Girringun artists' work goes global as fire-starter sparks ancient skills revival🔥 | ABC Australia
November 8, 2024
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as posted by the channelThe Girringun Art Centre in northern Queensland is helping to keep traditional artisanal skills alive, and the international market is paying attention.
For countless generations, a unique, body-shaped tool with holes for eyes has been keeping Indigenous communities warm on chilly nights in the rainforests of northern Queensland.
Now the ancient fire-starter — known as Bagu — is generating heat of a different kind after being introduced to the international art world, and featuring prominently as an installation on the foreshore at Cardwell, north of Townsville.
With the ocean backdrop, the giant sculptures have become popular with tourists posing beside them.
📽 Video produced and edited by Baz Ruddick.
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