Pitjantjatjara

Brand New Day by Desmond Woodforde & The Moon Band. PY Media end of year concert held at Umuwa on the APY Lands on the 15th December 2018.

Elijah Connelly performing at the PY Media Concert. PY Media end of year concert held at Umuwa on the APY Lands on the 15th December 2018.

Leave Him in the Long Yard by Trevor Adamson & Lyndon Reid PY Media end of year concert held at Umuwa on the APY Lands on the 15th December 2018.

Desmond Woodforde & The Moon Band. PY Media end of year concert held at Umuwa on the APY Lands on the 15th December 2018.

Bush Bands Bash 2018: Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, the Bush Bands Bash concert …

Bush Bands Bash 2018: Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, the Bush Bands Bash concert …

Showcase of the artistic practice of Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira. Namatjira is a witty and politically astute portrait painter based at Iwantja Arts in Indulkana Community, APY Lands, SA. With animations of Namatjira's work by Jackson Lee.

Showcase of the bold and irreverent artistic practice of Yankunytjatjara artist Tiger Yaltangki, from Iwantja Art, Indulkana Community, APY Lands, SA. Featuring animations of Yaltangki's work by Jackson Lee.

Video showcasing the artists of Iwantja Arts, art centre in Indulkana Community, APY Lands SA. Iwantja Arts is renowned for its diverse and innovative artists and special projects that celebrate Anangu cultural strength and artistic excellence. Iwantja Arts directors and …

Alec Baker, Peter Mungkuri and Mr Kunmanara Pompey are three senior artists and respected leaders from Indulkana community on the APY Lands, SA. As young men, they were renowned stockmen and in 2017 they coordinated a men’s camp at the local cattle station. Influenced by their …

Lyric Video for Track 13 of UPK#6. By Jeremy Whisky and Cupa Henry - Indulkana Community (This is a lament about a violent relationship.) Poor thing my big sister. Your husband is always beating you. She keeps her home well and looks after her children. (Addressing …

Lyric Video for Track 12 of UPK#6. Liam Tunkin, Amata Community All my family and relations, listen to me. Sickness comes from squalid living. If you do the right things you will live well, have a good life. We should keep things clean; in the past times the land was clean …

Lyric Video for Track 11 of UPK#6. By Harry Shannon, Mimili Standing looking at my home, Mimili. Strong passion and pride is how I feel for this place, continually. And tonight there is reggae music! Tonight there is reggae! Woah, Oh yeah! UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku …

Lyric Video for Track 10 of UPK#6. Lyrics NHC Group. Melody by Bill Davis. Listen all you fathers and mothers! You must look after your children well and be strong about it so they can grow well, without sickness. Teach your children well, speak well and don’t smoke …

Lyric Video for Track 9 of UPK#6. By Shane Brown, Fregon. (Watjilarinyi, yearning) I sit alone in my home. All the people are gone, they’re a long way away. I am yearning, yearning for my family. UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku Kanyintjaku; a Pitjantjatjara expression …

Lyric Video for Track 8 of UPK#6. Elijah Connelly from Pipalyatjara A huge bushfire is burning, different places all around are alight Grandfather’s country is on fire and grandfather is weeping; many places on fire. The sacred places are destroyed! The sacred places are …

Lyric Video for Track 7 of UPK#6. Aaron Shannon, from Fregon. One man standing, contemplating his country. He thinks long and hard the story of his country. Father and mother taught him the story and he understood. Who is going to care for and look after this story? Who …

Lyric Video for Track 6 of UPK#6. Written by Anmanari Wells, Melissa Thompson, Beth Sometimes, Stephanie Harrison. I can’t do it without you. You can’t do it without me. The two of us combined makes for good times, To the east to the south to the west to the north …

Lyric Video for Track 5 of UPK#6. Jason Cullinan, writer/singer from Indulkana Community Kungka. Beautiful woman. You’re mine. Nyuntu Ngayuku. Jason Cullinan comes from Indulkana. He is a songwriter and multi instrumentalist. UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku …

Lyric Video for Track 4 of UPK#6. A song by Katrina Connelly. Written in jail. Music by Darcy Davis. I am here, staying here but thinking I’m really from another place. My family calls to me, calls me to my real home. Sitting, yearning, pining for my home. My country is …