Sharing a story through Aboriginal Australian Songline

Elwyn Henaway demonstrates the Yiggy Yiggy and Songline during the Home Away festival.
Australia is home to the world’s oldest surviving culture. Through millennia, the stories and traditions of the continent’s remarkable First Nations have been kept alive through music and dance. Maintaining that tradition is the driving force behind one of the country’s most powerful traditional dance groups - The Guruman Dancers who presented new theatre as part of Home Away. Formerly known as Badjtala Nangarim, the group recently took the Guruman name (meaning kangaroo) and has set about its goal of protecting and revitalizing language and culture
through traditional and contemporary dance. A melting pot of tradition, the group represents several Aboriginal tribal groups - Badjtala, Garawa, Wanyi, Mununjali Yugambeh, Gungurri, Birri Gubba, Goomeroi and Wiradjuri.
In its tenth anniversary year, the National Theatre of Scotland presents its first ever festival of participatory performing arts.
Ten new productions from Chicago, Glasgow, New Dehli, Brisbane, South Uist, Dundee, Jamaica, Tomintoul & Glenlivet, Rio de Janeiro and the world wide web.
Plus a five day participatory arts conference.
homeaway2016.com
#NTShomeaway

[@welovechong]

thank you for sharing the meaning of the songs!

[@nishaprakash962]

Absolutely amazing! Loved it! :)

[@amorlia4488]

I'm so proud to be a Birri Gubba Woman. 🖤

[@TheConsciousEvolutionchannel]

Really awesome now that's how you tell a story!

[@patod4]

Beautiful!thanks.

[@kraya67]

Very interesting. I would love to hear it in person.

[@merlindanorman6356]

Beautiful sounds. Glory to Sounds!!

[@ampvd6896]

Merci.C'est passionnant!

[@soffls7878]

Had to watch this video as English homework - I don’t regret it

[@thisisamandagoins]

I looked this up while reading a fictional story that referred to this. Absolutely fascinating.

[@mrsandz7166]

I am from there

[@busterhimen88]

Share the word brother I only found out about this Should be taught to all of us

[@jeanbrook7229]

The didgeridoo is the most ancien its my favourite instrument of all... I love the way he imitated all those animals genius !!

[@tokken1122]

The true name yidaki

[@jeanbrook7229]

@@tokken1122 in First Nations Australian?

[@tokken1122]

@@jeanbrook7229 in Yolngu language. From where the yidaki is originally from

[@datshinyvenusaur1478]

I had to watch this for school

[@balaboi0192]

Wadda moolie my brother❤️🖤💛

[@jangundjabuun077]

Bulgalnaa (Bundjalung) 12 Bird Tribes was definitely in attendance to the Bunya Pine Mountain ceremony main theme song & dance was the Guruuman (kangaroo). How could you leave Bulgalnaa out??????

[@Okok-rf8xg]

The yirdaki is original from Arnham Land.. other parts of Australia don't have the degereedoo.

[@diimpa5488]

it's true. I'm from Gubbi Gubbi, an East coast clan, and the yidiki is an import to us

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@1:35

[@joshadventures2352]

SCHOOOOOOL whos with me

[@shauncreek1925]

Using a Yalanji name yiki yiki..???

[@goman746]

yes your correct. we live on the edge of the rainforest and we use rainforest language to communicate with Kuku Yalanji

[@NikhilDahm]

hee hee hee ha

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[@NikhilDahm]

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