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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dancers

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Instruments of Ceremony
The Djungguwan ceremony is like a theatrical performance with props and sets. This clip looks at the sacred emblems of the Djungguwan: the madayin sacred objects, manikay songs, miny'tji ancestral...
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Full circle: 1976 and 2002 Djungguwan ceremonies
Director Trevor Graham explains the connections between the documentary Djungguwan – Speaking to the Future (Trevor Graham, 2002) and Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy (Ian Dunlop, 1976). The children from the...
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'For generation and generation'
Director Ian Dunlop points out that every Djungguwan ceremony is unique. He refers to the accelerating impact of outside forces that came with bauxite mining and the new mining town of Nhulunbuy....
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Cinematographer Dean Semler
Director Ian Dunlop talks about working with cinematographer Dean Semler on the five-part Film Australia documentary The Djungguwan of Gurka'wuy filmed in 1976, about the Djungguwan ceremony. ...
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The role of the Djungguwan
The Djungguwan is a ceremony of the Rirratjingu and the Marrakulu clans of the Yolngu people. It is a ceremony of transition, teaching and remembering. It is an initiation ceremony that aims to teach...
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'This is my land'
Yolngu elder Mithili Wanambi talks about the importance of his people living on their traditional clan lands in this excerpt from Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy (1976). He says that it is 'to show that our...
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The Djungguwan, 1966 – part 3
This is an excerpt from footage of the Djungguwan ceremony at Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1966. The traditional Yolngu, or Yolŋu ceremony, is also known as the Djuŋguan, Djuŋgewon...
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The Djungguwan ceremony of Yirrkala, 1966
This is a short excerpt from a documentary made about the Djungguwan ceremony at Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1966. The traditional Yolngu, or Yolŋu ceremony, is also known as the...
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The Djungguwan, 1966 – part 2
This short excerpt shows footage of the Djungguwan ceremony at Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1966. The traditional Yolngu, or Yolŋu ceremony, is also known as the Djuŋguan, Djuŋgewon...
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Creator ancestors made the Law
Narritjin Maymuru from the Manggalili clan explains how the creator ancestors made the Law before they changed into fish and animals. The Yolngu believe that their world was made by creator ancestors...
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

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