Language:
English
,
Australian languages
Pages:
31 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
15 x 21 cm
Keywords:
Tales / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley Region
;
Rainbow serpent / Pictorial works / Juvenile literature
;
Aboriginal Australians / Folklore / Pictorial works / Juvenile literature
;
Aboriginal Australian literature
Abstract:
The publication is an output of research funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage Project Children, Knowledge, Country: Evaluating and developing music-based strategies for teaching and learning in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia LP120200721 (Kimberley Language Resource Centre, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney and University of Western Australia)
Abstract:
The Rainbow Serpent and the Young Man (Wunggurr nyindi Warrunga jirri) was illustrated and told by Eamarlden Rivers in 2016 in Mowanjum, an Aboriginal Community in the Kimberley, Western Australia. In May 2018 Matthew Dembalali Martin and Pansy Ngalgarr Nulgit retold Eamarlden's story in Ungarinyin with the assistance of Rona Goonginda Charles, at Mangkajarda wetlands near Mowanjum. The retelling of Eamarlden's story was translated by Matthew Dembalali Martin, Pansy Nalgarr Nulgit, and Thomas Saunders. The translation was edited by Sally Treloyn to fit the format of Eamarlden's book
Abstract:
This is a new story in English by a young Nyikina and Ngarinyin dancer and storyteller, retold in Ngarinyin language by elders in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. A young man, chased by his brothers, is protected by the Rainbow Serpent until they join together to dance Junba. The Rainbow Serpent and the Young Man, Wunggurr nyindi Warrunga jirri is a cultural story about bullying and the healing power of Country and dancing
Note:
Text auf Englisch, teilweise auf Ngarinyin
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