Self Improvement: revitalising an ancient Aboriginal snow song

Self Improvement: revitalising an ancient Aboriginal snow song

Author: ABC July 7, 2021 Duration: 14:07
A small group of Ngarigu people and academic colleagues have been working hard to revitalise an ancient snow making song, sung on Ngarigu Country at Kunama Namadgi (the Snowy Mountains). It was once observed and written down by the nineteenth century explorer John Lotsky, and your teacher this week, Professor Jakelin Troy, Ngarigu woman and Director of Indigenous Research at the University of Sydney, tells of her revitalisation and performance of the ancient corroboree - and its intriguing result.

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