Descendants of the didgeridoo and songline masters, who gave the world such music luminaries as Yothu Yindi and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, brought the Aboriginal culture of far-north Australia to Sunshine North last Wednesday.
To celebrate Performing Arts of the World Day, Sunshine North Primary School hosted indigenous group Datiwuy Dreaming – from the Yolngu people of Elcho Island and North East Arnhem Land – who made music and shared some of the world’s oldest stories.
“They are among the very first masters of the yikadi, or didgeridoo,” the school’s performing arts teacher, Charmaine Matthews, said.
Datiwuy tutors – a clan within the Yolngu community – along with NAISDA Dance College developing artists, shared their people’s story with the Sunshine North pupils.
“The program [aimed to] develop the children’s awareness of the importance of music, dance and story in Yolngu culture,” Ms Matthews said.
