The house-opening [from the AIATSIS collection].

When Geraldine Kawanka's husband died, she and her children moved out of their house. In earlier times, their bark house would have been burnt, but today a "house-opening" ceremony has evolved, creatively mingling Aboriginal, Torres Strait, and European traditions in order to deal wit...

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Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Kawanka, Geraldine (Narrator), MacDougall, Judith (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Subjects:	Kawanka, Geraldine. Bereavement > Australia > Aurukun (Qld. : Shire) Religious dance > Australia > Aurukun (Qld. : Shire) Memorial rites and ceremonies > Australia > Aurukun (Qld. : Shire) Fasts and feasts > Australia > Aurukun (Qld. : Shire) Indigenous peoples > Rites and ceremonies. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
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