Kinship key for family festival
TWEED’S cultural heart and community will come together in Murwillumbah on Saturday for the second annual Kinship Festival.
The festival will celebrate National Families Week and connect the whole community while showcasing indigenous traditions and values.
“It’s about supporting families and finding ways we can all connect,” festival coordinator Danielle Blomeley said.
“It’s about having a healthy, vibrant community that connects with kinship values.”
The drug and alcohol free event will feature Aboriginal Elder story sharing, a corroboree, indigenous dancers and musicians, a free bush tucker lunch, arts and crafts, suicide prevention and social justice workshops, kids activities and more.
Ms Blomeley said kinship – a crucial aspect of Aboriginal tradition – was just one way for everyone to connect moving forward.
“Kinship is so important in the way it’s embraced in the indigenous population,” she said.
“So it’s about how we can redefine that, while coming from the essence of what kinship means.
“It’s how we all relate, not just on a human level, but with all life and how that creates a sustainable and balanced life.”
All are invited to attend.
. Kinship Festival, Saturday, May 21 at Knox Park, from 10am
