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Junba for Yilala: An instruction book

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posted on 2025-07-16, 11:16 authored by Johnny Nyunjuma Divilli, Francis Nunburrngu Divilli, Matthew Dembalali Martin, Rona Goonginda Charles, SALLY TRELOYNSALLY TRELOYN
<p dir="ltr">Junba for Yilala was written by Johnny Nyunjuma Divilli in 2017 and 2018 with contributions from Francis Nunburrngu Divilli, Rona Goonginda Charles, Matthew Dembalali Martin and Sally Treloyn. Each year, young Ngarinyin, Worrorra and Wunambal dancers and singers, supported by elders, teach younger community members Junba choreography and practices. Junba for Yilala: An instruction book was written by Johnny Nyunjuma Divilli to provide young boys and young men with a resource to support this teaching and learning. In developing the book, Nyunjuma also drew upon contributions from his brother Francis Nunburrngu Divilli, elder Matthew Dembalali Martin, Rona Goonginda Charles, and ethnomusicologist Sally Treloyn. The book includes photos that document the revival of skin-based bodypaint designs and techniques by Divilli, Martin, and others, in 2016. The book also includes transcriptions of interviews with key teachers of Junba in the Ngarinyin community conducted by Divilli in 2016 and 2017 that document how they learned Junba as children. </p><p dir="ltr">Divilli, John, Francis Divilli, Rona Goonginda Charles, Matthew Dembal Martin, and Sally Treloyn. 2019. <i>Junba for Yilala: An Instruction Book for Young Dancers</i>. Western Australia: Kimberley Language Resource Centre. doi: 10.26188/29581679</p>

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Australian Research Council Linkage Project Children, Knowledge, Country: Evaluating and developing music-based strategies for teaching and learning in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia LP120200721

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