Monday, February 24, 2014

Bush Cosmos.

          The name for food of the Aranda tribe (also for the other Aboriginal tribes) is called Bush Foods. The bush foods include wichetty grubs, roots, fruits, vegetables, and the animals they hunted too. The main animals they hunt are kangaroos and water buffalo. They do hunt for other animals, such as turtles, koalas, alligators, and more. Most of the bush foods are found at Urulu, which is roots, fruits, vegetables, and kangaroos.
          There are two main types of grubs, which is called Wichetty Grubs, that they eat. One is the warumpi that means honeyant, which are red ants (as seen below). The warumpi's big butts carry honey inside, which is high in vitamins and some in protein. When eaten the taste is a little crunchy, then juicy, and finally sweet with the honey. 
          The other witchetty grub eaten are the bibaj. These are white caterpillars, that are high in protien. The bibaj have this egg like texture and taste like plain eggs with no butter or no cheese. These grubs were/are the grubs that get dug up from the ground by the women of the tribes.











References:
  • Clarke, Philip. "Where the Ancestors   Walked." Google Books. Philip   Clark 2003, 2003. Web. 25 Feb.   2014.
  • Kenny, Anna. "The Aranda's Pepa." Google Books. ANU E   Press, 2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
  • "Dreamtime of the Aborigines - Ancient   Civilizations." YouTube. YouTube, 31 May 2011.   Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
  • "Aboriginal Witchetty Grubs & Honey Ants - Ray Mears   Extreme Survival - BBC." YouTube. YouTube, 19   May 2008. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.

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