in Australia, a ceremony or formal statement at an event in which an important person among the indigenous people of the area where the event is taking place (= those who lived there and owned the land before Europeans came) welcomes others to the area

It was the first sitting of the Australian parliament to be opened with an Aboriginal welcome to country.

Aboriginal Elder Auntie Carol performed the Welcome to Country on behalf of the local people. 原住民长老卡罗尔阿姨代表当地人民主持了“欢迎来到原住民国家”仪式。