Walbiri Fire Ceremony

Series: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Series

Year Published: 1979

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: 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.

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