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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

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Preparing the ceremonial grounds
The ceremonial grounds are prepared for the Djungguwan Ceremony. The first clip is from Djungguwan – Speaking to the Future (Trevor Graham, 2002). The second is from The Djungguwan of Gurka'wuy (Ian...
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'When we paint, it's got meaning'
Wanyubi Marika (Dhuwa moiety) explains that the poles he is painting represent his father, Jacky Milirrpum, and his father's younger brother Roy Dadaynga Marika. In his lifetime, Wanyubi's father was...
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'The place where everyone will come together'
Here we see Dennis and Wanyubi singing and painting the story of the Wawilak Sisters from the 2002 documentary Djungguwan – Speaking to the Future (Trevor Graham). When the poles are completed, there...
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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 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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