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"Australia is importing large quantities of cheap copied Aboriginal arts and crafts from countries like Indonesia, India and China to sell to tourists (often as genuine Aboriginal art). Do you agree or disagree with this practice?"

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Name and Country	Do you agree or disagree with this practice?	Please provide your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with imports of Aboriginal arts and crafts into Australia
Aaron from USA	I disagree with imports	I believe the arts and crafts should be genuine
Anonymous from Hungary	I disagree with imports	It's not just harming the aboriginal culture but the economy of the country.
Adisa Lafayette from Canada	I agree with imports	The economy is at risk in many countries today all people need a means to make a living its good for the world.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	It's unfair to the actual Aboriginal peoples.
Alan Tower from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	The original aboriginal people would be best to produce the artwork that Australia offers to the world. Support the elders of your culture.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	It's cheating the tourist and mixing cultures that would not mix naturally!
Alex from Canada	I strongly disagree with imports	Importing a fake from another country no only takes livelihood from a local but also over time causes people to give up making the original craft and then tradition is lost.
Anonymous from Belgium	I disagree with imports	A kind of "droit d'auteur"...
Anonymous from United Kingdom	I disagree with imports	It makes money off the reputation of genuine arts.
Andrew Castle from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	They are fake and deceptive and detract from Aboriginal culture.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	Why would you import fakes to your own country when you have the real thing. Plus it helps create jobs for the natives.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Anything sold as authentic being inauthentic should be revealed as such or the seller's thereof being penalized greatly for infringing on the rights of those with authentic talents.
Arpad Toth from Hungary	I strongly disagree with imports	Of course there should be enough crafts and treasures in australia only I don't think it is needed to be mixed up with different feelings of different cultures...
Babs Green from United Arab Emirates	I strongly disagree with imports	As you state they are cheap copies. If tourists spend their time and money to visit a country to learn of its culture first hand I would expect the goods to be AUTHENTIC
Barney from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	The first thing that came to my thoughts seems that by importing will take away the opportunity for the Aboriginal people's source of income. Then it also came to me importing and claiming that its authentic Aboriginal art is grossly unethical dishonest & so wrong on so many levels!!
Anonymous	I strongly agree with imports	We should be looking after the Aboriginal people and their culture by buying original Aboriginal art and not imitations
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	First of all it looks a bit absurd that there is such a thing like didge-import in THE country of the real didge with THE real aboriginal-craftsmen. In fact there is no need for these products in Australia. But it would smell a little bit like protectionism to say that import should have to be forbidden. The true issue to my opinion is that there should be full honesty about the products as well as to why these didges are that much cheaper as to whom made the didge and also about comparing the quality. This is a fundamental statement in this matter in order to create an honest fair more balanced way of merchandising.
Beverly Byrum from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Aboriginal arts and crafts should come from Aboriginal people otherwise they should be labeled clearly as copies from... (country of origin) I hate going to a pow wow and looking at supposed Native American crafts which are made in China. I will only buy from the Native American who made the item or his/her representative. I bought my flute from the native who made it.
Brandi from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I think that its important that we support genuine aboriginal works of art. Genuine is higher quality for me!
Brandon Mccreight from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Because its Australia's heritage and history not china's. I believe that only real didges should be made not loveless ones
Brian from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Undermines aboriginal culture.
Bridget from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	This is how the Aboriginal people make their living. Some high and mighty corporation comes by and take sticks hollows them out with machines and sells them for $50 to the masses... Ridiculous!
Brooks from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	By getting it from other places you are misleading the tourist coming to your country. They believe that it was crafted in your country by the Aboriginal people and that is what they fell they are paying for. Not some cheap import CRAP! Also you are keep the moneys from going into the community
Bryce from USA	I disagree with imports	I believe that importing Aboriginal arts and crafts is okay only if the items are obviously labeled as imports in the stores. For some reason some people like cheap souvenirs and don't care where they are from. For them they can have the imports everyone else can support the local culture. If it is properly identified people will go for the authentic items.
