SIAE Registration Protocol N° 2023/00696
Kangaroos
The Kangaroo people can be generally compared to a blend of Yolngu aboriginal society and members of the Macropodidae biological family.
Kangaroos are one of the fifty-five races of anthropomorphic mammals that populate Yanìs, and are grouped in the subgenus of Australs together with Koalas and Platypuses.
Physically, they are of medium build with a height range between 5 and 6 feet and an average weight of around 100kg. A typical feature is the greater size of their hind limbs, which are used in a jumping gait, compared to the forelegs. The tail is long and muscular and is used both as support and for balance during movement. They are covered with thick fur, which can vary in color from pale grayish-brown to chocolate brown, while the throat, chest, and belly are of a paler color. Females have well-developed pouches that are open in front and equipped with four breasts.
The Kangaroo people comprise several distinct groups, differentiated by dialects, but who generally share overall similarities in ritual life and economic and cultural lifestyles as farmers-gatherers. Their societies are generally described in terms of dividing two exogamous heritages: dhuwa and yirritja, each represented by people from different groups, each having their own lands, dialects, totems, and philosophies. For example, a yirritja must always marry a dhuwa and vice versa. Cubs take the father's part, which means that if a male or female is dhuwa, their mother is yirritja (and vice versa). The term for "selfish" or "self-centered" is gurrutumiriw, literally meaning "lack of relatives" or "acting as if one had no relatives". Conversely, there are relationships in their society in which some people have to avoid others in the family or clan. The Kangaroo people culture is a system of knowledge different in many ways from that of other cultures and can be broadly described as a view of the world as a related whole rather than a separated collection.
Their legal system is known as maḏayin and embodies the rights of citizens (or law owners), which includes all popular laws, tools and objects that encode and symbolize law, oral dictates, etc ... The Kangaroo people are well known far and wide for their fine art of cross-hatching paintings on bark, and the larrakitj (hollow logs) used in funeral practices serve an important spiritual purpose. They are also known as weavers, and they weave dyed pandanus leaves into baskets. Colors are often important in determining where artwork comes from and which clan or family group created it. Sacred objects and emblems used in ceremonies are often referred to as raŋga.
They speak the Commal language, common to all Anthro mammal races, and the most commonly spoken language on the planet.
Religiously they are both devoted to spiritual Lohudonist practices and to Druidic traditions, refusing the deities worship, although respecting them and without denying their value and commitment into Anthros’ lives. There are no deities’ temples in Kangaroos’ territories, only sacred places dedicated to their Ancestral Princes can be found.
Their ancestral princes were Gumatj and Wulamba, who taught their race that there are three great boons in a kangaroo's life: family, rains, and night, but the priorities scale is up to each. Since one is born and raised in close contact with the mother, family is an aspect of one's life that cannot be ignored, and in a continent dominated by aridity and monsoons, rains can bring as much life as death; the same goes for night, during which life is cooler yet more dangerous.
