Ramingining, Northern Territory

Ramingining is a place in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 560 kilometers east of Darwin. It is located at the end of the Arafura Swamp, a marshy area in Arnhem Land, which is traditionally used by the Aborigines. In the resort and in the area there is a strong and internationally recognized artists' colony of the Aborigines, the Ramingining community.

Place

The town was founded in the early 1970s as Aborigineland on the legal basis of the Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Act 1976 of 1976. There are in the vicinity of the place is a landing strip, a shop to shop, a school, a police station and a clinic with four nurses. Djambarrpuyngu is the language that is used primarily in Ramingining, as well Gupapuyngu and Ganalbingu. In the village there is a total ban on alcohol.

The Aboriginal community of Ramingining use the nearby swamp for fishing, hunting and gathering of natural products, such as eggs of geese and crocodiles. This area is one of the few tropical swamps, the use of the Aboriginal traditional and brand- grub. This was especially the reason for the film Ten Canoes, which was filmed there (see below).

Artists' colony Ramningining

The community of artists from Ramingining region is known nationally and internationally for their sculptures as well as for their painted works of art.

Aboriginal Memorial

43 artists from Ramingining and surroundings presented the Aboriginal Memorial in the foyer of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. 1988 this monument for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the National Gallery of Australia was unveiled in Canberra, which consists of 200 hollow log - grave painting - similar to how they are used for funeral ceremonies in Arnhem Land - existed. It was created for the 200 - year celebration of the British colonization of Australia and is in memory of those Aboriginal people who died in conflicts with the settlers. The path that leads through the center, represents the Glyde River dar. Among the 200 works are 10 grave character of David Malangi, a famous artist of this region.

Ramingining Collection

1983, a contract for a so-called Ramingining collection was issued, which was compiled by the artists of the region. Djon Mundine, an art consultant and curator who worked with Aboriginal people in Arnhem Land, should organize the detailed compilation of works of the region, all living and working areas of the lives of Aboriginal people, such as the device of artistic value of daily life, crafts and tools musical instruments, further should also mythological traditions and practices reflect. In this way, the Ramingining Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, which was acquired as the first comprehensive exhibition of works by contemporary Aboriginal art from a narrowly defined region of the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney was born. It was exhibited in Hannover in 2001 on the occasion of "Aboriginal Memorial" at the Sprengel Museum.

Movie: Ten Canoes

In 2006, the film Ten Canoes, which was filmed in the area and in the community from Ramingining involving some artists from Ramingining arose. The importance of this film lies in the fact that he brought into the light of international public culture region and the local Aboriginal life on the edge of Arnhem Land. He received a Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

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• Works of art from Ramingining