Four Winds Foundation traveled out to Iramoo to connect with and support the community elders at Deadly Kitchen, gathering at the community centre .
As itt is an isolated area, making connections is invaluable.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the beautiful community of Iramoo and we will continue to visit and connect.
Over several months of work and commitment, Scattered Tribes hosted this wonderful possum cloak making journey.
As we can see in the video, it was a wonderful time of sharing, healing, partnership, community and creativity.
Cultural traditions were shared and inter-cultural kinship's were formed.
Director Amy thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated being a part of the journey and it was a wonderful opening night when the finished possum cloak was exhibited, the buzz was deep and full of feeling, all the months of work, all the time and commitment, all the hands that played a part in forming this cloak as one.
Kinship
On the 9th of June, the Victorian Maori Wardens invited us to attend and contribute to their 3 day workshop event.
We were honored to be a part of the wonderful event provided by the Victorian Maori Wardens where the local youth were invited to participate and join in with the free 3 day event.
Dinawan Garrabari- Emu Dancers
Four Winds Foundation invited Dinawan Garrabari- Emu Dancers from NSW to perform traditional Aboriginal dance at the opening of the event.
All that attended got to see some cultural diversity from our first nations people of Australia. It was a great performance and enjoyed and appreciated by all.
Anthony Dennison of Kamilaroi Nation completed the opening of the event with his Welcome to Country and then the workshop had officially begun!
Four Winds Foundation set up a boomerang painting activity that was thoroughly enjoyed by both children and adults alike. Anthony Dennison lent his artistic skills and tips to the painters on the day helping all to understand the meanings of their paintings and different techniques with different mediums.
What a fantastic day of community and sharing of cultures, family and traditions.
March was a busy month for us! We enjoyed attending and supporting events within our communities.We also had the pleasure of attending one of our partners Global Indigenous Runways' event during the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Encouraging, uplifting and supporting each other is the key.
Stay tuned for all the details coming up soon.
-Secretary Angel
