Description Barkly Yarning was a Festivals Australia project for the 2012 Desert Harmony Festival. Produced by Barkly Regional Arts Project Director - Ktima Heathcote
A story about a group of ladies who go out hunting with two dogs. They hunt for porcupine, and one gathers a plant for bush medicine. The two dogs chase a goanna up a tree and then the ladies kill the goanna. They go to the dinner camp and cook the goanna, and have a cup of …
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 Traditional elder gives a tour on the Chuulangun Homelands (Cape York) looking for native plants, speaking in both English and language, he talks about Wyku (Belly ache tree).
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.
Going Bush is a narrative script created from a story from a woman who spent many years living in Ernabella (Pukatja) and the stories on a quilt made by some ladies in Warburton. It talks about why it's important to get out of the house when you are feeling down, and some of the …
This movie is about the bush medicines the kids learnt about that grow in their country. They learnt what they were good for and how to say them in language.
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