Uluru at sunset. A sacred place for the Anangu, an Aboriginal people who have lived from and taken care of this land for an estimated 30,000 years. From afar, Uluru appears just a flat rock outcropping; up close, you see something different, details. Pair that with ancient creation stories, and you get a sense of texture very different from what most of us are accustomed. These stories are part of the "tjukurpa," the traditional Aboriginal law that teaches how one should relate to the environment and to other people. The oral hi/stories also serve as a sort of survival manual for finding water, hunting animals, avoiding poisonous plants, etc. While Uluru is beautiful in it's own right, it's the backstory of the Anangu people's relationship to it that makes visiting here a remarkable -- if not transformative -- experience. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1nQhdvZ
