Yothu Yindi Foundation

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The Yothu Yindi Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Casuarina that was founded in 1990 by the Aboriginal rock band Yothu Yindi from their bandleader Hr. Yunupungi was founded. The Foundation established the so-called bush university , the Garma Cultural Studies Institute . The aim of this foundation is to preserve, promote and make known worldwide the culture of the Aboriginal tribe of the Yolngu . It also wants to develop and perceive an interest policy for the local Aborigines. An essential part of this concept is the Garma cultural festival , which has been taking place annually since 1999 on the festival site Gulkala near Nhulunbuy in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory in Australia .

The Garma Cultural Studies Institute built the Yirrnga Music Development Center on the coast of Melville Bay to record traditional music and train musicians from Arnhem Land.

Another field of activity is the five-day Garma cultural festival with performances of dance, songs, art and ceremonies of the Yolngu, which took place for the first time in 1999. It is also frequented by white and foreign visitors. An integral part of the festival are performances of didgeridoo games , workshops on weaving and painting, making spears and instruction in traditional hunting. There are also bush medicine and bush food workshops . Several academic forums organized by the Garma Cultural Studies Institute and the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee have taken place at the festival since 1999 . The committee is the umbrella organization for Australian universities. This forum held several events at the festival on cultural and political developments that are not only relevant to the Yolngu but also beyond.

Particular attention is also paid to the regional development of tourism, agriculture, aquaculture and deposits of oil and natural gas off the coast, which are traditionally owned by the Yolngu.

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  1. ↑ cultursurvival.org : Yothu Yindi Foundation: A New Direction in Arnhem Land , May 5, 2010, accessed June 2