Worlds Village

Brought to you by www.aboriginalartshop.com Interview with Australian Aboriginal Artist Stan Brumby at Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery* in Kununurra, the gateway to the Kimberley, in Western Australia. You can find more information, videos, images and artworks at http *Formerly known as Our Land Art Gallery and on the web as Aboriginal Art Shop.com

Enjoy, La Catedral! We finally got the CD called ” Por el mundo” at cdbaby.com Information source: www.mangore.com LA CATEDRAL, Agustín Barrios Mangoré Nitsuga (Agustin spelled backwards) Mangoré (For many years it was thought that the piece was dedicated to Asuncion Cathedral in Paraguay or San Jose Cathedral in Uruguay…one thing is for sure, the three Cathedrals are very much similar) The Andante is a religious, mystique and deep movement which prepares the terrain for the impressionistic Allegro Solenne. Barrios promoted his career depicting himself as a virtuoso Guarani Indian chief (the aborigine population of Paraguay) who played the guitar and composed in all styles. His artistic name Nitsuga Mangore was created reverting his first name from Agustin to Nitsuga, and adding the name of a mythical guarani indian chief Mangore. Mangore’s La Catedral is one of the most challenging guitar pieces you will ever play. If you want to include a major work in your repertoire, this is definitely the one piece to have. The challenge does not lie in any of the single sections of the work but in the sum of all the different sections. The allegro is a very demanding movement mostly for the left hand,although the right hand syncronization has to keep up with the left demanding passages.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, former member of hit-making rock band Yothu Yindi, has emerged as the most revered and distinctive voice in modern Aboriginal music due to his brave solo debut, Gurrumul. With a sparse backing of acoustic guitar, piano, double bass and violin, Gurrumul evokes rich images through singing in his native Yolngu.

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 …