GURINGAI FESTIVAL

A celebration of Aboriginal Culture & Heritage.

PRODUCER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of STAR DREAMING: SALLY BLACKWOOD

STAR DREAMING
GLEN STREET THEATRE, Sydney, Australia, 20-21 June 2009

A Free family weekend of sharing Aboriginal culture with the whole family. Art & craft workshops, dance & music performances, bush tucker, talks, exhibitions, storytelling & learn to dance with NAISDA. We explore the story of Creation & Dreaming from the ground to the stars, the beginning of stories & language.

The Festival culminated with the Rainbow Serpent dusk parade an extraordinary celebration of Aboriginal Culture on the winter solstice. The giant Rainbow Serpent wound its way through the trees from Glen Street Theatre to Frenchs Forest Showground as we lit up the night with a smoking ceremony, luminaries, fire sculptures, music and NAISDA dancers.

Festival highlights:
Welcome to Country by Tracey Howie
Children’s mural art workshops by Hotbed Designs
NAISDA Dance workshops
Storytelling by artist  Adam Hill
Talks on Aboriginal astronomy by Dr Ragbir Bhathal with links to local rock carvings
Bush Tucker with John Lennis Earth Spirit Indigenous Services
Photographic exhibition of works by Vanessa Chaplin
Mural dot painting by Karleen Green
Music performances by Stiff Gins
Star fire scultures by Phil Relf

STAR DREAMING organised in consultation with Guringai LAECG and supported by Warringah Council

Photo credits Page #1: NAISDA dancers, Uncle Martin Ballangarry smoking ceremony, Rainbow Serpent. Page #2: Hotbed Designs Star Dreaming Mural; Kaleena Briggs of Stiff Gins.