Marrakulu Funeral - Yirrkala 1974

This film is a record of the funeral ceremony for a Marrakulu clan leader at Yirrkala in 1974. Through Marrakulu, Rirratjingu and Djapu clan songs and dances the body of the leader is taken on both a spiritual journey to his clan lands and a physical journey from the hospital at the mining town of N...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1996.
Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
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