This video shows Connie Ngarmeiye Nangala demonstrating how to make treat babies using tamara (antbed). It also features Keithan Barry and his mother Lisa Smiler, and Keenan Barry, Becky Peter and Sarah Oscar.
It was produced by Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland).
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A story about a group of girls playing basketball. One girl gets injured and her friends take her to see an old woman who knows bush medicine. She gets better and they recommence their basketball game.
Ngardan, the earth mound created by the black soil termite namulu is great medicine. Eaten straight it helps with arthritis and all your joints. Lying down on a heated mound earth bed covered with straw and a little water to create steam is a wonderful healer for your whole body. …
A man goes hunting for kangaroo, he shoots the kangaroo and then cooks it. He takes the blood from the kangaroo to be used as a bush medicine. Dogs gets the meat at the end.
Barkly Yarning was a Festivals Australia project for the 2012 Desert Harmony Festival. Produced by Barkly Regional Arts Project Director - Ktima Heathcote
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