The Resource Kurtal : snake spirit
Kurtal : snake spirit
Resource Information
The item Kurtal : snake spirit represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Kurtal : snake spirit represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Kurtal: snake spirit follows the journey of Spider [Snell], an 80 year old Aboriginal elder and his family back to his birthplace, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, to visit a sacred waterhole. Here, he communicates with his ancestors through Kurtal, the Snake Spriit, who lives in the waterhole ... Water in the desert means life and Kurtal is a "living water". When people who were born at Kurtal die, their spirit returns back to the waterhole. Spider is one of the remaining elders born at Kurtal and a key custodian responsible for the practises [sic] that take place there ... "Kurtal - Snake Spirit" ... shows not the dying out of these ancient ceremonies but the need for them to be carried on by the younger generations to take these traditions and keep them alive and vital."--Jacket, back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 digital video disc (DVD) (28 min.)
- Note
- "A Nicole Ma production ©2003" "©Australian Film Commission, Cinemedia Corporation, Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation, Screenwest and Nicole Ma Productions."--Back of video jacket
- Label
- Kurtal : snake spirit
- Title
- Kurtal
- Title remainder
- snake spirit
- Title variation
- Snake spirit
- Subject
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia | Great Sandy Desert -- Religion
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia | Great Sandy Desert -- Social life and customs
- Ceremonies
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Snell, Nyilpirr Spider, 1930-
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Water supply - Waterholes and rockpools
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Kurtal: snake spirit follows the journey of Spider [Snell], an 80 year old Aboriginal elder and his family back to his birthplace, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, to visit a sacred waterhole. Here, he communicates with his ancestors through Kurtal, the Snake Spriit, who lives in the waterhole ... Water in the desert means life and Kurtal is a "living water". When people who were born at Kurtal die, their spirit returns back to the waterhole. Spider is one of the remaining elders born at Kurtal and a key custodian responsible for the practises [sic] that take place there ... "Kurtal - Snake Spirit" ... shows not the dying out of these ancient ceremonies but the need for them to be carried on by the younger generations to take these traditions and keep them alive and vital."--Jacket, back cover
- Cataloging source
- NSL
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Directors: Michelle Mahrer, Nicole Ma ; producer/writer: Nicole Ma ; ABC Executive Producer: Richard Moore
- Dewey number
- 203.8089915 MAH DVD
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Mahrer, Michelle
- Ma, Nicole
- Snell, Nyilpirr Spider
- Australian Broadcasting Commission
- Runtime
- 28
- Series statement
- Message stick
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Snell, Nyilpirr Spider
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Kurtal : snake spirit
- Note
- "A Nicole Ma production ©2003" "©Australian Film Commission, Cinemedia Corporation, Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation, Screenwest and Nicole Ma Productions."--Back of video jacket
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000024952793
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Extent
- 1 digital video disc (DVD) (28 min.)
- Governing access note
- AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
- Medium for sound
- videotape
- Other physical details
- sd., coloured
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videocassette
- Video recording format
- VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- Label
- Kurtal : snake spirit
- Note
- "A Nicole Ma production ©2003" "©Australian Film Commission, Cinemedia Corporation, Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation, Screenwest and Nicole Ma Productions."--Back of video jacket
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000024952793
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Extent
- 1 digital video disc (DVD) (28 min.)
- Governing access note
- AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
- Medium for sound
- videotape
- Other physical details
- sd., coloured
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videocassette
- Video recording format
- VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
Subject
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia | Great Sandy Desert -- Religion
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia | Great Sandy Desert -- Social life and customs
- Ceremonies
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Snell, Nyilpirr Spider, 1930-
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Water supply - Waterholes and rockpools
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