- Title: Kulama 243
- Artist: Lydia Burak
- Region: Tiwi Islands
- Art Centre: Munupi Arts and Crafts
- Medium: Natural ochre on Arches Paper
- Collection: Tiwi Works on Paper
- Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
- Edition Size: Unique
- Price ($AUD): $ 550.00
Artwork Story
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man’s name.
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