OONDOORRD: Married Turtle [from the CAAMA Collection] from men mating Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 13 min 37 sec ✓ Published: 18-Feb-2016
Description: For the Bardi people of the Dampier Peninsula north of Broome in the West Kimberley, it is Oondoorrd time, a time of celebration and friendly competition as young men try to spear their first ‘married turtle’ – a rite of passage into being a good hunter of turtles.nnIrene Davey, an Elder from the West Kimberley region, talks about her people’s traditional association with the sea: “we are saltwater people … the ocean is our shop”. From the ocean they catch fish, shellfish and dugon
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