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Tagged: Arnhem Land
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Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2020.
This year's inductees include radio show Martin/Molloy, Arnhem Land...
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The clips in this collection draw on three longer films made in 1966, 1976 and 2002 about the Djungguwan ceremony in north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
The aim of the Djungguwan is to bring...
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Twelve Canoes paints a compelling portrait of the history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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Listen to a Q&A with director Stephen Maxwell Johnson about his revisionist Western High Ground, set in Arnhem Land during the frontier wars.
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Arnhem Land Popular Classics was the first record to bring widespread attention to the didjeridu (didgeridoo or dijeridoo), also known as the yidaki in Yolgnu.
The recording features several senior...
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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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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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Lorrpu (John Sebastian Pilakui) dreams of when he and his friends were initiated, as Botj (Sean Mununggur) arrives back from three months in jail. Their friend Milika (Nathan Daniels) is a young...
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Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer, 2006) follows the story of Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil), a young Aboriginal warrior, as he wanders the wilderness hunting for eggs. The film showcases traditional Aboriginal...
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In 2002 Wanyubi Marika was concerned about the many young men who were drinking in the community, and the number of alcohol-related deaths. Wanyubi wanted to use the Djungguwan as a ceremony to...