Worlds Village

Get to know the aboriginal culture through this amazing film including traditional music!

Samantha Chalmers speaks her mind at the Aboriginal Embassy, Australia, on Invasion Day (Jan 26th) 2009. “I can’t walk around with my shoes on, my natural shoes that I was born with – the 60000 year old shoes? I can’t apparently. I shouldnt; people worry for me. Consider your cultural design people. You’re stopping yourself from living.” The sovereignty of Aboriginal people in Australia was never ceded. The Tent Embassy promotes Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty. Their demands includ land rights and mineral rights to Aboriginal lands, legal and political control of certain sacred sites, and compensation for land that they claim was stolen. Their demands have been consistently rebuffed by past and current governments. It has also been used as a site for protesting against other issues, such as against uranium mining at Jabiluka in the Northern Territory during the 90s. Currently, Elders such as Uncle Neville Williams, from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy are working to protect traditional Wiradjuri land in Western NSW at Lake Cowal which is in the process of being mined for gold. The group describes itself as an embassy, a designation the Australian government objects to. The group claims to represent a displaced nation of peoples, unjustly occupied by the Australian government. The subject remains controversial in Australian politics. There have been a number of suspicious fires at the site, with the most devastating being the loss of 31 years of records when the container …

The idea of Aboriginal art is relatively new. Outside the art community, the dominant perception might be that contemporary Aboriginal art is about images of wolves and bears done up in the traditional way of beads and moccasins. Not Just Beads & Moccasins is a profile of three contemporary Aboriginal artists who adapt traditional art forms into something more contemporary. Greg Hill, Jeff Thomas and Nadia Myre share a common focus in their work of symbols of Canadian identity. Through performance, photography and visual art they defy these symbols and the power, control and authority they represent. The result is some of the hottest stuff around – art that¹s not just beads and moccasins. Director: Kristin Tresoor and Vanessa Loewen Writer: Kristin Tresoor and Vanessa Loewen Producers: Lisa Meeches and Kyle Irving Distribution Company: Century Street Distribution

09/04/2010 TRF Tournament Local: Nakano TRF – Tokyo 2 on 2 Tournament 30 Players Oga (Ryu) vs Ichi ☆ (Ken) Anomalocaris (M.Bison – Boxer) vs Tai (Ryu) Originally from www.nicovideo.jp by .cab, Yoshiwo, Momiage, KI www.trftrf.com

Aboriginal students from Djarragun College near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, perform a traditional dance during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell. They depict, among others, the “Creation Dance”, depicting the creation of all animals and the gathering of traditional medicine to treat snake bite.