NAIDOC Family Day
• Smoking ceremony
• Cultural performances
• Rides
• Indigenous games
• Face painting
• Cultural workshops and artefacts
• Australian wildlife display
• Kids activities
• FREE Barbeque
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Skyla from Living Culture will be here at Pakenham Library for animal totem dancing and a fire making display as part of NAIDOC 2024.
About Living Culture:
• Smoking ceremony
• Cultural performances
• Rides
• Indigenous games
• Face painting
• Cultural workshops and artefacts
• Australian wildlife display
• Kids activities
• FREE Barbeque
Solid Ground 2024 artists in residence; Shannon Smith aka. 'Monks'(he/him), Luke Patterson(he/him) & Nathan Leslie(he/him) have collaborated to create an immersive experience for this years NAIDOC celebration, following this theme "Keep the Fire Burning; Blak, Loud & Proud"
"Sometimes our culture may seem as though it is a heavy burden. Sometimes to exit and gain acceptance in non-Indigenous society, we question the importance of our culture. Would it be easier to leave it behind? But our culture is not excess baggage we can freely dispose of.
song dance art and food to celebrate NAIDOC week 2024
Welcome to NAIDOC.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of the beautiful lands on which we live and celebrate their enduring knowledge and connections to Country. We honour the wisdom of and pay respect to Elders past and present.