page_title: Tiwi people
section_title: Art, music and ritual
hierarchical_section_title: Tiwi people / Art, music and ritual
caption_attribution_description: English: Ceiling of a Tiwi Island art gallery and studio, 2011
context_page_description: The Tiwi people are one of the many Aboriginal groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwi people live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, which make up the Tiwi Islands, lying about 48 kilometres from Darwin. The Tiwi language is a language isolate, with no apparent link to the languages of Arnhem Land on the Australian mainland. Their society is based on matrilineal descent, and marriage plays a very important part in many aspect of their lives. Art and music form an intrinsic part of their societal and spiritual rituals. The Stolen Generations saw many Indigenous people brought to the Tiwi Islands who were not of direct Tiwi descent.
caption: Ceiling of a Tiwi Island art gallery and studio, 2011.
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