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Tagged: cultural traditions

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Narbalek: A trip to Kundjabe
The family travel to Kundjabe to fish. The women bait the hooks with worms, while they talk about the different types of food available to them. There is a great familiarity with how the family...
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Dramatically Black - Crocodile Dreaming: Returning the stone
Two brothers, Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil) and Charlie (Tom E Lewis), travel to their mother’s burial site and return a sacred stone to its rightful place. Summary by Liz McNiven.
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Dramatically Black - Crocodile Dreaming: Swimming with the crocodile
Older brother Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil) introduces his younger brother, Charlie (Tom E Lewis), to his knowledge of the crocodile dreaming. After a crocodile rocks their tin boat, Burrimmilla and...
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Dramatically Black - Crocodile Dreaming: Everything is upside-down
A sacred stone has been taken, and a child killed by a crocodile. An old woman explains, ‘Everything’s upside down now, it’s all wrong’. The old men meet and agree to contact the ‘number one Jungaiy...
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A Current Affair: Tips for your summer BBQ
In this quirky A Current Affair story from reporter Howard Gipps, he catches up with 'The Barbecue King', barbecue teacher and cookbook author Kim Terakis, who gives us some easy recipes for summer...
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Gulpilil - One Red Blood: 'My father's country'
Footage of David, Robyn – David’s traditional law wife – and their children in Ramingining. Sweeping aerial views of the ever-widening river that David needs to cross to reach David’s father’s...
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Gulpilil - One Red Blood: Sharing culture and country
A clip from Mike Willesee’s The Hunting Party (1990) shows David Gulpilil and others in a swamp hunting for goanna. David is a Yolngu man of the Mandhalpuyngu, speech of the Djinba language. The...
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Gulpilil - One Red Blood: Walkabout
After a screening of Walkabout (1971) in a cinema, David is speaking to fans at the cinema. Interviews with Justine Saunders, Gary Foley, Professor Marcia Langton and David Stratton give background...
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Island Fettlers: Leaving Island homes
The bright tropical colours of the coastline of Darnley Island, Torres Strait. Island men bid their families and community farewell. Voice-over narration tells of the choice to go to Western...
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Island Fettlers: Maintaining tradition
A title runs over the image of a lone building: 'Muralaguah Buai Cultural Centre, Wickham’. The busy preparation of the celebration of 'The coming of the light’. People coming together, music and...
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