HOUSE-OPENING, THE [from the AIATSIS Collection]
When Geraldine Kawanka’s husband died, she and her children moved out of their house. In earlier times, their bark house would have been burnt, but today a “house-opening” ceremony has evolved, creatively mingling Aboriginal, Torres Strait, and European traditions in order to deal with…
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- Documentary
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