系列报导 | 澳大利亚塔州中国佛教学院〝2025乙巳鸣钟迎新春法会〞本地土著长者Aunty Jan Langridge 欢迎来到国家仪式

 
2025年2月1日

[Palawa kani]

大家好，欢迎光临。

[Palawa kani]

我说的是帕拉瓦卡尼语，这是塔斯马尼亚原住民现在所使用的语言。

[Palawa kani]

我们始终行走在这片土地上，追随祖先的脚步，顽强地生存在地球母亲这片土地上，用心呵护我们的文化，并永远感恩那些赋予我们文化的人。

行走，让我能够更潜心倾听。突然，我所有的祖先都在我身后。〝安静〞，他们说，〝观察和倾听。你是千人之爱的成果〞。

[Palawa kani]

我很荣幸今年能再次来到这里，欢迎大家来到土著之地。无论你在卢特鲁维塔的哪里，你都站在圣地上；我们深知对这片土地要有敬畏之心，因为自古以来，当我们的先父、先母们从睡梦中醒来之后，就生活在这里，并以他们的文化和习俗滋养了这片土地。

因为我们是世界上现存最古老的文化，作为最早的民族和这片土地的传统守护者，如今我们与世人分享我们的文化。因此，当我今天带着这些先祖的精神向你们讲话时，让我们首先记住、尊重和承认被侵占前拥有这一地区的部落，即穆赫涅纳人，并尊重所有先祖，卢特鲁维塔各地的所有部落，他们曾为我们的人民和国家而艰苦奋战，我向以上所有人致敬。在我承认他们的同时，我也对今天的巴拉望原住民社区表示敬意，他们是卢特鲁维塔的持续和终身守护人，我向他们致敬。

我向我过去和现在的长者们致敬，以及未来的长者们致敬。因为对我们来说，我们的长者是我们知识、文化和传统的守护者，他们是我们最重要的历史传承者，我向他们致敬。

我还要向那些在族裔、宗教或语言上属于少数群体的人表示致敬，他们被剥夺了享受他们自己文化的权利，以及公开信奉他们的宗教和使用他们自己语言的权利；并向许多能够继续支持我和我的社区的非原住民表示感谢和敬意。

感谢今天在场的各位，我向你们所有人致敬。

[Palawa kani]

当我们今天聚集在这里时，我欢迎大家来到我们祖先的精神家园——卢特鲁维塔的穆赫涅纳人民和巴拉瓦人民的国家，并承认我们正站在这千年足迹的土地之上。这是我的祖先生活了数千年的地方，虽然他们已经逝去，但他们的精神现已深入这个国家。

[Palawa kani]

这片土地是我们的国家。

[Palawa kani]

这个国家就是我们。

众所周知，我们不同的文化中有很多相似之处和相同的信仰，而土著精神是我们的文化和社区的基础。我们的信仰体系指导我们的道德、价值观、传统和习俗，以确保与周围世界保持一个健康与平衡的关系。

我们沿着祖先们的足迹形成了我们今天的文化，在这个国家，祖先们与土地、水道、动物、植物以及天空身心相交，并与之相连。我们之所以能够得以生存并变得更强大，是因为我们的文化如同你们的文化一样强大；我们的精神是坚韧的，我们的意志是不屈不挠的。

所以，今年到了2025，是蛇年。我也想说，对我来说，根据你们的生肖，我也是蛇年出生。所以，我和你们一起庆祝。

我们原住民也认为蛇是变革、不朽和治愈的象征，对我们来说是一个永无止境的循环。它是博爱的象征，也是生命誓言持之以恒的象征。因此，正如我们所说的，Plantina 蛇自古以来就被许多国家作为力量、创造力、连续性的象征。

你可能听说过，在原住民社会中，蛇被称为彩虹蛇，它代表了大自然和精神世界中伟大而强大的力量之一。所谓的精神之旅是一个不断放弃的过程——弃旧迎新。

在结束之前，我想对王大师和佛学院说，再次感谢你们邀请我参加你们的特别庆祝活动；谢谢你们对我的尊重和热情；谢谢你们伸出友谊之手。因为友谊不是以时间来衡量的，而是以他们心中留下印记的大小来衡量的。我很幸运能受到你们社团的欢迎。

愿和平、幸福和好运永远与你们大家同在。就在你们庆祝中国新年，敲响和平钟迎接蛇年之际，愿引导和保护我们的圣骑士的善良精神与你们所有人同在。

[Palawa kani]

所有原住民都相信他们的价值观和传统是造物主的礼物。最重要、最普遍的教义之一是，我们应该与自然世界及其所包含的一切和谐相处。所以，让我们都对和平、和谐、健康、爱和富足保持开放的心态。

今天，我们的祖先正在载歌载舞庆祝。在我们迈向未来的过程中，我们希望，所有人都能生活在和平与和谐中，愿我们的祖先为我们在地球母亲帕拉瓦、卢特鲁维塔、塔斯马尼亚共同学习、成长和前进而感到自豪，这片土地一直是，也将永远是，帕拉瓦国家，土著之地。

[Palawa kani]

谢谢！

[Palawa kani]

Hello everyone and welcome.

