Aboriginal Bushtucker in the Northern Territory

Getting bushberries

Boys from Borroloola, south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, collect “bikiki”, small green plums; they throw a rock at the tree, shouting “buj buj buj”, and only ripe berries that fall on the ground may be collected: the fruits belong to Stone Dreaming, associated with thunder and it is believed that if they are not collected this way, violent thunder storms may result.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Nov 29, 1981
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