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Podcast: The Talking Point
Episode: Astrotourism and our heritage
Description: While many are discovering the trend of astrotourism today, we often don't talk about how our ancestors and cultural practices includes generational knowledge about stars as well as celestial bodies. In years gone by, many indigenous cultures used the stars to perform and predict daily activities: navigation, the change of season think sowing and harvest periods) and timekeeping. In other instances, stargazing helped cultural groups with more complex activities such as to perform specific rituals, share the symbolism of celestial bodies and share folklore associated with planets to younger generations. We wanted to take a...