NOONGAR MAMBARA BAKITI
Book ID/图书代码： 01899511B46525
English Summary/英文概要： A young man follows a kangaroo track deep into the old people’s country. Along the way, he meets some spirit creatures (’mambara’), who allow him to go on. But after he has hunted down the kangaroo, one mambara is angry and demands a fight (’bakitj’). All day they fight, until the Noongar discovers he is a magic person and defeats the mambara.
*** Noongar Mambara Bakitj - presented bilingually in English and Aboriginal Noongar language text - is inspired by an Aboriginal creation story that emphasizes the courage and confidence of the Noongar protagonist. It shows aspects of an Indigenous heritage and the long relationship of that culture with its natural environment from the south coast of Western Australia. The story was passed down orally for generations among the Noongar people. Around 1931, it was told to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves, who created the first written record of the story. Following Laves’ death in the 1980s, his family discovered the documented story in its written form, which was then returned to the Noongar people. The book was developed as part of an Indigenous language recovery project led by author Kim Scott and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project. The text has been carefully reworked by descendants of the original Noongar storytellers. Aboriginal artists have created beautiful and delightfully stunning illustrations to accompany the testimonial story.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一名年轻的男子追随者一只袋鼠的足迹，来到了一个老人国的深处。在这一旅途中，他遇到了精灵（“玛姆巴拉”），从而得以继续前行。然而当他追踪并捕猎到了那只袋鼠后，一只玛姆巴拉为之大怒并要求与他进行一场决斗（“bakitj”）。他们战斗了一整天都没有分出胜负，直到年轻的努加族人发现原来自己拥有魔力，并最终战胜了玛姆巴拉。
《努加与玛姆巴拉的决斗》以两种语言--英语及努加族土著语写成。其灵感来源是一个努加族故事，故事中的努加族主人公有着极大的勇气和自信。故事中还展示了土著居民遗产的方方面面，以及该种族文化与其所生活的澳大利亚西部南海岸的自然生态环境长久以来的紧密关系。这一故事在努加族代代口述相传，直到1931年左右才有一名美国语言学家吉哈德•拉维斯首次以文字形式记录下来。20世纪80年代拉维斯去世后，其家人发现了这一故事，并于随后将这一故事重新还给了努加族人。本书后来成为了作者金•斯科特的土著语言复原项目和沃罗明•努加语言与故事项目工程的一部分。本书已经由原始努加故事叙述者的后代仔细重新审核及编写。并由土著艺术家们绘制了精彩绝伦的插图穿插其间，以更好的帮助读者们了解这一故事。（DC）
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