Acknowledgement of Country:
WOMADelaide Tainmuntillangka, Kaurna yartangka. Ngadlurlu tampinthi, Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Ngadlu iyangka Kaurna yartangka tikanthi, tirkanthi, warpulayinthi. Ngadlurlu Kaurna purkarna pukinangku, yalaka, tarrkarri-ana tampinthi.
WOMADelaide is in Tainmuntilla on Kaurna land. We recognise that Kaurna people are the original owners/custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We live, learn and work here on Kaurna land and recognise Kaurna Elders from the past, present and into the future.
Jamie Goldsmith giving a Welcome To Country in 2022
Welcome to Country:
On Friday night, the Welcome to Country will be given by Jamie Goldsmith and Takurtinna.
Jamie Goldsmith is a Kaurna Narungga man from the Adelaide Plains and the Yorke Peninsula. His Kaurna name is Ngungana Kartemeru (First Born Kookaburra) Ilyaitpinna (father of Ilya). He is the only surviving son of Uncle Stevie ‘Gadlabarti’ Goldsmith. Like his father before him, Jamie is a world renowned Yidaki artist (the word for Digeridoo used by the Yolngu, the original creators of the instrument), playing all over Australia and overseas and celebrated widely for his immense talent.
Jamie will also give a Welcome to Country to visiting artists before the festival opens and lead three sessions of Uncle Stevie’s Classroom in KidZone on Monday.
Ngangki Warra, a Kaurna female led cultural group that aims to amplify the voices of Kaurna women and magnify the existence of the matriarchy through language, culture and dance, will conduct the Welcome to Country on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Kaurna female led cultural group Ngangki Warra