There’s more to Aboriginal culture than digeridoos and carrobories, but they have the most impact, integrating music, art, dance and storytelling in one go. A couple of years ago, I stumbled across an aboriginal culture centre in Darling Harbour, just under the IMAX theatre. I wanted so much to take Marie there, but when we came last year, it was missing. It didn’t send a good message for our attitudes to Aboriginals and their integration in any form into our society.
Today, I realised that I’d simply misremembered the location by about 100m. I had lunch in Darling Harbour with an old work contact from Japan who’s been living here for 5 years now. After lunch, we took a walk around the Harbour and there it was again. And a show was just about to start. A part Aboriginal man who expresses himself well as both performer and ambassador, sits on stage with a selection of digeridoos and shares his world of animals, music, history and story with the help of modern background music and stunning photo backdrops.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it, Marie.
Would that old work contact happen to be Mark T? If so, say hi for me.