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Ramingining is a place in the Northern Territory in Australia , of about 560 kilometers east of Darwin lies. It is located at the end of the Arafura Swamp , a swamp area in Arnhem Land traditionally used by the Aborigines . There is a strong and globally recognized Aboriginal artists' colony in and around the village, the Ramingining Community.
place
The site was established as an Aboriginal land in the early 1970s on the legal basis of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of 1976. There is a landing strip, a shop for shopping, a school, a police station and a clinic with four nurses in the vicinity of the village. Djambarrpuyngu is the language mainly used in Ramingining, as are Gupapuyngu and Ganalbingu . There is an absolute ban on alcohol in the village.
The Aborigines of the Ramingining Community use the nearby swamp for fishing, hunting and collecting natural products such as eggs from geese and crocodiles. In this area is one of the few tropical swamps that the Aborigines traditionally use and burn. Above all, this was the reason for the film Ten Canoes , which was shot there (see below).
Ramningining artists' colony
The artist community from the Ramingining region is nationally and internationally known for their sculptures, as well as for their painted works of art.
Aboriginal Memorial
43 artists from Ramingining and the surrounding area erected the Aboriginal memorial in the foyer of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra . In 1988, this Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander memorial was unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, made up of 200 hollow tree-trunk tombs - similar to those used for funeral ceremonies in Arnhem Land. It was created for the 200th anniversary of the British colonization of Australia and is in memory of those Aborigines who died in conflicts with the settlers. The path that runs through the middle depicts the Glyde River. Among the 200 works are 10 grave marks of David Malangi , a well-known artist in the region.
Ramingining Collection
In 1983 an order for a so-called Ramingining collection was placed, which was put together by the artists of the region. Djon Mundine, an art advisor and curator who worked with Aborigines in Arnhem Land, was tasked with organizing the detailed compilation of works from the region covering all areas of Aboriginal life, such as tools of artistic value in everyday life, handicrafts and work tools, Musical instruments, as well as mythological traditions and customs, should depict. In this way the Ramingining Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art was created , which was acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney as the first comprehensive exhibition of works of contemporary Aboriginal art from a narrowly defined region . It was exhibited in 2001 on the occasion of the "Aboriginal Memorial" in the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
Film: Ten Canoes
In 2006 the film Ten Canoes was made , which was shot in the Ramingining area and in the community with the participation of some Ramingining artists. The significance of this film lies in the fact that it brought the cultural region and the local Aboriginal life on the edge of the Arnhem Land into the light of the international public. He received a critics award at the Cannes Film Festival .
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- Ramingining works of art
- Ramingining management plan (PDF file; 133 kB)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Ramingining (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/7045/lang/2 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/ArtCentre.aspx?ID=10
