Why is Uluru important to aboriginal people?
The Aborigines believe that there is hollow ground below Uluru and it is filled with an energy source called 'dream time'. Uluru is also inhabited by many spiritual and ancient beings. Uluru also holds many traditional Aboriginal myths like serpent beings that had wars around Uluru, scaring the rock, or the two tribes of ancestral spirits who were invited to a feast, but were distracted by the beautiful sleeping lizard woman and did not show up. In response, the angry hosts sang evil into a mud sculpture that came to life as the dingo. There followed a great battle, which ended in in deaths of the leaders of both tribes. The earth itself rose up in grief at the bloodshed, becoming UIuru.
What are some solutions to the issue?
There are many different solutions about climbing Uluru:
-Ban climbing it all together.
-Make tourists more aware of how sacred it is to Aboriginal people.
-Make sure that after each tour group has been on Uluru that they haven't left any rubbish.
-Put rubbish bins on the rock.
-Certain routes-tracks that tourists have to stick to.
-Limit the number of tourists per day/week.
-Ban climbing it all together.
-Make tourists more aware of how sacred it is to Aboriginal people.
-Make sure that after each tour group has been on Uluru that they haven't left any rubbish.
-Put rubbish bins on the rock.
-Certain routes-tracks that tourists have to stick to.
-Limit the number of tourists per day/week.