Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony
For the Mowanjum Community, seeing their beloved
Wandjina in the Awakening segment of the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening
ceremony was intensely emotional. Segment director Rhoda Roberts
asked Donny Woolagoodja, designer of the Wandjina, how he felt
about 3.5 billion people seeing Namarali. Donny replied, 'very
happy – and sad. This was his grandfather's spirit, his father's
spirit going out to the world – he hoped that the world would
look after it' (The Bulletin, September 26, 2000). |