Growing up in the desert : stories told with leaves / Mona Chunga
- Bib ID:
- 7088421
- Format:
- Video
- Access Conditions:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this publication may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
- Description:
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- Cable Beach, WA : Hudrichlow, [2015]
- ©2015
- 1 DVD-video (65 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780646937854 (DVD)
- Technical Details:
- System requirements: DVD or PC with a DVD drive and a multimedia player.
- Summary:
-
Jukuna Mona Chuguna (c.1940-2011) grew up in the Great Sandy Desert with her family of hunters and gatherers. As a young women she left her homeland with her husband to live on cattle stations. This DVD is a rare video recording of an ancient method of storytelling, and a first-hand account of life in the Great Sandy Desert before contact with white people. The stories were recorded in the bed of the Fitzroy River in 1989-1990. They are told in Walmajarri with English subtitles.
- Full contents:
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- Who is Mona Chuguna? (3:00 min.)
- Leaf puppet storytelling (2:30 min.)
- One hot season (13:30 min.)
- A Wet Season Story (17:00 min.)
- A cold weather camp (5:20 min.)
- The empty coolamon (5:17 min.)
- Sunstroke (6:40 min.)
- The stranger (6:22 min.)
- The big feast (6:00 min.)
- Performer:
- Jukuna Mona Chuguna.
- Notes:
-
- Title from disc container.
- Spoken in Walmajarri with English subtitles.
- Digital content preserved
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Queensland -- Fitzroy River
- Storytelling -- Queensland -- Fitzroy River
- Indigenous peoples -- Folklore -- Social aspects
- Daily life
- Costume and clothing - Footwear, anklets etc
- Walmajarri / Walmatjarri language (A66) (WA SE51-16)
- Law enforcement - Customary
- Walmajarri / Walmatjarri people (A66) (WA SE51-16)
- Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Technology - Fire
- Fitzroy River (Qld.) -- Social life and customs
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Chuguna, Mona, performer
- Also Titled:
- Stories told with leaves
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2085 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Film
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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