Songlines
Goorrandalng: Brolga Dreaming
| NITV
Eight short films from the remote regions of Western, Northern and Central Australia, which represent Aboriginal peoples’ ongoing connection to land and culture, as told throughout time by the way of sacred creation songs. Presenting the complex Aboriginal belief systems that interconnect land, spirituality, knowledge and cultural values, it provides the rare opportunity to document these ancient traditions, which incorporate the full spectrum of storytelling including dance, song, art, body painting and sites of significance.
Goorrandalng is a song and a story. The Goorrandalng song is about brolgas. It's from Granny Sheba Dignari's mother and is sung all the time for country, keeping it strong. Goorrandalng is also the name of the dreaming place, at Keep River National Park in the Northern Territory, where women can go to become pregnant. In the Goorrandalng dreamtime story, women went to the special place and turned into brolgas.