Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Barra and Diving Duck Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. Djilpin Arts specialises in art, live cultural performance, digital media, and produced the popular performance event – the Walking With Spirits Festival as well as Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Catfish and Filesnake Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. Djilpin Arts specialises in art, live cultural performance, digital media, and produced the popular performance event – the Walking With Spirits Festival as well as Concerts Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Gecko File Snake and Long Tom This piece by local custodian Frankie “Tango” Lane depicts three animals. At top is a gecko, commonly found in houses or “kamps”. At the middle is a file snake, or “quiet snake”. These snakes are found in billabongs and are tasty tucker. They are Read more…
Marrawuddi Arts & Culture
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Lorrkon The Lorrkon is a hollow log coffin used by the people of Arnhem Land, Australia. It consists of a tree trunk hollowed out by termites and painted by a clan member of the deceased, with the bones placed inside. The Lorrkon ceremony is the final ceremony in a sequence of Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Mimi dancing This painting depicts four Mimi spirits dancing. Also included are some bush tools such as two spears, a mako or didgeridoo, clap sticks and a dilly bag. Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Kurranji (Cassowary) He is a spiritual bird, untouched he roams the rainforest like the boss. His digestive system prepares the seeds. What he eats goes back into the soil and regenerates the land and composts the soil so more food grows. You must be very careful of them because they Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) is my mother’s mother’s totem from the Kuku Nyungkul clan. This totem is passed down generation after generation to your newborns.