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Garma 2004 Forum Report (560kb PDF)
Background reading
The Third Garma
Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance
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In announcing the theme, features and dates
of this year’s Garma, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Deputy Chairman
and founder of the Yothu Yindi Foundation, said : “The
‘Indigenous Livelihoods’ theme will allow us to
discuss and work on a wide range of ways to get employment
and opportunities for Yolngu. It presents a valuable opportunity
to nurture leadership and to sustain and share indigenous
cultures.
“ The forums, the learning, the entertainment,
and all the other activities at Garma can be about tourism,
art, music, education, culture, sport - anything which can
provide real and sustainable livelihoods and results,” he
said.
Garma has also become a key event for bringing
together non-indigenous and indigenous Australia – with
some international guests as well – to
share knowledge and culture, with a strong reconciliation
element, and to nurture learning and leadership skills among
indigenous Australians. Garma is a “both ways” learning
process.
Speaking of the Leaders forum, which was
introduced to the Garma program in 2003 and will be
expanded this year to feature a Leadership element, Mandawuy
said, “We hope it will develop
over time into a national leadership facility and institution,
and we are working with government
and corporate Australia to make this happen. That sort
of partnership and result is what Garma is
all about.”
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