Garma Festival

opening
Opening Ceremony
The Festival site at Gulkula is approximately 40 kilometres from the township of Nhulunbuy, about 14 kilometers south east of Gove airport. The Garma ceremonial ground is the focus of the festival.

opening Traditionally, funeral ceremonies have been performed here. The ceremonial ground is at the centre of the festival site and it is here that bunggul (ceremony) continues to be performed late each afternoon during the Garma Festival.

gallery
An exhibition of prints, from artists of the region, was opened with a moving ceremony by some of the artists. The exhibition was organised by the Buku Larrangay Mulka Arts Centre at Yirrkala

yidaki
The yidaki (didgeridu) workshop.
The ancient sound of the yidaki is a call to all people to come together in unity. It is an invitation to share the Garma ceremony, to engage with a processof learning underpinned by the Garma philosophy.

music
Music Symposium
Yirrnga Music Development Centre
The Foundation launched the Yirrnga Music Development Centre at the Yolngu community of Gunyangara at the 1999 Garma Festival. The state of the art recording studio fosters local musicians and songwriting through mentoring programs and accredited courses. Recording and documenting of the traditional song cycles has begun.