Aboriginal music at Nhulunbuy with Yolgnu youth
Posted on June 29, 2011
Well today at the Youth Forum here in Nhulunbuy I am setting up by the sea under some shade, the focus of the songwriting was working together like Balanda ga Yolgnu ( Aboriginal people and white people) Bukmak (working together)And as we sat by the sea the youth of Nhulunbuy ( Gove ) started to write and talk about their ideas, working together ( Bukmak) respect for the land, each others stories and cultures, listening and learning from each other, helping each other , The chorus that we came up with the first group of Yolgnu youthwas You're my Wawa ( brother) Your'e my Yapa ( sister )My Friend My FriendBuilding strong lives strong futures.And after we started to sing this chorus some of the Yolgnu Women heard what was going on and came over and joined in with the next few groups, then I was able with their help put some more language into the song, and we started to laugh and Fiona was able to translate for me and encourage the younger ones with the [...]
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