‘Alpiri’ is a form of motivational or instructional speech traditionally used in the early morning in Anangu camps. Usually an elder would get up early to broadcast a message to people waking in the camp. In the alpiri video series, we have produced short videos in which …
Western Desert Verbal Arts Project Collection
From 2012 - 2017 Ngaatjatjarra linguist Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis worked with Inge Kral and Jennifer Green to document the endangered verbal arts of the Australian Western Desert.
The Western Desert dialects spoken in the …
Elders from Pormpuraaw tell the story of the White Ibis Sorcerer. As well as re-enacting part of the story, they go in search of one of the sites in this important songline.
The Tjawa Tjawa Songline follows a group of women in search of husbands.
The women travel from Roebourne in the Pilbara through to Kiwikurra in the Great Sandy Desert far to the south of Balgo, where they split up, some heading east and some north. When they near Lake Mackay …
Our Bedtime Stories 2, Episode 1: Winkarra Jurttanti (Grandmother Made of Stone)
Story by Rosemary 'Narrurlu' Plummer in the Warumungu language. This episode was produced by Barkly Regional Arts in Tennant Creek, NT.
Our Bedtime Stories presents stories for children in …
The Uti Kulintjaku Watiku (men’s) group of NPY Women’s Council formed in 2016, with a commitment to promote healing, prevent family violence, and develop community capacity and resilience.
Tjanimaku Tjukurpa | Tjanima’s Story grew out of a genuine care and concern for …
In 2012-2013 a group of Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaanyatjarra language speakers from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia recorded traditional verbal arts and sand stories.
Even in Australian Indigenous communities where traditional spoken languages are still relatively …
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