Garma: art and politics come together for a moving Arnhem Land festival
In the historic clan-gathering place, people of all nations enjoy the bunggul sunset dances, clan stories, bark painting and deep soul musicHeld on an escarpment in north-east Arnhem Land, the Garma festival site is called Gulkula in Yolngu language. Traditionally owned by the Gumatj clan, it overlooks a pandanus and stringybark forest that ends at the Arafura sea. It has long been a place for clans to gather and tal…