This photo of a Solomon Islander blowing a conch was taken at the recent Australia Day Parade in Adelaide.
The conch shell was used as a means of communication in the past. It was blown to gather the people, announce a message or to declare a festival or event open.
It was used along with drums which have different types of beating rhythms to relate messages; death, warning, harvest, tribal war, etc.
Both can be sounded together during festivals or celebrations.
You can see more of my Australia Day parade photos
here on a recent post. (I thank Karley, a member of the Solomon Island Community, who supplied me the information about the conch and drum.)
The ABC Wednesday meme was initiated by Denise Nesbitt. To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions click
here.
On Saturday South Australia's two AFL teams played against each other in the first game of the 2010 NAB Cup; a pre season knockout competition. The game was held at AAMI stadium with Port Adelaide defeating the Adelaide Crows.
Thanks to my son Steve for the photos.
The digeridoo is unique to our Australian aboriginal culture; originally from Arnhem Land, northern Australia. Digeridoos are made from limbs or tree trunks, eaten out by termites. They are cut to a length of about 1.3 metres and cleaned out by scraping or with hot coals.
It was a rather calm day for the surf boat crews who pitted themselves against each other on Sunday. I suspect the swimmers were happy with the conditions though.
On Sunday saw the running of the 2010 The Brighton Jetty Classic, an ocean swimming race first run in 2006. Judging by the numbers of entrants and spectators there should more to come.
On Thursdays I am attending a French class in the south eastern corner of the City. At the class we were discussing the types of houses that people live in in France. Mostly in cities people live in multi storey apartments.
This photo of a Solomon Islander blowing a conch was taken at the recent Australia Day Parade in Adelaide.
The final act at the free concert at Elder Park was Vanessa Amorosi performing songs from her new album 'Hazardous'. Billed as Australia's rock chick, she lived up to the name - an awesome performance!
