Journey to the crocodile's nest :
an accompanying monograph to the film "Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka'wuy' /
Howard Morphy ; afterword by Ian Dunlop.

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Main Author
Morphy, Howard.
Related Names
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Language(s)
English
Published
Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1984.
Subjects
Yolngu (peuple d'Australie) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Aboriginal Australians > Funeral customs and rites.
Music > Vocal.
Death > Mortuary > funeral ceremonies.
Social organisation > Kinship > Marriage.
Death > Mourning.
Settlement and contacts.
Yolngu people (NT SD53)
Madarrpa people (N116.K) (NT SD53-07)
Aboriginal Australians > Funeral customs and rites > Australia > Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Northern Territory > Arnhem Land.
Trial Bay (East Arnhem Land SD53-08)
Gurkawuy (East Arnhem Land SD53-03)
Summary
Interpretive account of childs funeral at Gurkawuy outstation, Trial Bay; Yolngu social organisation (particularly clan formation and marriage); contact history; outline of religious beliefs including relationship to ancestors, land, law role of songs, dances and painting; attitudes to death and mourning; concept of souls; mortuary practices (including change); names of participants; detailed account of the ceremony; meaning of ritual episodes; sociological analysis of relationships between participants; choice and decision in ceremony construction; Afterword by Ian Dunlop separately annotated.
Physical Description
xi, 160 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 19 x 24 cm.
ISBN
9780391030343
0391030345
9780855751487
0855751487
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