Carl Hirschfeld from USA	I disagree with imports	It just seems like people are taking advantage to make a quick buck and it dilutes the value and appreciation of the real items
Cary Jackson from USA	I disagree with imports	I disagree with it being labeled as genuine Aboriginal art when it is not however I have traveled to many countries and found that for tourists at least items purchased are more a memento of the trip not a desire for the genuine article. People truly looking for the genuine article usually can tell the difference and will pay for quality.
Chad from USA	I disagree with imports	I think it takes away from the Aboriginals. I.E. money and their ability to convey their culture to the world.
Anonymous from USA	I agree with imports	Free trading is healthy
Claudio from Italy	I agree with imports	We in Europe have to know the style art of this beautiful people present in the world
Clint Beedy from USA	I disagree with imports	It's misleading to the buyer. It could also be a good way of making money for true aboriginals to make these items if money is what they need.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Then its not original
Colin from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	It's fraud for profit and it takes away genuine art and living from the originators. Plus it's conning those interested in the arts.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I think the Aboriginal peoples should be producing and selling and profiting from their own cultural history.
Cory Gleason from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	The importing of these imitation aboriginal crafts cheapens the true art coming from true artists. much heart and soul goes to creating a piece of artwork and to make cheap copies and sell it as the real thing is dishonest and insulting.
Courtney from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Why not provide the Aboriginal people with the means to showcase and sell their own arts instead of selling knockoffs. It is disrespectful to the Aboriginal people to just use their arts to make a profit but to not value the people themselves.
Curtis from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Importing cheap imitations of the genuine article at the same place as the real thing is insulting and undercutting the market for real art.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	Misrepresentation of a product and unfair to indigenous people.
Dan Soreanu from Israel	I disagree with imports	It is hurting the Aboriginal population...
Dan from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is disgusting
Dana from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Well besides the fraudulent representation issues cheap copies of Aboriginal arts and crafts by non-aborigines undermine the artistic-skills the indigenous-economy and the cultural heritage of the Aboriginal Peoples. This same artistic rip-off has corrupted the market for Native American artisans by pandering to the ignorance of the consumers. Clearly this is a real beef of mine. I consider these cheap imports to be fakes (fraud) as opposed to reproductions (made by skilled non-Australian Aborigines). Reproductions usually reflect the real value of a hand-made object and educate the buyer about the history and culture of ancient or contemporary "authentic" pieces crafted by the indigenous artisans. If the reproduction is made by a non-Aborigine the ethics would allow that craftsman to include a discussion of how the pieces have been influenced by traditional techniques and style and where the artist has departed from those traditions.
Dani from Spain	I strongly disagree with imports	The imports take off work to aboriginal people
Daniel from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	The making of these arts and crafts is the heritage and a vital economic product of australian aboriginals.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	I disagree! why? because I think that cheap aboriginal art most of time not correspond with the true essence of aboriginal art is! it's only a copy. who acquired this material will never no about the true history about aboriginal art! this action destabilize the meaning of aboriginal art! sorry the english I am portuguese;D
David Jackson from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I believe Aboriginal arts and crafts should remain the purview of the Aboriginal people. It is their heritage and legacy to us.
David Smith from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	These imports simply are not genuine.
Anonymous from United Kingdom	I disagree with imports	Taking away from aboriginals
Dawson from USA	I disagree with imports	Profiting from something that did not belong to them.
Deb Middaugh from Canada	I strongly disagree with imports	Original is Original Authentic is Authentic........the meaning of these words should speak clearly and not mislead...
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree because it takes jobs and money from genuine aboriginal people who are trying to make an honest living. these people are a minority and deserve to be treated better as it was once their land before europeans invaded and took over. now they are loosing their heritage because of us the imposters and people selling cheap fake non genuine goods.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I do not think imports crafted in other countries should be allowed to be called "Aboriginal Arts and Crafte" if they are not made by the Aboriginal people of Australia.
