Dundiwuy's House Opening.

For several months in 1971 Dundiwuy Wanambi and his wife, Gunapa, were living in a temporary shade at Yirrkala. They were awaiting the ritual cleansing and opening of their house. They had had to leave their house after the death of Gunapa's father, who had been living with them when he died. N...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1995.
Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
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