-
Yolngu clans are
affiliated with
either the
Dhuwa (also
spelt Dua) or the
Yirritja moiety.
Prominent Dhuwa clans include the Rirratjiŋu and Gälpu
clans of...
- are
either Yirritja or Dhuwa: Fish, stone, river, sea etc.,
belongs to one or the
other moiety.
Things that are not
either Dhuwa or
Yirritja are called...
- are
Wagilak and
Manggura (of the
Dhuwa moiety), and Ritharrŋu (of the
Yirritja moiety). The Ritharrŋu
language is a Yolŋu
Matha language. In
modern times...
-
clans sharing similar dialects, were
organised according to the
Dhuwa and
Yirritja (Jiritja) moieties.
Their ethnonymic identity as a
unified group was based...
- the
Ritharrngu people, one of
several Yolngu peoples: (a)
Ritharnggu (
Yirritja moiety), and (b)
Wagilak language (Dua moiety). The
Manggurra (the other...
- Djambarrpuyngu, Golumala, Marrakulu, Marrangu, D****u, Datiwuy, N****mil, Djarrwark),
Yirritja (Gumatj, Gupapuyngu, Wangurri, Ritharrngu, Mangalili, Munyuku, Madarrpa...
- who is also an
active artist at Bula'Bula Arts.
Wanamilil belongs to the
Yirritja moiety and the
Ganalbingu clan of Ngalyindi. He is
married to
Cecilia Bambarrawuy...
-
native tongue.
According to
linguist Robert M. W. Dixon,
Dialects of the
Yirritja moiety are (a)
Gupapuyngu and Gumatj;
Dialects of the
Dhuwa moiety are...
- part
about his
paintings is that
Mununggurr painted the clan
designs of
Yirritja rather than his own clan
designs which were Dhuwa. This
friendship between...
- He is
known for his
brightly colored acrylic paintings depicting mainly Yirritja ancestral stories,
including the
Burdal Plains Kangaroo, the
Guyal Sand...
