SMOKING CEREMONIES & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Each area has ceremonies significant to the Country you are on.

Lionel’s smoking ceremonies use three plants that are used in ritual on Bunurong/Boonwurrung County.

Properties of these plants protect guests both physically and spiritually.
A smoking can be used in welcome, celebration, birth, deaths, to cleanse bad energy and spirits.

A Welcome to Country (WTC) can only be done by someone who is a Traditional Owner (T.O) Country
(unless special permission is granted by the T.O’s)
eg Bunurong/Boonwurung

A Welcome is an obligation to protect your guests both physically and spiritually. An Acknowledgement is an obligation to protect the people’s land and water you are on.

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It is all about showing respect and good practice to use wherever you travel on Country.