Dodie from Canada	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree with copied imports. If the Aboriginal wish to export their genuine art for sale - that is their choice.
Doug from USA	I disagree with imports	The originators of the arts and crafts should benefit from the sale of those items. Cheap knockoffs devalue the original culture and represent cultural theft for commercial gain.
Anonymous from Greece	I disagree with imports	I don't like cheap imitations
Eric from USA	I don't care	If it brings consciousness and awareness to Aboriginal issues then I agree with it If it exploits the quality of life of anyone I disagree with it
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I appreciate seeing the work put into a piece of art and I do not want to buy some cheap imitation that is putting a true artist and craftsman out of a job.
Eric from USA	I disagree with imports	I don't think they should import aboriginal arts when the genuine items can be made right there in Australia and benefit the aboriginal peoples.
Erik from USA	I disagree with imports	It doesn't make much sense.
Etienne from France	I strongly disagree with imports	I think art in all its forms is an essential part of a culture. These imports not only hinders a part of the livelihood of the aborigines but could also have for effect to slowly destroy their art. And therefore their culture.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Flooding an eager market with fake aboriginal crafts just makes the real authentic crafts worth less and seem less like the specialty items they should be. Tourists will just buy the cheap fake crap and go home ignorant and happy. I think that's sad.
Fernandya from Chile	I disagree with imports	I'm chilean girl and recently yesterday I buy a Didgeridoo one man of the street art. now I try play didge mi friend have one very nice like a didge original I want a original for play and inside in trance sound I like very much this page:)
Frans Essers from Netherlands	I disagree with imports	To my point of few this is similar to coping brands like nike etc. It should be very clear that the import is a real different product (which is not the case) so...ban!
Gavin Brown from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	THEY JUST AINT THE REAL THING
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	Any thing that detracts from the original is wrong as has been done here in the US with native American crafts. Coping is a form of flattery but mark it as such.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	If the art is supposed to be Australian Aboriginal art it should be made by Australian Aboriginal peoples.
Anonymous from Germany	I disagree with imports	The origin is only from Australia from the Aboriginals. This is only one of not many ways to earn some money.
Anonymous from Germany	I disagree with imports	I disagree because it is the cultural property of the Aboriginal people.
Anonymous from Japan	I strongly disagree with imports	Aside from obvious authenticity issues it dilutes the truth culture and traditions and adds to the obliteration of the people.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	If I was aboriginal I would feel ripped off both with money and heritage.
Jacqueline Leibhardt from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	As long as a buyer KNOWS he is buying counterfeit art what harm is that?However the ripoff of a people's culture is wrong.The indigenous peoples of the world have watched their way of life disappear crushed under the cultural steamroller of modern life.We honor their traditions when we buy their genuine art.As a person of Native Central American descent this is part of the history of my people.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Imports degrade the spirit of the art sound and true meaning that has been passed down for many generations.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I believe it is plagiarism especially if they are bad knock-offs. Then it becomes the fact that the aborigine people are losing money by not selling their art.
Jason from Isle Of Man	I strongly disagree with imports	The arts and crafts should be made and sold by the locals after all it is there heritage and who better to continue the tradition before its gone for good
Jason from New Zealand	I strongly disagree with imports	If people are selling non-aboriginal arts & crafts and claiming that it is aboriginal it is highly un-ethical and racist. They should only have them made/sold by aboriginals.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	If you are selling something of a certain homeland it should be produced there. I think that the proceeds should go to the tribes.
Jeremy from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is an out right travesty to have this happening but I guess it happens everywhere its a shame it is not better regulated and the money isn't going to the people and staying with in the country or being exported rather than imported.
Jerry from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Importing these items is disrespectful and insensitive to the Aboriginal peoples of the land.
Jesse Flores from USA	I disagree with imports	Because it takes not just the money from the natives. It also takes away the heritage from the people.
Jesse from Canada	I disagree with imports	As with any Aboriginal culture being exploited through language culture spirituality it is just another step of colonialism coming into reduce the resiliency and take advantage of our people.
