Worlds Village

Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009 will be held in Melbourne, Australia. Over 10000 people will meet for interreligious, interfaith dialogue. It is the custom of the Wurundjeri people to welcome visitors to their homeland. Aboriginal culture shown and Prof Joy Murphy Wandin AO, Senior Woman of the Wurundjeri People, extends an invitation to attend the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. Website: www.parliamentofreligions.org

Aboriginal Peoples and the Law

I went to the Taiwan World Games Opening Ceremony on July 16th in Kaohsiung and sang along with this group of singers that performed for a part of the Opening Ceremony. I loved listening to them sing and loved singing with my friends. I hope you enjoy watching and listening like my friends and I did. ^^ It was a great experience to be there. A woman sitting with someone noticed she was on camera and started waving and got that other person’s attention. I just happened to get it on camera, as well as other members of the audience. I liked seeing them and that they were having a good time; I sure was. Also, to people commenting, first: Thank you for commenting and second, thanks also for the correction about Hakka and Aboriginal people in Taiwan; I said Hakka were the aboriginal people of Taiwan but those two groups are different groups of people. The people singing her are of the aboriginal people of Taiwan. I like learning about both though ^^ My host family lives in a Hakka village and I just got back from a homestay with them. I have pictures and videos and I might do a slide show later. I actually have to do a presentation and a slide show might be my project that I present at the end of my 2 months in Taiwan. Fun Fact: My friends and I started doing the wave during one of the shows in the Opening Ceremony and after we did it a few times it caught on and everyone down the rows did it and we even got on camera! It was way cool when everyone joined in. It’s a good …

Image taken on 2009-07-12 19:24:19 by Kieran 2009.

Opening of Aboriginal Art Exhibition. City Gallery Bydgoszcz (Poland), as a part of 5th Mozg Festival, 26.11.2009. Lecture by dr John von Sturmer.Translator – dr Rafał Zimny.