[Palawa kani]

I am speaking Palawa kani, which is the revised language of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

[Palawa kani]

We have walked this land forever, following in the footsteps of our ancestors and standing strong on mother earth, holding our culture close to our hearts, and are forever grateful to those who gifted us with it.

Walking, I am listening in a deeper way. Suddenly, all my ancestors are behind me. “Be still”, they say, “Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands”.

[Palawa kani]

I am both honoured and privileged to be here this year to once again welcome you all to Aboriginal land. And wherever you are in Lutruwita, you are standing on sacred ground; ground that we know is scared, because our old people have been here since time began, and whose cultures and customs had nurtured this land since men and women awoke from the dreaming.

For we are the oldest living culture in the world, the first peoples and the traditional custodians of the land we now all share. So, as I speak to you today with the spirit of those old people, let us firstly remember, honour and acknowledge the tribe that occupy this area prior to invasion, the Mouheneener people, as well as honouring all the old people, all the tribes across Lutruwita, who fought so hard for our people and our country, and I honour them all. And as I acknowledge them, I also acknowledge and pay respect to the Palawan Aboriginal community of today as the ongoing and lifelong custodians of Lutruwita, and I honour them.

I pay my respect to my elders, those who have returned to the dreaming and those who are present. And to the many Aboriginal people who did not reach their status. Because for us, our elders are the keepers of our knowledge, our culture and our tradition, and they are our most important story tellers, and I honour them.

I would also like to extend this acknowledgement to people who belong to ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities, who have been denied their right to enjoy their culture, declare and practise their religion, and use their language; as well as acknowledging and paying my respect to the many non-aboriginal people who can continue to support both myself and my community.

Thank you to you all here today. I honour you all.

[Palawa kani]

As we gather here today, I welcome you all to the country of Mouheneener people and the Palawa people of Lutruwita, the spiritual Homeland of our ancestors, and recognise we are standing in footsteps that are over a millennium old. This is where my ancestors lived for thousands of years, and they are now very deep in this country, and have returned to their Dreaming.

[Palawa kani]

This land is our country.

[Palawa kani]

This country is us.

You know, we all share so many similarities and beliefs in our cultures; and aboriginal spirituality is the foundation of our culture and our community. Our belief systems guide our morals, values, traditions and customs, to ensure a healthy and balanced relationship with the world around us.

Our culture was formed in the footsteps of our ancestors, and they are one on this country, intertwined spiritually and physically, connected with the land, waterways, animals, plants and skies. And we survive and grow stronger because our culture is strong, as is yours; our spirit is resilient, and our will is indomitable.

So, as this year comes to 2025, being a year of the snake, and I'd also like to say that for me, according to your zodiac, my birth time is the year of the snake as well. So, I celebrate with you.

First Nation people too consider that the snake a symbol of transformation, immortality and healing, a never-ending cycle for us. It is a symbol of fraternity and continually in the oath of life. So, the snake, as we say, Plantina, has been used as a symbol of strength, creativity, continuity, since ancient times, across many countries.

And you may have heard, the snake referred to as the rainbow serpent, which in Aboriginal society, represents one of the great and powerful forces of nature and spirit. The spiritual journey is a continuous process of surrender—letting go of the old and embracing the new.

Before I close, I would like to say to Master Wang and the Academy, thank you once again for inviting me to share your special celebration; thank you for the respect and warmth shown to me; and thank you for extending your hand to friendship. Because friendships aren't measured by time, they are measured by the size of imprint that leave on their hearts, and I'm so blessed to be welcomed into your community.

May peace, happiness, and good fortune be with you always. May the blessings of our good spirit, Paladin, who guides and protects us be with you all, as you celebrate the Chinese New Year, sounding the Peace Bell to welcome the Year of the Snake.

[Palawa kani]

All First Nations people believe their values and traditions are gifts from the Creator. And one of the most important, most common teachings was that we should live in harmony with the natural world and what it contained. So, let us all keep open minds to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance.

And today, our ancestors are singing and dancing with celebration. And as we move forward into the future, it is our hope that, may all live in peace and harmony, and may our ancestors find pride in bringing us together as we all learn, grow and walk together on mother earth, Palawa, Lutruwita, Tasmania, a land that always was, and always will be, Palawa country, Aboriginal land.

[Palawa kani]

Thank you.

 
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