Jessica from Brazil	I disagree with imports	My reason for agreeing is to keep alive an extremely beautiful art and sound that I don't want to disappear any time soon.
Joachim from Belgium	I strongly disagree with imports	It's not real. the aboriginals have invented the didj and they are the only one who should have profit from the selling of it instead of those made in indonesia imitations..
John Armstrong from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Counterfeits and poor copies will hurt the income and reputation of the Aboriginal craftsmen. If they are sold as products of the nation that they come from it would not be so bad.
John from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Disgraces the culture
John Hucks from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Selling a "fake" as an original is dishonest and taints the character and reputation of true aboriginals. Aboriginals should be proud of their heritage and show their disgust of this practice.
John from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	People want quality not imported rubbish I would only purchase artifacts made in Oz
John from USA	I disagree with imports	I believe in truth in advertising. It is not fair to genuine aboriginal art makers
Jonathan Turton from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	You can't just recreate what the aborigines have mastered. It is their art and their craft. It would be the same as someone trying to get a samurai sword made in china. Its not from the originators of japan. To get true crafts they must be from the true masters
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree totally. Musical instruments and artwork (although I am not an artist) are sacred to the player and the maker. Business people who are out to make cash don't know this because they are (largely) ignorant and driven by profit. I play a few instruments: each is made by the right person: my trombone is the best and it cost money. The piano is a real beauty: 90 years old and handmade by dedicated piano makers the Irish Whistle I imported from Dublin Ireland and my didjes (4 of them) are made by the real people and I paid good wedge for them. My music is real and so are my instruments. You can't sell cheap crap so people can pretend they are the real deal. This is usually a fairly harmless practice but in the apparently white supremacist Australia (sorry but it's the impression that I get from the Didjshop newsletter) the art craft and music are some of the final areas in which Aboriginal people can thrive. To have it taken away by some other imported businessman or woman is wrong. Copyright infringement is taken extremely seriously elsewhere: courts judges and life-ruining penalties etc so why not for these guys and their ancient art craft and music?
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I don't believe that people should import crafts and arts that are originally made by a unique culture and having them made by cheap labor and mass produced. Originality and quality is something to be valued.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	It steals their heritage and in a form of ersatz prostitution!
Joshua from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I've always been a supporter of the arts and feel that the artists deserve full credit. I'm also a big supporter of Aboriginal rights and culture and have been to Australia twice. I think with everything that has happened to them or been done to them the least that can be done now is to let them get full credit and pay for their artwork.
Julien from France	I strongly disagree with imports	I think it should be a help for Aborigines of Australia to retain "exclusivity" in traditional crafts making and business. It'd be a help for them to stay on traditional lands and promote their culture.
Anonymous from Ecuador	I don't care	I disagree in the fact of making copied art because copied items do not have the same history and meaning as original items but I don't care about imports because if you think about it it is not people's fault but their government people are just trying to have decent life
Julio Peña from Paraguay	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree when they lie. They must tell the owner what they are selling otherwise they deserve some legal punishment.
Jusa Keränen from Finland	I don't care	It's good the aboriginal art! I really respect it!
Karl Craig from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	I have an Aboriginal friend by the name of Max Mansell who has explained to me the consequences of the cheap imports and the damage they do to the Aboriginal reputation.
Keri-lynn from Canada	I agree with imports	I agree with imports. I do not agree with people ripping off the respect of a culture a product or the integrity of anything. The real stuff needs to be looked at first before we go the cheap fast route to try to claim success with something.
Kevin from France	I strongly disagree with imports	That's denatured the culture and the way of life of Aboriginal people. That made them poor (I think they could sell their own product) This civilisation and their knowledge is a treasure we don't have to abused of it.
Kim from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	If they are imported then they are not made by Aboriginal people
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	I believe crafts are an expression of the culture from which it originated. Fair enough if other countries wish to try their hand at making it however it's not reasonable at all to sell these arts as genuine. It should be stated VERY clearly where things are made.
