{"id":8438,"date":"2022-11-09T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/first-nations-artists-and-travellers-on-what-naidoc-week-means-to-them\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:41:57","slug":"first-nations-artists-and-travellers-on-what-naidoc-week-means-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/first-nations-artists-and-travellers-on-what-naidoc-week-means-to-them\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nations artists and travellers on what NAIDOC Week means to them"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Held within the first week of July annually, NAIDOC Week<\/a> celebrates and recognises the tradition and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia. It\u2019s an opportunity for everybody to come back collectively and expertise the oldest steady residing cultures on earth. But it\u2019s additionally a time for motion. We sat down with First Nations artists and tour operators to search out out what NAIDOC means to them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This weblog was delivered to you in partnership with\u00a0<\/em>Welcome to Country<\/em><\/a>, a not-for-profit market for Australian Indigenous experiences.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNow is our time. We cannot afford to lose momentum for change,\u201d says the official NAIDOC Week web site. \u201cWe need to move beyond just acknowledgment, good intentions, empty words and promises.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) has its roots within the 1938 Day of Mourning, and have become a week-long occasion in 1975. Every 12 months, within the first week of July, occasions and actions are held throughout Australia to recognise the tradition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/p>\n

For some First Nations folks, although, NAIDOC Week has turn out to be a performative gesture, quite than an actual automobile for change. As a end result, this 12 months\u2019s theme is Get up! Stand up! Show up!. It\u2019s a name to motion. An opportunity to, in accordance with the organisation, \u201camplify our voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and realty, good intentions and outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

We sat down with Indigenous artists and tour operators from across the nation to listen to what NAIDOC means to them, in their very own phrases.<\/p>\n

Deborah Hoger | <\/strong>Riley Callie Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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