NGARRAKEETOON (FAMILY) CEREMONY IN ABORIGINAL CULTURE

Families had their faces painted with ochre at a special naming ceremony held in the Gunditjmara community. The children took part in a smoking ceremony to welcome them into the community as part of their Aboriginal Culture protocols

As part of the special Aboriginal Culture ceremony, the children had their feet painted with ochre and printed on to a wooden frames which were hand made by local Aboriginal elders. The wood for the frames was sourced from the Framlingham forest and water from the Hopkins river was used to mix with the ochre to make the paint

Storm's sisters, Chey and Trephy, are painting his feet with ochre during the special Aboriginal Culture ceremony. Then they placed his feet on to a hand made wooden picture frame, to create a keepsake of his footprints to commemorate the celebration day.

Trephy and Storm had their faces painted with ochre at the Aboriginal Culture Ngarrakeetoon family ceremony at Hopkins Falls, Warrnambool. The ceremony was to welcome the children into the community.