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He’s the foremost spiritual keeper of the yirdaki in Arnhem Land, but Djalu’s true gift to the Yolngu and the worlds beyond has been as a cultural ambassador
It’s almost seven years now since the London-based Australian filmmaker Ben Strunin began researching the life and times of one of northern Australia’s most compelling characters, Djalu Gurruwiwi.
In north-east Arnhem Land, the home of the Yolngu people, spirituality, story, magic, song and visual art all coalesce as the basis of one of the richest and most enduring of the world’s cultures. The past is never far from the present and belief is the close brother of truth.
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