Mt Whitestone and Ma Ma Creek State School celebrated the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a NAIDOC Week celebration on 19 June.
Lockyer school children and families joined in and experienced a performance called Didjeribone through a uniquely Australian music experience using face bass and cutting-edge music.
The combination of the instruments and technology was when true magic happened, with haunting wind, howling dingoes, and humorous kookaburra sounds created with the Digjeribone.
Tjupurru quickly had the children greeting him and responding to his questions in the language of his ancestors the Djabera Djabera people from the Kimberly region of Western Australia.
Mt Whitestone State School Principal Leticia de Mey said learning about Australia’s Indigenous culture was an integral part of the students’ education.
“It was wonderful to see how engaged the students and families were throughout the whole show,” she said.
“Tjupurru shared his culture, his language and his knowledge of the land through fun interactive stories using the digeribone which had us all memorised.
“It was truly an amazing learning opportunity for us all”
MT WHITESTONE STATE SCHOOL
