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Djang'kawu

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from 7 December 2010. This was the first major survey exhibition of the Marikas' work, and covers around 50 named sites in the Yalangbara peninsula that were traversed by the Djang'kawu journey. It followed a 2008 monograph of the same name, edited by Margie West and produced in partnership with
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Banduk Marika and other members of the family. The exhibition featured not only contemporary prints and other items, but also works produced at the Yirrkala mission in the 1930s, bark paintings dating from the 1950s, drawings in
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clan. According to Milirrpum Marika (1983): "The base, foundation, culture, our Djang'kawu, the base of the Dhuwa moiety only, of the Dhuwa moiety and its various songs".
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of people, including about a third of the clans that lived in north-east Arnhem Land. The humans born of the two sisters are the ancestors of the
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The Djang'kawu are three siblings, two female and one male, who created the landscape of Australia and covered it with
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The significance of the story is recognised in the forthcoming (2022) assessment of Yalangbara for inclusion in the
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The Djang'kawu continue westwards, producing more offspring which gave rise to other clans of the Dhuwa moiety.
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into the sand, after which the digging sticks turned into a variety of plant species. Their
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Djanggawul: An Aboriginal Religious Cult of North-Eastern Arnhem Land
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touring exhibition, instigated by Mawalan Marika's daughter, artist
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hidden in their basket and mats. The objects changed into various
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Oceania: The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands
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The Djanggawul/Djang'kawu myth specifically concerned the
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of Australia. It is one of the most important stories in
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
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Index

Djanggawul
creation ancestors
Yolngu
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australian mythology
moiety
Dhuwa
Dua
moiety
Rirratjingu
flora and fauna
canoe
Baralku
Morning Star
Venus
Yalangbara
ceremonial law
digging sticks
headwear
sacred objects
landforms
freshwater
digging sticks
clap sticks
sand dunes
ngarra ceremony
Makassans
trepang
Lalawuy Bay

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