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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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...