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This excerpt from the 2006 Film Australia National Interest Program DVD, Ceremony: The Djungguwan of Northeast Arnhem Land includes footage from the five-part Film Australia documentary The...
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Elders speak to children about Djungguwan Law. One Yolngu Elder likens these rules to their Ten Commandments.
They include respecting your parents, not stealing and not ridiculing your family.
This...
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Wanyubi Marika from the Rirratjingu clan describes the journey of Laklak and Raymattja – the two Wawilak Sisters.
The Yolngu believe that their world was made by creator ancestors who journeyed...
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Bakamumu Marika from the Rirratjingu explains that the Wawilak Sisters are the creators of the Law, which in turn gives the Yolngu their Djungguwan ceremony. The sisters came from Wawilak country....
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Yolngu ceremony with its combination of sets, props, painting of the body, dance and singing is likened to an operatic experience by anthropologist Professor Howard Morphy.
The substance of Yolngu...
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The Wawilak Sisters myth and their Djungguwan ceremony connects the Yolngu to their land which they believe they have occupied since time immemorial.
Professor Howard Morphy talks about the...
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Scene from the documentary Lempad of Bali showing some colourful ceremonial offerings. Photographer: Rio Helmi.
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