In 2012-2013 a group of Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaanyatjarra language speakers from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia recorded traditional verbal arts and sand stories.
Even in Australian Indigenous communities where traditional spoken languages are still relatively …
Yidumduma Bill Harney teaching his nephew Jonas Doctor as they walk into Gornbunya Whistling Kite art site. Here Yidumduma uses Kriol to talk to Jonas, and Wardaman language to talk with the Ancestors as they approach. Filmed by Zephyr L'Green. Edited by Russ Hopkins. Produced by …
Elders from Pormpuraaw tell the story of the White Ibis Sorcerer. As well as re-enacting part of the story, they go in search of one of the sites in this important songline.
Water clearance ceremony for Yidumduma Bill Harney's nephew Jonas Doctor. Filmed by Zephyr L'Green. Edited by Russ Hopkins. Produced by Paul Taylor. Yubulyawan Dreaming Project 2013. www.ydproject.com
Here Yidumduma talks to Jonas in Kriol and to the Ancestors in Wardaman …
'Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal: Frog and Brolga' is a story shared by the Gija Community. The Frog and Brolga, are Creation Ancestors for the Gija people who through an event at Gawarre (Bungle Bungles), brought into being the Gija landscape, plants, animals and the Gija people. Over …
"Niminjarra" is a story owned by Warnman people of the Great Sandy Desert in WA.
Two young men transformed themselves into snakes to make their way home from law ceremony to their mother in the west. They were pursued by “Niminjarra” spirit beings all the way to Lake Dora. …
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