english
nederlands
Indymedia NL
Independent Media Centre of the Netherlands
Indymedia NL is an independent free communication organisation. Indymedia offers an alternative approach to the news by using an open publishing method for text, images, video and audio.
> contact > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
Search

 
All Words
Any Word
Contains Media:
Only images
Only video
Only audio

Dossiers
Agenda
CHAT!
LINKS

European NewsReal

MDI's complaint against Indymedia.nl
Courtcase Deutsche Bahn vs. Indymedia.nl
Topics
anti-fascisme / racisme
europa
feminisme
gentechnologie
globalisering
kunst, cultuur en muziek
media
militarisme
natuur, dier en mens
oranje
vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten
wereldcrisis
wonen/kraken
zonder rubriek
Events
G8
Oaxaca
Schinveld
Schoonmakers-Campagne
Help
Tips for newbies
A short intro into Indymedia NL
The policy of Indymedia NL
How to join?
Donate
Support Indymedia NL with donations!
Lawsuits cost a lot of money, we appreciate every (euro)cent you can spare!

You can also direct your donation to Dutch bank account 94.32.153 on behalf of Stichting Vrienden van Indymedia, Amsterdam (IBAN: NL41 PSTB 0009 4321 53)
Indymedia Network

www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa
ambazonia
canarias
estrecho / madiaq
kenya
nigeria
south africa

Canada
hamilton
london, ontario
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor
winnipeg

East Asia
burma
jakarta
japan
manila
qc

Europe
alacant
andorra
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
bristol
bulgaria
croatia
cyprus
estrecho / madiaq
euskal herria
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
lille
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
netherlands
nice
norway
oost-vlaanderen
paris/île-de-france
poland
portugal
romania
russia
scotland
sverige
switzerland
thessaloniki
toulouse
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
west vlaanderen

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
chile sur
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso

Oceania
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
oceania
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india
mumbai

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
big muddy
binghamton
boston
buffalo
charlottesville
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
danbury, ct
dc
hampton roads, va
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
idaho
ithaca
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
omaha
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
seattle
tallahassee-red hills
tampa bay
tennessee
united states
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
armenia
beirut
israel
palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer
Credits
This site is produced by volunteers using free software where possible.

The system we use is available from:mir.indymedia.de
an alternative is available from: active.org.au/doc

Thanks to indymedia.de and mir-coders for creating and sharing mir!

Contact:
info @ indymedia.nl
Corroboree revival in Moree
Diet Simon - 19.08.2009 08:17

If you’re interested in Australian Aboriginal culture and happen to be in Australia in September you might like to catch one of the biggest indigenous dance festivals and corroborees ever seen.

Yanay Gamillaraay, which roughly translated means come and go, learn and share the culture of the Gamillaraay (Gumilaroi) people, will take place from September 21 to 27 in the Outback town of Moree, which lies 627 kilometres northwest of Sydney.


Poster for the corroboree
Poster for the corroboree



A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting. The word was coined by European settlers in imitation of the Aboriginal word caribberie. At a corroboree Aborigines interact with the Dreaming (Creation) through dance, music and costume. Many ceremonies act out Dreaming events. Many ceremonies are sacred and banned to outsiders.

Organisers say it’s the first corroboree in the area since 1938. They expect thousands of people from all over Australia to attend.

From an invitation the organisers sent out in June: “The Biliir Dancers of the Gamilaraay traditional yulu-gi (song and dance) invite all Aboriginal clans, tribes and nations to send your traditional performers to join us in creating the first ever Dance Corroboree to be hosted in NSW in modern times.

“For tens of thousands of years, we Gamilaraay people sang and danced our lore across our homelands. Stopped by authorities in 1938, we seek your support for the revival of our Corroboree of Culture based on traditional practices and materials – the first Yanay to Gamilaraay! Festival (Y2G!).

“The Y2G! festival will be held in the Traditional Homelands of the vast Gamilaraay Nation of Northern NSW and Southern Queensland.

