Garma Festival 2019 - BTN Newsbreak Special

Garma is a festival that brings people together as one. The Garma festival started 21 years ago. Back then it was small. Today, thousands of people come to share their stories and hear some of our own. It's held at Gulkula, a place where Ganbulabula threw his yidaki into the waters at Wanuwuj. Every day there's a bunguul where I dance with my family. There are other things too, like an art gallery and music.
The constitution is kind of like Australia's rule book. It sets out how laws are made and how the government works.
It was written more than a century ago, but back then not all Australians were treated the same.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lived here for more than 60,000 years, but that isn't recognised in the constitution.
Many people want a section added to the constitution to change that.
Some reckon it would be an important step towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
But changing the constitution isn't easy. You have to have a referendum - that's a big national vote where more than half of people in more than half of the states and territories need to vote yes.
Not everyone agrees with the idea. Some say changing the constitution would cost too much money and it won't change the past, or the lives of Indigenous Aussies today.
Either way, it's something our Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wants to see happen in the next three years.
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