Warlpiri fire ceremonies, including Jardiwanpa, have been documented in various ethnographies and films for over 100 years. Focused on the documented history of these rituals in Yuendumu, and through ethnographic observations from recent decades, I analyse the transforming meanings of fire ceremonies in contemporary Warlpiri lives. I demonstrate that there have been post‐settlement shifts in ritual purpose due to sedentarisation and the increased connections that Warlpiri people have made to a broader world. I note in particular that, when monetary payment for performing Jardiwanpa for filmic representation became standard practice in the 1990s, the intricacies of the Dreaming were no longer central, nor were the original purposes of conflict resolution and the opening up of marriage restrictions. Several films have been made of fire ceremonies, resulting in fixed representations of what otherwise are emergent practices. This has impacted the ways in which these rituals can be held today, and Warlpiri people have had to creatively re‐negotiate a space for Jardiwanpa and similar fire ceremonies.

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“等待Jardiwanpa”：Warlpiri火葬仪式的历史与调解

包括贾尔迪万帕（Jardiwanpa）在内的瓦尔普里（Warlpiri）火葬仪式在各种民族志和电影中已有100多年的记载。着眼于Yuendumu上这些仪式的记载历史，并通过近几十年来的人种学观察，我分析了瓦皮里（Warlpiri）当代生活中火葬仪式的转变意义。我证明，由于定居和瓦尔皮里人与更广阔的世界之间的联系越来越紧密，仪式目的已经发生了改变。我特别指出，在1990年代，为表演Jardiwanpa担任电影摄制而支付金钱成为标准做法时，做梦的复杂性不再是中心，解决冲突和开放婚姻限制的初衷也不再是中心。好几部电影都是用火祭制作的，导致对新兴实践的固定表示。这已经影响了今天举行这些仪式的方式，瓦尔皮里（Warlpiri）人不得不创造性地重新协商Jardiwanpa和类似火灾仪式的空间。