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
The value of memory: Suakin’s cultural heritage - significant for whom?
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’.
Tjarlirli by Esther Giles, 2016. This painting is of the waterholes and sandhills of Esther Giles’ traditional country around Tjarlirli.
Leaves and other small objects are used to represent characters in sand stories.
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
On the way to visit the shrine after Eid prayers.
Showing the enduring relationship the Suakinese have with the sea.
An example of an old house in Suakin showing the fine woodwork.
Locally made, vibrantly coloured boats.
A congregation attending Eid prayers.
Showing the enduring relationship the Suakinese have with the sea.
A local boat building yard.
A performance by one of the participating groups on the stage in the exhibition.
A display of products which bear the brand name ‘Arirang’.
A visual showing someone from one of the participating communities.
A space where visitors could listen to versions of Arirang.