Maradjiri, the Star Ceremony in Djinang : A Record of Making Ethnological Films on Contemporary Arnhem Land Aborigines

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  • アーネムランド・アボリジニ，ジナン族の星まつり : 国立民族学博物館海外映像音響資料収集の記録
  • アーネムランド アボリジニ ジナンゾク ノ ホシマツリ コクリツ ミンゾクガク

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The National Museum of Ethnology dispatched staff tonorthern Australia during September and October, 1986 to makean ethnological film record of the Djinang tribe, of Arnhem Land.This article reports on the general process of how this record,especially that of the Maradjiri (Star Ceremony), which wasperformed during the period, was made, edited and released.The whole record was completed as four separate films;① "Maradjiri-Star Ceremony of Arnhem Land" (2 hours20 minutes).Details of Maradjiri. Djinang people adore Venus astheir mythological ancestor, and worship their ancestor's spiritin the ceremony;② "20,000 year-old Rock Paintings of Arnhem Land-Beyond Time" (18 minutes).Paleo—environmental change is examined from rockpaintings in Kakadu National Park. The development of thepaintings and the worldview of Arnhem Land aborigines isanalyzed from these paintings;③ "Bungowa returns to the bush-Way of Life in ArnhemLand" (1 hour 40 minutes).The daily life of contemporary aborigines is presentedthrough a detailed record of the Gamardi Outstation of theDjinang, which was established in 1975; and④ "Talking Spirits-Songs and Dances of Arnhem Land"(60 minutes).Myths regarding "Dreamings" (totems) of the Djinangtribe, which were celebrated by a series of songs and dancesduring the two weeks of Maradjiri, were analyzed through thecontents of songs and dance performances.Mr. Jacky Wunuwun and Mr. Terry Gandadira, fromGamardi Outstation, and Mr. David Bond, of BawinangaAboriginal Cooperation, from Maningrida, were invited to theNational Museum of Ethnology to complete these films and toverify the suitability of the contents for public release.

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