smoking ceremony
Cleansing with fumes
A smoking ceremony is an Indigenous Australian ritual in which native plants are burned to produce smoke, used for cleansing, healing, or spiritual purposes.
The smoke is believed to ward off bad spirits and promote wellbeing.
Smoking ceremonies mark significant events like welcomes, funerals, or the opening of gatherings: The conference began with a traditional smoking ceremony.
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- fireCombustion with flames
- bush medicineTraditional remedies from plants
- woodTree-derived building material
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
cleansing · spirit cleansing · corroboree · leaf · bark · Dreamtime · purification · tribal elders · smokewood · sacred sites · gum · songlines · community · custom · eucalyptus · totems · wattle · native plants
- Australianakangaroo, Vegemite, boomerang, koala, didgeridoo
- Indigenous AustraliansAboriginal, Dreamtime, traditional lands, Dreaming, corroboree
- Aboriginal Australiaboomerang, didgeridoo, corroboree, songlines, song lines
- Pacific IndigenousDreamtime, didgeridoo, boomerang, corroboree, Maori
- tribal ritualssun dance, rain dance, vision quest, rites of passage, corroboree
- Aboriginal AustraliansAboriginal, Aboriginals, Indigenous Australians, Dreaming, songlines
smoking ceremonydesecration
Violating something sacred
defilement · profanation · sacrilege · exorcism · hex
smoking ceremonybonfire party
Gathering around an outdoor fire
campfire · fireworks display · barbecue · controlled burn · cooking fire
smoke, smokes, smoked, smoker, smokers, smoky, smokiness, smoking, ceremony