KARIJINI EXPERIENCE RETURNS TO SHARE MUSIC AND CULTURE
Karijini Experience. Credit Supplied.
The Karijini Experience will return on July 5 for five days of culture, art, food and music on country.
Ngaarda Media is a proud sponsor this year and will be doing outside broadcasts at the event.
CMS Events is organising the Karijini Experience on behalf of Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation.
Manager Director of CMS Event, Richard Campbell said that this year organisers are concentrating on music and the immersion into the Banjima culture.
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Tre Amici. Credit: Supplied.
The band Tre Amici will be playing at the closing concert for the Karijini Experience.
Tre Amici play covers of songs from the '50s through to today.
The band played at the last Karijini Experience, but lead vocalist Wade Morrison said that he wants this year to be more magical.
“Playing under the stars up there, it was just a surreal time.”
Mr. Morrison looks forward to reconnecting with the Banjima mob.
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Mark Atkins. Credit: Facebook.
Yamatji descendant Mark Atkins is a didgeridoo player who has traveled all over the world sharing his culture through music.
Mr. Atkins has written new music he will play at the event.
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J-Milla. Credit: Supplied.
24- year old J-MILLA is a proud member of the Mak Mak Marranungu people, who are the traditional landowners of the Litchfield National Park in the NT.
His music is about Aboriginal people standing standing proudly and being there for each other.
“I want to speak out for the mob,” he said.
“I want to speak out for those who have been racially discriminated.”
“I kind of want to be that voice, to make a change.”
Not only will he be performing his music at Karijini, he is going to be holding a workshop focused on self care.
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Emily Wurramara. Credit: Facebook.
Musician Emily Wurramara is a Anindilyakwa woman from Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.
Ms. Wurramara looks forward to singing on Bajima country.
“I feel like I’m very much a story teller when I perform,” she said.
“When I’m singing, I like to tell stories about my songs and my experiences and memories and I think it will be really vulnerable.”
Ms Wurramara sings in language to preserve and archive the language.
“It's educational but it's also inspiring to young ones, hearing their language in music and on movies or in TV shows or whatever,” she said.
“It's of utter importance for our future and for the next generation.”
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