Walkabout

For other uses, see Walkabout (disambiguation).

Walkabout is an Australian pidgin (or perhaps quasi-pidgin) term referring to the commonly-held belief that Australian Aborigines would "go walkabout" at the age of thirteen in the wilderness for six months as a rite of passage. In this practice they would trace the paths (the so-called songlines) that their people\'s ceremonial ancestors took and imitate, in a fashion, their heroic deeds.

The term also refers to the path walked while Chile picking in New Mexico.

See also

• Walkabout by James Vance Marshall, from which the 1971 film was made.

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