Mother Tongue series: Story of the Longbums in the Mangroves

First Languages Australia short with Bertram Tipungwiti, speaking Tiwi. This video is a part of the First Languages Australia Gambay language map project. Available to view here: https://gambay.com.au

Cornelia Tipuamantumirri uses the pwoja for her work, dipping the comb shaped carved ironwood into her ochre palette; shades of pinks and yellows to portray the reflections of her long life lived on the Tiwi Islands. Reflections also, of the skyes’ lights on the surface of the …