Dhuwa and Yirritja

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Australian Aboriginal social category Yolngu cultural concept ceremonial division kinship classification system moiety social organization principle

Dhuwa and Yirritja are the two complementary moieties that structure Yolngu social organization, kinship, and ceremonial life in Arnhem Land, Australia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dhuwa	0
Yirritja	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Aboriginal social category ⓘ Yolngu cultural concept ⓘ ceremonial division ⓘ kinship classification system ⓘ moiety ⓘ moiety ⓘ social organization principle ⓘ
areAssociatedWith	specific ancestral beings ⓘ specific designs ⓘ specific song cycles ⓘ specific totemic species ⓘ
areBasedOn	complementary opposition ⓘ
areCentralTo	Yolngu art ⓘ Yolngu cosmology ⓘ Yolngu dance ⓘ Yolngu identity ⓘ Yolngu law ⓘ Yolngu music ⓘ
areComparedTo	other dual social divisions worldwide ⓘ
areComplementaryMoietiesOf	Yolngu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
areDocumentedIn	anthropological literature on Arnhem Land ⓘ
areFoundIn	Arnhem Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
areLocatedIn	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
arePartOf	Australian Aboriginal kinship systems ⓘ Australian Aboriginal moiety systems ⓘ
areRecognizedBy	multiple Yolngu language groups ⓘ
areTransmittedBy	patrilineal descent ⓘ
areUsedBy	Yolngu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
divide	Yolngu ancestral beings ⓘ Yolngu ceremonies ⓘ Yolngu clans NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolngu land ⓘ Yolngu sacred designs ⓘ Yolngu society NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolngu songs ⓘ
have	complementary ceremonial roles ⓘ ritual obligations ⓘ
helpMaintain	cosmic order ⓘ social balance ⓘ
influence	avoidance relationships ⓘ ceremonial responsibilities ⓘ clan identity ⓘ marriage rules ⓘ
structure	Yolngu ceremonial life ⓘ Yolngu kinship ⓘ Yolngu social organization ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yolngu people → haveMoietySystem → Dhuwa and Yirritja ⓘ