Kristen from USA	I disagree with imports	They should come from the Aboriginal people no one else should profit from something so culturally unique to the indigenous people of Australia.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	L'importazione non consente la vendita dei migliori prodotti indigeni sfavorendo quindi l'arte e le popolazioni locali
Anonymous from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	I strongly disagree with the importing of Didjeridoo's.........made by other people and cheaply done. Indigenous Australians need to take ownership and possible have their Aboriginal Australian LOGO....(like the Australian logo)....so that we can see that the Didj is made by an Indigenous person.
Anonymous from Sweden	I strongly disagree with imports	It simply makes no sense. Disrespectful and ignorant.
Manuel Bayardo from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is the right of aboriginal people to receive all income from their art and culture. no person should have the right to say anything is aboriginal if it is not. its actually sickening that someone would do this.
Mark from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	They are not authentic souvenirs should be authentic.
Anonymous from Norway	I disagree with imports	It does not justice to the cultural heritage to sell them as genuine Aboriginal art.
Anonymous from Denmark	I strongly disagree with imports	It is cheating people of the fine crafts of the native people of Australia. It should be stopped immediately as it is a trademark of Australia.
Martina from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree it takes money away from people who need it the most and besides that it erodes Aboriginal culture
Mathilde from France	I strongly disagree with imports	A lot of non-Aboriginal people jump on the bandwagon in very unethical ways to make a quick profit on Aboriginal Culture without returning any money to the Aboriginal people. Many non-Aboriginal people go out and cut didgeridoos on state forest or even Aboriginal land almost all of them without permission of the Aboriginal elders or forestry permits. Many go with chainsaws mowing whole forests down to find some hollow trees without any consideration for nature or the Aborigines. Non-aboriginal people copy Aboriginal art paint Aboriginal designs even sell them as such without permission or royalty payments. Aboriginal people feel very hurt and cheated by these actions. The vast majority of Aboriginal art products are not made by Aboriginal people nor does any money from the sale of these items go to the Aboriginal people. It is an exploitation of Aboriginal culture.
Matthew from Italy	I strongly disagree with imports	I disagree as its a way to continue the oppression of the aboriginal peoples through copying of their ancestral arts.
Michael from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Selling non-Aboriginal artifacts as Aboriginal is simple deceit. If you were to purchase a Brueghel painting which was really painted by Fred Smith fraud would be used in the ensuing trial.
Michael Spring from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is fundamentally dishonest to make false representation. The destruction of any individual culture makes all cultures more vulnerable. Indigenous craftspeople have the right to profit from the culture they preserve. Any culture whose only fundamental value is greed is destroying itself.
Michael from USA	I disagree with imports	I think it takes away from the culture and work of the aboriginal people.
Mick Langan from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	Aboriginal arts have a deep sense of Spirituality and thousands of years of inspiration to draw upon. If I go and look at the Mona Lisa I don't expect to see a photocopy.
Anonymous from USA	I disagree with imports	The same reason I believe the Native America population should have exclusive rights to their traditional and historical heritage and artwork. Using imports because it is cheaper (and usually cheaper quality) doesn't sit well with me. We are taking away from the source of the Yidaki. However we in the US have some interesting variations of the didj make from Yucca/Agave or hardwood. I believe that as long as they are not advertised as Traditional Didgeridoos that this is acceptable.
Nicholas from France	I strongly disagree with imports	One has his own path. People cheaply copying traditional art to make money are as bad as the people selling those copied artifacts because they steal the chance for those who are the original creators to practice their art and way of living.
Nolan from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is stealing from the arts that the Aboriginals produce using more energy to ship them and misleading people as to what Aboriginal art and crafts are.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	Should come from the original source
Patrick from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	BEING HISPANIC I HAVE SEE ITEMS OF MY RACE MADE IN CHINA.
Peter from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	Aboriginal art should be ABORIGINAL ART!!
