Marrakulu Funeral - Yirrkala 1974.
This film is a record of the funeral ceremony for a Marrakulu clan leader at Yirrkala in 1974. Through Marrakulu, Rirratjingu and Djapu clan songs and dances the body of the leader is taken on both a spiritual journey to his clan lands and a physical journey from the hospital at the mining town of N...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
| Published: |
[San Francisco, California, USA] :
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
1996.
Kanopy Streaming, 2018. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video |
| Summary: | This film is a record of the funeral ceremony for a Marrakulu clan leader at Yirrkala in 1974. Through Marrakulu, Rirratjingu and Djapu clan songs and dances the body of the leader is taken on both a spiritual journey to his clan lands and a physical journey from the hospital at the mining town of Nhulunbuy to Yirrkala. Here the coffin lies in state, before being taken in a grand ritual procession to its final burial at the cemetery at Yirrkala. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 00:53:30 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |