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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Good-bye old man [from the AIATSIS collection]
  name:
    name part: Minipini, Thomas Woody
    role:
      role term: narrator.
  name:
    name part: MacDougall, David
    role:
      role term: producer,
    role:
      role term: director.
  name:
    name part: Kanopy (Firm)
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Nonfiction films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 66 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
  abstract: At the request of a dying Tiwi man and his family on Melville Island, this film was made of the pukumani (bereavement) ceremony to follow his death. The film observes the family through the long period of preparation for the ceremony, following age-old traditions. Dancing and face-painting are rehearsed, to the family's satisfaction, and because "things should be right for this film". For the two days of ceremony, the community moves to Carslake Beach where a smoking ritual is held to protect the participants from spirits. The cemetery poles are erected, traditional dances are performed along with personal dances by family members. Facial and body decoration is elaborate and spectacular. After saying a final farewell to the old man, the community and the family leave the Beach and return to the village where routine life resumes. The film is narrated by one of the participants in the ceremony, Thomas Woody Minipini, not using a prepared script, but with his observations recorded as he watched the edited film. Produced and directed by David MacDougall. Produced by the AIAS Film Unit (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra) - 1977 Ronin Films wishes to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that this film may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
  note: Title from title frames.
  note: Originally produced by Ronin Films in 1977.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  subject:
    geographic code: u-at-no
  subject:
    topic: Tiwi (Australia people)
    topic: Rites and ceremonies
  subject:
    topic: Bereavement
    geographic: Australia
    geographic: Melville Island (N.T.)
  subject:
    topic: Body painting
    geographic: Australia
    geographic: Melville Island (N.T.)
  subject:
    topic: Memorial rites and ceremonies
    geographic: Australia
    geographic: Melville Island (N.T.)
  identifier: 1076114 Kanopy
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UtOrBLW
    record creation date: 140717
    record change date: 20260324163932.1
    record identifier: in00003585421
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng