Previous Aboriginal Ceremonies Central Australia - Jarduwanpa

Two men perform a ritual with a ''kurdiji'', a wooden shield, painted with the ''wallaby'' dreaming design belonging to their clan and the song cycle followed during a ''Jarduwanpa'' ceremony by the Central Australian Warlpiri Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. The same design, featuring wallaby tracks, is painted on their backs

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Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon May 10, 1976


 

 

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