“Within the Gamilaraay Nation traditional cultural teachings and practices are still being taught and passed down to the next generations of Gamilaraay. The Indigenous and non-indigenous communities of Moree, surrounding family clans and language groups of Gamilaraay see the Y2G! festival as a stepping stone to building positive relationships in the spirit of Reconciliation.

“A key component of the Y2G! Festival will be to ensure that all participants and performers learn certain aspects of traditional teachings, knowledge and culture of Gamilaraay.

“The festival will consist of traditional dancers, storytellers, contemporary performers, poets and artist from around the Gamilaraay Nation and around Australia showcasing their professionalism by continuing in the age old Traditions of exchanging cultural knowledge and practices by conducting workshops within their specialized fields throughout the festival.”

Director Paul T Spearim can be reached by phone on #61 403-883-359, email  paulspearim@yahoo.com, his sister on 411-824-176 and  bspearim@yahoo.com.au.

Read more in the local paper, the Moree Champion,  http://www.moreechampion.com.au/news/local/news/general/moree-set-to-host-first-corroboree-since-1938/1600405.aspx and at  http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIG_enAU222AU223&q=Yanay+Gamillaraay.

Moree has a population of about 8,000 in the town itself, 14,000 in the shire. 17% are Aborigines, compared with the national 2.6%.

Moree is best known for its famous Artesian spa baths, which each year attract more than 300,000 visitors, mostly overseas tourists each year. An artesian (underground) well was sunk in 1895 in an effort to find a reliable source of drinking water for Moree.

Since then the well has produced a natural steady flow of warm (41 deg C) water utilised in pools and spas around the town. The water is rich in minerals including sodium carbonate and sodium chloride and is reputed to help rheumatism, arthritic conditions and muscular aches and strains.

Some approximate driving times to Moree are: 9 hours from Sydney (600Km), 16 hrs from Melbourne (1,300 km), 7 hrs from Brisbane (500 km). Trains from Sydney, buses from Melbourne, Brisbane and Grafton and flights from various cities regularly service Moree.

The architecture of the city is reminiscent of colonial Australia which is an added interest for tourists.

In Moree you also appreciate the vastness of Australia, with opportunities to experience Outback places and people. Fishing on the Barwon at Mungindi and Boomi (95 kms north) is excellent.

And the area is also an introduction to one of Australia’s worst ecological sins, irrigated cotton growing, one of the severest contributing factors to wrecking Australia’s main river system, the Darling-Murray. Australia is the world’s eighth-largest cotton producer.
The world cotton supply remains excessive at a new all-time record. The subsidies given by the US to its cotton farmers have largely been accepted to be the reason for the spectacular global decline in cotton prices.

Those American subsidies are hurting some 10 million farmers in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Four West African countries — Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, and Chad — are demanding that U.S., China, and European Union cotton subsidies be included in all international trade talks on agriculture.

Cotton remains the most important source of income for many farmers, especially in the poorer countries, and a major export product for the state. For example, the farmers in West Africa grow cotton very economically, without use of pesticides – and get little thanks for their labours. Their crop accounts for only about 4% of global production.

Without subsidies, it would not pay for Americans to produce much cotton; with them, the US is the world’s second largest cotton exporter (after China). Some 25,000 rich American cotton farmers divide $3 to $4 billion in subsidies among themselves – with most of the money going to a small fraction of the recipients.

Representatives from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, four major cotton-producing African countries, were in Washington in July to address what they consider to be unfair U.S. trade practices.

Australia’s cotton growers receive no direct government subsidies and feel unfairly disadvantaged against overseas growers in subsidising countries.



 

Read more about: anti-fascisme / racisme kunst, cultuur en muziek

supplements
> indymedia.nl > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
DISCLAIMER: Indymedia NL uses the 'open posting' principle to promote freedom of speech. The news (text, images, audio and video) posted in the open newswire of Indymedia NL remains the property of the author who posted it. The views in these postings do not necesseraly reflect the views of the editorial team of Indymedia NL. Furthermore, it is not always possible to guarantee the accuracy of the postings.