Giiyong Festival, Jigamy Farm, near Eden, New South Wales, 22 September 2018 / photographs by Shannon Mason

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22 September 2018

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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19 photographs - digital, JPEGs, colour

Collection of photographs showing Yuin people's celebration and sharing of their culture at the inaugural Giiyong Festival held at Jigamy Farm (near Eden), New South Wales. Includes images of local Djaadjawan and Duurunu Miru dance groups, cooking and craft demonstrations, singers and performers and prominent individuals and family groups.

Item 01: Sharon Mason, Djaadjawan Dance Group leader dances wearing owl feather totem head dress, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 02: Musician Mark Atkins, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 03: Singer from Bega High School, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 04: Women help to weave stringy bark onto canoe sculpture, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 05: Wallaga Lake/Bermagui hip hop artist, Gabadoo (Gary Campbell) performs on stage, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 06: Ashley Manton and daughter, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 07: Shannon Mason (son of Sharon Mason) with his cousin, Kyran Landini (son of ashweeni Mason) on his shoulders, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 08: Fire pit cooking with Uncle Noel Butler and staff of Twofold Aboriginal Corporation, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 09: Family group among the crowd, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 10: Fire pit traditional cooking by Twofold Aboriginal Corporation staff, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 11: Weaving stringy bark onto a canoe structure, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 12: Ashweeni Mason, Djaadjawan Dance Group, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 13: Nathan Lygon, founding member of the Duurunu Miru Dance Group from Eden plays didgeridoo, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 14: Duurunu Dancers, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 15: Duurunu Dancers, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 16: Duurunu Dancers, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 17: Duurunu Dancers, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 18: Spectators at Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason
Item 19: Ashweeni Mason, Djaadjawan Dance Group, White Cockatoo, Giiyong Festival, 22 September 2018 / photograph by Shannon Mason

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Shannon Mason
Reproduction Restricted:
Approval for reproduction required: from copyright holder
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Giiyong is a one-day multi-arts festival celebrating Yuin peoples' traditional and contemporary culture, organised jointly by Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council, Twofold Aboriginal Corporation and South East Arts (NSW).