some that only men can know about. Its a fascinating place, where you can definitely imagine the spirit of the people who lived there before.
And of course, a trip to an Iconic place wouldn't be complete without the sunset pictures. However, due to Uluru facing east, these weren't the best
But don't worry, the sunrise pictures the next morning more than made up for this, as you can see
What a way to start the day!
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