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dreamtime

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dream·time also Dream·time  (drmtm)
n.
The time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology: "Aboriginal myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered across the country in the Dreamtime . . . singing the world into existence" (Bruce Chatwin).

[Translation of Aranda (Aboriginal language of central Australia) aljerree, in the dreamtime : aljerre, dream + -e, from, of.]


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In the ensemble pieces, Shattered and Dreamtime, the tribal advance and retreat--purposeful, if not obsessive--prevailed at a clip.
His deep engagement with the Dreamtime springs from his early childdhood in Australia, where he survived a series of near-death experiences, and has deepened through his visionary encounters with his Celtic ancestors and an ancient Native American woman of power.
Since 1996, Brosnan has also had his own production company, Irish DreamTime, where the Matador script landed in 2003.
 
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