Talk:Kurdaitcha

Weasels
Removed weasel words tags ("please name specific person or group") from two places inside the block quote. The source of the quote itself is already cited quite specifically. 208.207.96.203 21:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Australian Law
The claim that Kurdaitcha is not considered murder in austrailian law is cited to a page at everything2.com, but I don't think that's a reliable source. It's effectively self-published, and the author doesn't explain how they know that its not considered murder. I'm going to take out the citation and add in a citation needed tag for now. I had a brief look for a reliable source on this one way or the other and didn't find one, I think if no-one else can find one we should delete the section. sorsoup (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC).
 * Now deleted. sorsoup (talk) 01:28, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Modification
" Kurdaitcha (or kurdaitcha man) is a ritual "executioner" in Australian Aboriginal culture. The word is from the Arrernte people and is also used by Europeans.... " (original post)

"Kurdaitcha (or kurdaitcha man) is a ritual "executioner" in Australian Aboriginal culture (specifically the term comes from the Arrernte people)." (changes I made)

I made some modification. I feel the original contribution was too general. There is no such thing as a single Australian Aboriginal culture. Every 'tribe'(for lack of a better term) had their own languages and other cultural differences. The term "kurdaitcha" is only use by the Arrernte people. Other tribal groups may term such practices by other names.

Henry123ifa (talk) 11:26, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * This article should either be at a generic title or be specifically about the Kurdaitcha concept in Arrernte culture. Hack (talk) 12:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Link
"Aborigines put curse on Australian PM etc". European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights: news. Sydney: einar.org. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2011.

Link does not work. --Delabarquera (talk) 08:59, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Pronounciation?
BTW How is it pronounced? [ˈkʊʁdeˈɪt͡ʃa]? Audio example? --Delabarquera (talk) 08:47, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

“Among traditional Indigenous Australians there is no such thing as a belief in natural death”
The following sentence is an extremely bold claim, yet is merely asserted without evidence:

“Among traditional Indigenous Australians there is no such thing as a belief in natural death.”

It’s a dubious claim, but it would nonetheless be useful to know where the idea came from — it doesn’t sound like something a Wikipedia editor would just make up for no reason. Foxmilder (talk) 03:55, 18 June 2024 (UTC)