We are not alone

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There is an ever-growing number of Indigenous communities in Australia that have valued added to their Arts Centres with the addition of a strong move to maintain their traditional knowledge systems and practices. Kowanyama is not alone in its own journey to find a way to maintain the cultural and historical knowledge of its ancestors. Some now already have their own museums using new media. Ramingining who everyone will know for the film Ten Canoes. Yirrkala dancers danced at the at the big 1977 Dance Festival held at Kowanyama in 1977 and a visit by Dhimurru Rangers in the 1980’s are two communities very active in Arnhem Land. Kowanyama Project started a lot later and shares the same objectives as our northern countrymen. Check out their Facebook and websites for more information. A pair of Ramingining wommeras were bought from Roy Burnyila at a Darwin international Indigenous Conference for The Kowanyama Collection. Staff of the Kowanyama Land and Natural Resources Management Office attended the conference and visited Roy at the Ramingining stall there. Indigenous communities Ramingining Arts Centre throughout Australia https://bulabula.com.au/ share the same passion for finding new ways to Bula’bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation ‘the cultural heart of Ramingining community’, established in 1989 is situated in the maintain the cultural remote community of Ramingining in North East Arnhem Land heritage of ancestors alive surrounded by the Arafura wetlands, which has been placed on the Australian National Heritage list and is managed using and relevant to their traditional land management practices. Bula’bula Arts is an future generations Aboriginal owned and governed, not for profit organisation with its core objective being to preserve and foster Yolngu culture. Ramingining community and its surrounding outstations are home to a population varying between 700-1200 people depending on season and ceremony. We have much to learn from each other through networking with others and learning from their experiences

Buku-larrŋgay mulka centre

Yirrkala Mulka Project

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Mulka Project was established in 2007 in Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala, Australia. The name ‘Mulka’ means a sacred but public ceremony, and, to hold or protect.

"Our mission is to sustain and protect Yolŋu cultural knowledge in Northeast Arnhem Land under the leadership of community elders. The Mulka production house, recording studio, digital learning centre and cultural archive are managed by Yolŋu law and governance."

"Our facilities are a unique media training ground for future Indigenous leaders. We produce and repatriate audio-visual cultural resources and disseminate them throughout the Yolŋu community. We provide industry standard workplace training, create income streams for Homeland communities, whilst employing cultural advisors, film makers, translators, camera operators, editors, artists and scholars. "At the core of The Mulka Project resides a growing, living archive of Yolŋu knowledge, ceremony, and cultural history. The word, dance, song and law of elders past return to the minds and hearts of our people and repeat on through the generations.