BTN Wk 4 Garma Festival 2018

1. What does the Garma festival celebrate?
The Garma festival is a celebration of the Yolngu culture held at Gulkula and they  get together and celebrate the traditional owners of the land.
2.What do people do over four days during the festival?
Over the four days during the festival people share their stories, discuss their important issues and think about ways to bring about change.
3. What is this year’s theme?
The theme of this year’s Garma festival is Truth Telling.
4. What do the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Community want to change about the Australian Constitution?
The Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Community want to change the Australian Constitution many of them say it should recognize the  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Australians, while also giving them their own voice in the parliament and more of a say on policies and decisions that affect them. That would require a referendum which means – a vote put to all Australians. But Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that the vote won’t happen anytime soon

2IB, 2TD and 4RG Buddy Assembly

Today we had an assembly with our buddies and the theme was about food/ Master Chef. The assembly started off by me doing the Kaurna acknowledgment after I did the Kaurna acknowledgment Kim my buddy told the audience to stand up for the National Anthem. After the National Anthem the hosts Lincoln, Rehat and Sampan welcomed us into the first round of Master Chef which was to share some catholic scripture and it was the Parable of the Sower. After that we had a dance from GoNoodle and it’s called “Milkshake” Finn,Kim and Finn’s buddy lead us to the dance. After the dance they we had a video of us and our buddies making fruit animals. My favorite bit of the assembly was the video of us and our buddies making fruit animals because I think mine looks good.