Darwin Festival
Wanga Mirak: Bodymarks
Closing Event presented by ConocoPhillips
It’s what we paint not what we own...
In Yolngu everything is connected through kinship. Based on the Aboriginal moiety systems, family connections and relationships across five generations, BodymARKS is a new dance work directed by Bundjalung woman Rhoda Roberts.
Ancient and everlasting, knowledge is painted as bodymarks on the next generation, woven through time, the brush is made of human hair, the paint is ochre.
Gather with us on Mindil Beach as the sun sets on the final evening of the 2010 Darwin Festival for this immersive and all inclusive performance showcasing the ancient rituals and dance of the Dhalinybuy clan with song man Djakapurra Munyarrayan and his family. The story and knowledge is shared, the story and knowledge is passed on. The way it’s always been.
Also see In Conversation: Rhoda Roberts on 28 August.
Date: Sun 29 August
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm start
Duration: Finishes after sunset
Venue: Mindil Beach
FREE
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Getting There
Free City Shuttle Buses
There will be free city shuttle buses operating from 4.30pm - 6.00pm from Darwin City to Mindil Beach.
Public bus services will operate after the concert, for more info go to www.nt.gov.au/publictransport.
