yeh lovely guy - was awesome hearing him sing...apparently they would sing this song all day up at Kings Park - not sure if he was referencing the ol' fellas or whether the family continue this practice - I didn't get a chance to discuss it further.
The family dance group 'Nga Ngoop' performed a welcome to country in Katanning in 2008 which was incredible - they shared a spider dance there - amongst others. Incredibly powerful!!
One of these days I will retrieve the images I took from the comp at work and post some fyi...there were an amazing amount of orbs showing up in the pics - quite unexplainably - I like to think it was the ancestors joining in:)
It was all too brief and Barry has such a soft, gentle tone that it was hard to distinguish any words...soothing, incredibly soothing, is a good descriptive for his voice.
The feelings that come up when Barry speaks in language, and again through this song, were ones of peace and total loving acceptance - that we are not alone in our journey.
He mentioned that spiders play an important role in absorbing? filtering? (can't remember his exact words now) negativity? from the environment and transforming it & that this is significant in the work that we do.
That is how my brain ended up translating what he had to say anyhow...
Working at Mungart Boodja - the first art centre in Noongar country - puts me in contact with people speaking their language - only a small handful of people though and not often enough!
This hauntingly beautiful language that flows like honey from the tongue - touching the deepest part of my being - leaving me yearning for more - I know only a little of what you must feel.
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old karr the spider... a special being... and what is this one? Is it an Orb spider?
Barry Mc Guire sang the spider song at a meeting we were at last week...
I call him an orb spider but I don't really know :)
Mr McGuire is a lovely man. And wow what a language speaker!! I wish I had heard him sing... lovely to know he is sharing what he knows...
yeh lovely guy - was awesome hearing him sing...apparently they would sing this song all day up at Kings Park - not sure if he was referencing the ol' fellas or whether the family continue this practice - I didn't get a chance to discuss it further.
The family dance group 'Nga Ngoop' performed a welcome to country in Katanning in 2008 which was incredible - they shared a spider dance there - amongst others. Incredibly powerful!!
One of these days I will retrieve the images I took from the comp at work and post some fyi...there were an amazing amount of orbs showing up in the pics - quite unexplainably - I like to think it was the ancestors joining in:)
Can you remember any of the words? Or what the song was about? Does he have a great voice? Of course he does...
It was all too brief and Barry has such a soft, gentle tone that it was hard to distinguish any words...soothing, incredibly soothing, is a good descriptive for his voice.
The feelings that come up when Barry speaks in language, and again through this song, were ones of peace and total loving acceptance - that we are not alone in our journey.
He mentioned that spiders play an important role in absorbing? filtering? (can't remember his exact words now) negativity? from the environment and transforming it & that this is significant in the work that we do.
That is how my brain ended up translating what he had to say anyhow...
Where do you go to hear Noongar talking in their language? I am a wee bit jealous.
Working at Mungart Boodja - the first art centre in Noongar country - puts me in contact with people speaking their language - only a small handful of people though and not often enough!
This hauntingly beautiful language that flows like honey from the tongue - touching the deepest part of my being - leaving me yearning for more - I know only a little of what you must feel.
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