Walbiri Fire Ceremony

Duration: 7:00

Year Published: 1979

Creator: UCEMC

Complete Record: Subject: documents a spectacular Aboriginal ceremony, a kind of communal ritual of penance that serves to settle disputes within the community. The ceremony lasts several days, culminating in a nighttime ordeal for those being punished. Shots: footage from Yuendumu, Central Australia, August 1967 of man in costume dancing, then aborigines painting themselves and fellow tribesmen, preparing grounds for ceremony, people gather, dance, kneel around pole, chanting, smoking cigarette, wear both western and traditional clothing, out in the bush, long plant bundles burned while natives hold them and stomp about.

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