Djapirri is a Yolngu elder from East Arnhem Land, this a reconciliation message spoken in her traditional language.
To learn more about the diverse range of Indigenous languages spoken in Australia visit www.reconciliation.org.au.
English translation:
Hello everyone, how are you? My name is Djapirri Mununggirritj. The language I speak is Gumatj and I am from Arnhem Land. With this language our law is strong and our foundation is strong. And with this foundation we move forward and with our language of who we are as Yolngu people it makes us strong so that when we take our culture to the unknown world. We still stay strong and with that we can share our culture with the non-Yolngu culture and do the things together as we come from a background that is very different to yours, but at the same time we are sharing the culture to the non-Yolngu. This is the reason why as Yolngu, we want to start on the journey so we can enable ourselves to walk with non-Yolngu and share culture. We hope for better things to happen in Australia if we work together hand in hand.