Philip from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Importing is disrespectful and harmful to the Aboriginal community. Also really bad for the karma of all involved.
Raffaele Giampaolo from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	I strongly disagree because Aboriginal art and musical instruments are sacred. Example the YiDaki (didgeridoo) is like your brother it is a loving thing I have been blessed by elders to play the YiDaki Alan Dargen bless his soul was one of my teachers. To me the didge is not just musical instrument it's my best friend. Imports don't have same spirit. I can feel it as soon as I up a didge I know if the spirit is there or not. Regards Raffaele.
Randy from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I just think it's wrong to copy an original craft or art form and portray it as original. It's a mockery to the native Aborigines.
Rebecca Adams from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Cultural 'art' dates back centuries and is an important piece of each culture's heritage and pride of heritage. Sometimes it is also a means of support for these individuals who try to survive without compromising their cultural integrity (or 'selling out'). Bringing imports in and selling them as 'real' is fraudulent irresponsible and shameful (at best).
Anonymous from USA	I strongly agree with imports	Harms local artistry and artisans.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It cheats Aboriginal people of the money they could be making falsifies the nature of the art and is dishonest to those buying the art.
Rob from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	It is making money from someone else's culture.
Roberto Bazzano from Italy	I strongly disagree with imports	This is a bad habit that it is useful only for the sellers. Tourists are sure to have nothing original and the rights and money of indigenous people are stolen. This is the same in every part of the world when someone thinks that earn money easily it is most important than to preserve original art and traditions.
Ron from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	While I am not Australian I believe that any dilution of aboriginal art or culture is wrong and harms the native peoples. They should have control over their culture and history.
Ros from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	There is no guarantee that the origins of the products are from an Australian aboriginal source. It should be the creator/artist who earns the recognition and dollars for their creations.
Ross from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Countries should be proud of their own artisans and heritage created by people who have been carrying on these traditions for generations.
Russ from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It takes validity away from the native cultures and commercialises them...never a good thing.
Russell Chappell from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	I believe it cheats the indigenous people of Australia of a viable source of income.
Ryan from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	This not only robs the Aboriginal people of a profitable market but also degrades the meaning behind the yidaki. They can sell their decorative knockoffs at chain stores and novelty shops anywhere else in the world but selling them in Australia and claiming they are genuine is just flat out greed.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It deprives the native people of a genuine art form that could help them be more self sustaining. It takes away some of the pride of creation. It gets misused and misrepresented.
Scott from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	If someone wants genuine Australian Aboriginal arts and crafts they should not be deceived with fake/cheap copies presented as the real thing.
Sebastian from Germany	I disagree with imports	You should be able to bye a surely original aboriginal didge
Anonymous from Brazil	I disagree with imports	Because with mass importation of others cultures people forget to give value to the own culture. But there's a problem the white people doesn't belong to aboriginal culture. Anyway the necessity of supporting aboriginal people of your country is what will maintain the will of continuing the ancestry or you will see australian natives without identity just like the white people that invaded their homeland.
Sevan from Ireland	I strongly disagree with imports	God bless the poor aboriginal people that were genocided by british colonies at the time... indonesia is a nice country but do not belong to aboriginal culture these poor countries are only dictated by richer countries to build cheap stuffs... my concern is to protect the few aboriginal left by sponsor and not drinks...
Shaun Michaels from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	What would other cultures know of the australian history and culture. they would only know what they read and copy from the first peoples of this country and nothing more
Shawn from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	This importation of cheap replicated trash is a means of profiting from a legitimate culture. This is essentially "Culture Rape" whereby the business interest in profit steals the core items of a cultures spiritual rituals in order to mass produce them and profit. This destroys the culture (Aboriginal in this case) and marginalizes their ceremonies rituals and fosters false beliefs about the culture. Everyone loses when a consumer purchases cheap imported clones of Aboriginal cultural items.
