16mm Filmography
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Walbiri Fire Ceremony

Documents a spectacular Aboriginal ceremony, a communal ritual of penance that serves to settle disputes within the community. Shows how it culminates in a nighttime ordeal in which some of the participants are humiliated and engage in self-flagellation with burning bundles of twigs.

More in Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Series

  1. Mulga Seed Ceremony 1969
  2. Walbiri Ritual At Gunadjari 1969
  3. Walbiri Ritual At Ngama 1969
  4. Gunabibi - An Aboriginal Fertility Cult 1971
  5. Pintubi Revisit Yumari 1971
  6. Mourning For Mangatopi 1977
  7. Goodbye Old Man 1979
  8. Walbiri Fire Ceremony 1979

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record

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