| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Dundiwuy Wanambi, Ian Dunlop, Narritjin Maymuru |
| Event |
Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1996. |
| Summary |
This is an archival record film of a circumcision ceremony at Yirrkala in 1972. On many occasions over the three weeks prior to the main ceremony the boys to be circumcised are sung over and beautifully painted with clan designs. As the final day approaches the paintings become ever more elaborate. No translation or documentation is included in this archival record. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians.
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Australians.
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Indigenous peoples.
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| Genre |
Education films.
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| Added Author |
Dunlop, Ian, film director.
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Wanambi, Dundiwuy, actor.
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Dunlop, Ian, actor.
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Maymuru, Narritjin, actor.
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National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3434406 Kanopy |
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