GIINGAN Gumbaynggirr CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

Name: GIINGAN Gumbaynggirr CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Start: 2021-04-10T10:00:00+1000
End: 2021-08-14T12:30:00+1000
Location: Forest Sky Pier

Sat, 10 Apr, 10am - 14 Aug, 12:30pm 2021 AEST

Forest Sky Pier

coffs harbour, australia

Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation

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Held monthly in the Orara East State Forest, the Giingan Experience is an interactive morning consisting of a 2hr informative tour. Engage in Gumbaynggirr culture through language, dance, story telling, damper making, and much more.

Enjoy our Wajaarr Ngaarlu Dancers performance at Sealy Lookout, while enjoying Aunty Jenny's damper... Then take the walk down to Korora Lookout and hear the Dreaming stories of how the land was made to north..

Once the tour is over, guests can head back to the Nyanggan Gapi Cafe and enjoy a delicious coffee and cake.

Tickets for the Giingan Tour can be purchased at the Nyanggan Gapi cafe (at Sealy Lookout) on the day, or through our website (link below- please write "Giingan" in additional Information)

So Yilaami! (come along) to our Giingan Experience and learn a little about the world's oldest living culture :)

Our Giingan Gumbaynggirr Cultural Experience (Giingan Experience) is on again in January! Join us at Sealy Lookout in Coffs Harbour on Saturday 29th May 2021 for a taste of local Aboriginal culture.

*Please keep in mind parts of this tour require a walk on a well kept bush path approximately 1km- if this is an issue please contact us

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“Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan” translates to “Two Path Strong” in the Gumbaynggirr language and thereby sets the goal of our corporation, which is to ensure that our Aboriginal community, and in particular our youth are “two path strong” – strong in culture and strong in education. BMNAC is a not-for-profit Charity with Public Benelevont Institution (PBI) and Deductible Gift Recipiency (DGR) status. BMNAC was established in 2010 by our Executive Officer Clark Webb, when two after-school Goori Learning Centres (GLC’s) were set up at Wongala Estate Aboriginal Reserve (Coffs Harbour) and Woolgoolga High School. The third learning centre was established in 2012 at William Bayldon Primary School in Sawtell. Initially, all three GLC’s were co-ordinated and attended in a voluntary capacity until late 2013 when funding was received from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s PaCE initiative to run programs that encourage parents to engage with and participate in the education of their children. The programs that we deliver are designed to ensure that Aboriginal youth are strong in terms of both cultural identity and educational success. It is our goal that our children complete and achieve at school at the same rate as all Australian children in order to compete for real jobs whilst also being knowledgeable and proud of whom they are as Aboriginal people. Since our beginning, we have continually expanded the scope of our programs in order to meet the aspirations of our community and now deliver: Goori Learning Centres (Offering tutoring, homework support, Gumbaynggirr language lessons, and other varying activities to keep the students engaged and continue attendance). Gumbaynggirr Language Revitalisation Programs (Including weekly community classes, school packages, recording speakers- in particular our last surviving first language speaker Uncle Cecil “Bing” Laurie, and teacher training. Cultural Camps (Once per year, giving GLC students and their families an opportunity to come together and engage in our program and culture by attending cultural tours, participating in cultural activities and interacting with our Elders. Cultural Engagement Training (For schools and organisations) And lastly, to help us share our culture, offer job opportunities and pursue our goal of become a fully self-sustainable organisation we have developed our Cultural Tourism Experiences in partnership with Forestry Corporation NSW. The “Giingan Gumbaynggirr Cultural Experience” was set up to create a long-term sustainable financial income stream for the BMNAC programs. All profits from the Giingan Experience are directly reinvested into our programs.

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Sat, 10 Apr, 10am - 14 Aug, 12:30pm 2021 AEST

Forest Sky Pier

coffs harbour, australia

Hosted by Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation