Volume 17
Oral Traditions and Expressions, Social Practices, Rituals and Festive Events
‘We paint stories we heard from our ancestors’: Intangible heritage of the Pardhan Gonds of Central India
‘We paint stories we heard from our ancestors’: Intangible heritage of the Pardhan Gonds of Central India
Wangkarra : communication and the verbal arts of Australia’s Western Desert
Chuskor: Traditional Water Mills of the Dirang Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh
Disappearing Dialect: the Idu-Mishmi Language of Arunachal Pradesh(India)
Safeguarding the 'path of the souls' : the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures
Graphic elements in a sand story, representing people (‘U’ shapes), a fire, artefacts, and an enclosing shelter. Drawing by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis.
Joella Butler, 2013. ‘Tjalaku – Going for honey ants in the Toyota’.
The WDVA team documenting sand storytelling in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.
Purrungu by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, 2016. This painting is of the country around Purrungu which was created by the Kutungu Woman in the Tjukurrpa
Leaves and other small objects are used to represent characters in sand stories.
Tjarlirli by Esther Giles, 2016. This painting is of the waterholes and sandhills of Esther Giles’ traditional country around Tjarlirli.
Uriaieke taking a photo of an OmuHimba woman in front of a traditional dwelling.
This shows the 3D model being evaluated by some of the women from the community.
Left: photo of a traditional OvaHimba dwelling. Right: 3D model of the dwelling.
Left: photo of a traditional OvaHimba dwelling. Right: 3D model of the dwelling.
Rangthang and jangpa grinding flour.
The skulls of sacrificed mithuns are hung on the walls of houses to demonstrate the wealth of the household.
Idu children in traditional dress.
Pachu Pulu, an igu (priest) conducting a ritual during the Reh festival in February 2014.
An Idu woman at her loom.
The chanting procession, with the women, taking part, going to the exhibition hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.
Liberio Uiagomeareu, Kleber Meri Tororeu and Orlando Kuira preparing the human remains for the chanting ritual in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.
The chief chanter, Helinho Kuruguga, performing the Roia Kurireu (the great chant).
Agostinho Eibajiwu and Ailton Meri Ekureu sing and dance around the human remains in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.
The moment before the human remains were placed in the ‘path of the souls’ showcase.
The ‘path of the souls’, the imaginary line that divides a village into north and south, represented by a showcase in the exhibition hall.