Aboriginal art & culture: Rock art and Yingana
The artists of Western Arnhem Land, paint as their ancestors have always done, to mark their connection to the land. Meet ISAIAH NAGURRGURRBA and ALAN NAMANIYUO on a walk up Injalak Hill and there we see Yingana, the creation mother, painted on a rock surface.
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A walk up Injalak Hill
Filmed in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia Meet Isaiah Nagurrgurrba and Alan Namaniyuo as they take us on a journey up Injalak Hill. The artists from Injalak Arts and Crafts, an aboriginal art centre in Gunbalanya, Western Arnhem Land, paint as their ancestors have always done, to mark their connection to the land and to demonstrate their rights and responsibilities to the country aboriginal people have cared for over tens of thousands of years.
Director: ANDREA and PETER HYLANDS. Cinematography: ROB PIGNOLET. DVD Available Pal and NTSC; 16:9; audio English; duration 21 min.
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