Simon from Germany	I strongly disagree with imports	It could be ok to import copied items to sell them to poorer people for less money. but its a shame to take the aboriginals only income possibility and lie to the people about the origin of the items. Aboriginal arts should be manufactured by its people.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	The authentic are better quality and have more history to them.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It's using capitalism over culture.
Steven from Canada	I disagree with imports	Importing copied arts is adding to the cultural destruction of the countries aboriginal peoples.
Storm from United Kingdom	I strongly disagree with imports	Aboriginal art and products should raise money for aboriginal people
Summer from USA	I disagree with imports	I feel that it is wrong to copy the Aboriginal arts in such a disrespectful way.
Susan from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is a misrepresentation to the buyer because it deprives Aboriginal peoples of trade opportunities making a living and genuine recognition and appreciation by others of their existence and culture.
Taro from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Importing cheap aboriginal arts and crafts which do not reflect the quality of authentic aboriginal arts will corrupt the value of authentic ones. Secondly importing copies will force real aboriginal works to compete and will make it harder for consumers to buy the real thing.
Thomas from France	I disagree with imports	Its not honest
Tiago from Portugal	I disagree with imports	I think it's obvious. I don't like to see traditional Portuguese symbols and crafts being made in Spain or China.
Anonymous from Australia	I strongly disagree with imports	Nothing beats the genuine Item...and only our aboriginal people can truly make such beautiful pieces...
Tim from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It is unethical from both a business and cultural perspective and it robs the Aboriginal people of a way of life.
Tony Kiser from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	The didj comes from the aboriginal people so australian made Didjes should be their resource to sell to the world if they so choose. It would be nice if the government would protect the integrity of an australian made product to be authentic.
Anonymous from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	It provides revenue to their communities higher quality products and didgeridoos made elsewhere are made using a stolen patent
Vladimir from Czech Republic	I disagree with imports	It is stealing of cultural heritage and making profit from that activity on top of the theft. Plus the quality is questionable and how can then a person know and learn to value some particular artistic style/presentation when he/she is not even sure it is genuine? The only plus is that it does to some extent advertise the culture of Aboriginals.
Anonymous	I disagree with imports	I think the aborigines have been exploited enough
Woody Henderson from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Because they're passing it off as genuine Aboriginal artwork. Did an Aborigine tribes person make those pieces or did someone in a production factory copy a design from a traditional Aboriginal piece enter it on a computer and pump out 50 didges an hour on a production line? I don't think there's anything wrong with copying the Aboriginal artform. But if you aren't Aboriginal and you aren't involved with/part of the tribe and culture it can't seriously be considered genuine. Just reproduction or Aboriginal-inspired perhaps. I also think it's wrong to take that business away from the Aboriginal pieces. When a tourist walks into a shop and sees a genuine piece of Aboriginal art and then a much cheaper knock-off reproduction they're going to go with the fake. Why? Because it's less expensive. We're undermining the Aboriginal people's attempts to put their work out there on the market. It reminds me of the Native American population today. Our government has stripped them of most of their tribal territories. It's pretty much impossible for them to live a traditional life so they come up with other ways to support themselves. Here in California they're making a killing with Casinos. Because that's all they have left to make a living off of. So it makes me really mad when our government goes and starts pushing taxes and restrictions on Native American casinos even though they're located on tribal sovereign land. So to me it's like "First you take their land and now you want their money?" That thought process is absurd. It it seems to be the way it's going for the Aboriginal people as well. At least from my perspective and viewpoint. But anyway that's how I feel about that.
Yanna from Netherlands	I strongly disagree with imports	Well if it's copied that's no Aboriginal art; and so it is betraying people either way: the Aboriginals ( I can imagine it hurts) and the tourists.
Zach Lessley from USA	I strongly disagree with imports	Because to make a cheap imitation of anything of high value and try to pass it off as the original is fraud and it robs Aboriginal people. It is one of the cruellest things I can think of on the market.
Anonymous	I strongly disagree with imports	Fraud 2ndly it takes away from not only vitality of the Aboriginal indigenous peoples it takes away from their history. We exist with in our stories.

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