Miyagan (OUR land people stories)

Wiradjuri Kinship Workshop with Aunty Lynette Riley: Miyagan

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Aunty Lynette Riley, Cultural Consultant for Miyagan (with Diane McNaboe), visited Bangarra to share a cultural workshop with the Bangarra artists.

Lynette Riley, Photography Tiffany Parker, 2016
Bangarra Dance Theatre's cultural Wiradjuri kinship workshop with Aunty Lynette Riley, Photography Tiffany Parker, 2016
Engraved Kangaroo Skins made by Wiradjuri people and used as a cultural teaching tool in Cultural Consultant Lynette Riley's Kinship Workshop, Artists: Elma Kris, Beau Dean Riley Smith, Rikki Mason, Glory Tuohy-Daniell (Behind), Nicola Sabatino, Rika Hamaguchi, Daniel Riley, Deborah Brown, Tara Robertson, Matt Cox (Behind), Kaine Sultan Babij, Yolande Lowatta, Lyn Riley, Waangenga Blanco (Behind), Luke Currie-Richardson, Tara Gower, Photography Tiffany Parker, 2016
Engraved Kangaroo Skins made by Wiradjuri people and used as a cultural teaching tool in Cultural Consultant Lynette Riley's Kinship Workshop, Nicola Sabatino, Elma Kris, Beau Dean Riley Smith, Rika Hamaguchi, Rikki Mason, Glory Tuohy-Daniell (Behind), Daniel Riley, Tara Robertson, Deborah Brown, Matt Cox, Kaine Sultan Babij, Yolande Lowatta, Jacob Nash (Behind), Tyrel Dulvarie, Waangenga Blanco (Behind), Tara Gower, Jasmin Shepard, Luke Currie-Richardson (Behind), Lyn Riley , Photography Tiffany Parker, 2016
Group photo following the fantastic, indepth workshop about the Wiradjuri kinship system, lead by Cultural Consultant Lynette Riley, Photo features Jacob Nash, Deborah Brown, Kaine Sultan Babij, Leonard Mickelo, Matt Cox, Daniel Riley, Tyrel Dulvarie, Waangenga Blanco, Lyn Riley, Yolande Lowatta, Beau Dean Riley Smith, Rikki Mason, Tara Gower, Anton, Rika Hamaguchi, Tara Robertson, Matthew Schubach, Elma Kris, Glory Tuohy-Daniell, Nicola Sabatino, Jasmin Shepard, Luke Currie-Richardson, Photography Tiffany Parker, 2016
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Aunty Lyn discussed the importance and complex intricacies of the Wiradjuri totemic and kinship systems, explaining the first layers of this knowledge. She brought in beautifully crafted Kangaroo skins which had been detailed with fine illustrations, burnt into the soft swede skin, depicting family relations and the different layers of the totemic structure. It was a wonderful and meaningful experience for the Bangarra team and helped inform the artists work within the creative development of Miyagan, which means family in the Wiradjuri Language.