In the remote Top End community of Beswick/Wugularr, Djilpin Arts invites you to immerse yourself in a bold cultural landscape of renewal and celebration.
In the tradition of Djilpin’s Walking With Spirits festival, join us on country and in community to celebrate the voices of First Nations culture.
To sing, dance and talk. To celebrate. To engage. Three Sunday's of dance, music, workshops, food, art, culture and conversations hosted by Constantina Bush.
Arrive from 9am each Sunday in the heart of the Beswick community to set up camp in our beautiful Cultural Precinct. Browse our museum, shop our retail art gallery, join in a workshop or take a tour, then settle in for dinner and a thrilling evening concert.
FEAT. SPECIAL GUESTS - Djakapurra Manyarryun + Rrawun Maymuru
EVENT PASSED
Featuring traditional welcome dance the for Morning Star festival opening ceremony
Performances by:
Featuring traditional welcome dance the for Morning Star festival opening ceremony
Performances by:
WORKSHOPS
Pre-Booking for workshops is essential. Limited places available.
Weaving - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Women's Only Workshop
The art and mind of weaving, join our local master weavers to learn traditional Arnhem weaving techniques using pandanus fibres.
Presented by Djilpin weavers. (1 Session available per day, 20 places)
Dijeridu Marking and Painting - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Men's Only Workshop
Join local Mago (West Arnhem Dijeridu) Master's, in learning how to craft and paint a Dijeridu using a traditional grass brush.
Presented by local Djilpin Mago Masters. (1 Session available per day, 20 places)
Bush Medicine - 3.00pm - 5.00 pm
All Participants Welcome
All participants are welcome to learn the art of healing through using fresh local plants or turning them into balms and salves. Includes taking home your very own jar of bush balm!
Presented by Banatjarl Strong Bala Wimuns Grup. (1 Session available per day, 30 places)
TOURS
Pre-Booking is essential, access to sacred site only permitted with local guides. Limited places available
Melkjulumbu (Beswick Falls)
Tour 1: 11.00am - 2.00pm
Tour 2: 2.30pm - 5.30 pm
Book yourself on an exclusive guided tour of the famous, spectacular Beswick Falls, home of the Walking with Spirits festival.
Swim, walk, play, soak up this ancient sacred place with our local guides.
(2 Sessions available, 12 places per tour)
