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It is not meant to substitute mainstream medicine, religion or politics.
You are advised that -WITITJ HEALING- contains references to Indigenous Australian people who have passed away.
Although care is taken to avoid upset by viewing these pages, caution is recommended.
"WITITJ HEALING" connects with the survival of the (Yolngu) Galpu First Nation of NE Arnhem land in Australia. While focus of this website is on traditional Wititj healing of the Galpu clan, Dutch relations with other indigenous clans and nations are also included. So care is taken with respect to cultural issues and copyright.
Still, the free use of material may in some circumstances be considered insensitive or inappropriate.
Please contact me about material that is or might be considered offensive, or should for any reason not be here.
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Some of the information is subject to conditions imposed by Indigenous communities or Elders.
Visitors are warned of these and other (secret-sacred) aspects of Yolngu law and their cultural maintenance.
After these protocols, welcome to WITITJ HEALING.
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June 2011 PRESS RELEASE!
But there is a new way now that Djalu has discovered, an acceptance of new knowledge and the continued adherence to the old laws of duality and balance creating oneness. |
The ceremonial scene depicts the Lightning Dance, where in the ever-present 'Dreamtime' Lightning struck a Stringybark Tree sending splinters into different directions, some falling inland in the bush and thus forming and establishing the Galpu people of the freshwater. Other splinters flew towards the coastline or into the sea and thereby became the Galpu people of the saltwater. The two are one. From destruction new life grows.
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May 2011
Why Is No One Listening: A Documentary Film by Joshua Bell ... <<<click
from: www.kickstarter.com/.../why-is-no-one-listening-a-documentary-film
"Why Is No One Listening documents Djalu Gurruwiwi, Australian Aboriginal elder, leader of the Galpu clan, and world-renowned didjeridu master, as he fights for the future of his family and his community. Alcoholism and drug abuse run rampant, while a ravenous bauxite mining company continues to swallow up sacred land and precious resources. Armed with his yirdaki (didjeridu), and a mixture of Aboriginal spirituality and adopted Christianity, Djalu struggles to maintain his culture and traditions within the tiny mining community of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory.
The future of Djalu’s Galpu clan remains uncertain. Despite Djalu’s intentions to preserve tradition, his open heart, and his willingness to speak to the Western world are frowned upon by other clan leaders. Without a clear successor to his leadership, Djalu, in his eighties, is uncertain as to who will carry on his legacy and sacred knowledge of traditional didjeridu. "
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Sept 2010 http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/ <<< Click
"A movement is building across the country to stand up
for what is right for the oldest living culture on Earth. "
"The film focuses on the effects of the intervention on the Yolngu people of East Arnhem Land, which coincided with a move by the NT Labor government to move people off traditional homelands and into larger towns ..."
From:"new intervention film moves Darwin audiences" | Green Left Weekly
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August 2010
Dutch celebrate historic links with the people of Arnhem Land |
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"... In 1623 an expedition consisting of two VOC-ships, Arnhem and Pera, under the command of Jan Carstensz set sail to northern Australia ...
... In April they arrived on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula and continued ... to the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria where the expedition halted. From this point onwards Carstensz planned to slowly retrace his steps, investigating the land and its inhabitants more closely – a proposition van Colster considered likely to have disastrous consequences for his crew in the badly leaking Arnhem.
Instead, van Colster separated from Carstensz and sailed north-west in the hope of getting back to Banda as quickly as possible. Coincidentally he discovered [and mapped] part of the west coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria ...
A copy of this map of the journey of the ship the Arnhem in 1623 will be presented by the Ambassador at the Garma Festival to the organizers. The Dutch historical references with Arnhem Land led to the visit of the Ambassador to the Garma Festival."
from: australia.nlembassy.org › News › 2010 › 08
http://australia.nlembassy.org/news/2010/08/dutch-celebrate-historic-links-with-the-people-of-arnhem-land.html<<<click
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Nicholas Vallard's chart (1547), showing Jave La Grande's east coast, possible Portuguese charting of the eastern coast of Australia.
Image from the National Library of Australia: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2393
