Garma Festival is Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural gathering, held annually on Yolŋu Country in northeast Arnhem Land.
It brings together ceremony, community and national conversation – with the festival marking a powerful 25-year milestone this year.
Garma showcases traditional miny’tji (art), manikay (song), bunggul (dance) and storytelling, and is an important meeting point for the clans and families of the region. It has also become an important forum for political discussion.
During his speech on Saturday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a newly established “economic partnership between the First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance, the Coalition of Peaks and the government would deliver ‘economic sovereignty’ to First Nations communities.
“Our Government also wants to work with communities as economic decision-makers, to unlock the true potential of their land and their endeavour.”
However, his speech didn’t satisfy the hopes of some among the Indigenous community who wished the Prime Minister would endorse a truth-telling process in a broad sense.
Learn more on the Garma festival here: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/the-law-of-the-land-standing-firm-for-this-years-garma/wvmz3j6x9
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