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Title Aboriginal dance
Published [Lindfield, N.S.W.] : Film Australia, [1978]

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  793.31994 Fil/Ada 1978  AVAILABLE
Description 1 DVD (15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Contents Contents: Pt. 1. 3 dances Gulpilil (7 min.) / Film Australia for the Commonwealth Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs --pt. 2. Five Aboriginal dances from Cape York (9 min.)/Australian Commonwealth Film Unit with the co-operation of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Summary Summary: Two programs which show a number of traditional Aboriginal dances. In the first Gulpilil dances Emu, Kangaroo, and Fish. In the second Aboriginal people from Cape York Peninsula dance The creation of the dove, crow, and gecko lizard; Muipaka, the penalty for adultery is death; Orpul and Ningkushun, the fairy girl created the freshwater shark; Pikuwa and Kena, the freshwater and saltwater crocodiles fight; and Pinapepe, the courting and mating of the curlew
Notes Originally produced as documentaries in 1966 (Five Aboriginal dances from Cape York) and 1978 (3 dances by Gulpilil)
Cast Gulpilil
Notes No rating given
DVD. Produced for region 0, PAL
Available to Deakin staff and students only
Subject Dance, Aboriginal Australian.
Dance, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula -- Rites and ceremonies
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Author Gulpilil.
Film Australia (Organization)
Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs.
Australia. Commonwealth Film Unit.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Other Titles 3 dances Gulpilil
Three dances Gulpilil
Five Aboriginal dances from Cape York