Whilst out and about over here in Canada I have prepared lots of little gifts that we can offer to people we meet to show our thanks. I have brought lanyards and USB sticks from Flinders, Fruchocs from South Australia and the lovely tunes of Gurrumul Yunupingu, an Aboriginal artist from Arnhem Land. On the back of the CDs I have written down the link for the documentary made by two young Australian filmmakers about Aboriginal Australia today. If you want to have a look, it is available in full length here and is called Our Generation.
Our Generation is an independent documentary film, made over 3 years, that looks at the current state of Indigenous relations in Australia, home to the oldest living culture in the world. Driven by the remote Yolngu peoples of Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, the film shines a light on the ongoing struggle of Aboriginal people to their culture, lands and basic human rights.
Also the girls have brought lots of little cute koalas and boomerangs to give away.
The gift of giving. Reciprocity is a fundamental cornerstone of Indigenous communities. Reciprocity implies that there is an ebb and flow in relationships, a give and take. Reciprocity infers that there is a mutual sharing, something given for something taken. In Indigenous societies, reciprocity is the way things work—in society, within the family and extended family frameworks, and in the relationships between human kind and the rest of God’s creation.
Thank you!
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