Koondoom Yarkeen Karweeyn

02/11/2024

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01/11/2024

Good morning!
Catch us this morning at the Portland Upwelling Festival. Parade starting at 10 AM

22/11/2023

02/11/2023

Ngatanwarr!
Koondoom Yarkeen are pleased to announce we will be attending and participating in the big ceremony this weekend in Thornbury. Looking forward to a showing of strength and and support for all mobs coming together for this important healing event on Wurundjeri Country ✊🏾
For more info on the event check the comments on this post!
Wurruk

31/07/2023

PROJECT UPDATES - CEREMONIAL DANCE SPACE
You can view and comment on the proposed Traditional Owner Dance and Ceremonial Space to be located on the Portland Foreshore, with a concept plan now available.

This project has been created in collaboration with Traditional Owner groups and aims to deliver opportunities for cultural activities , shared learning, and social benefit.

➡️ For further information, please visit the dedicated Your Say Glenelg webpage: https://yoursay.glenelg.vic.gov.au/ceremonial-dance-space-portland-foreshore

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩’𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙.

18/07/2023

Such a great initiative by our local schools, to have them all together to honour our elders and celebrate NAIDOC was very special.
Thanks to all involved in pulling it together!

First passenger train to Portland fashionably late
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14/07/2023

Local Schools NAIDOC Event 2023
Such an awesome event to be apart of, we paid respects to our Elders and to Country, then after dancing heard the kids sing out a few songs!
Thanks to all organisers involved, can't wait for next year!

01/07/2023

Heywood Rural Health would like to invite all community members to celebrate Naidoc Week at our annual event on Thursday 6th July @ 1.00pm. Hope you can make it.

29/06/2023

As always, NAIDOC Week is an important staple in our calendar each year, as well as one of our busiest times of year for dance gigs.
This year we have a few booked in locally, so we encourage everyone to get out and attend any local NAIDOC events where possible and you might just catch us there too!
This time round for us we will be at the following:

Monday 3rd 10:00am Heywood- Winda Mara
Monday 3rd 2:00pm Hamilton- Winda MAra
Wednesday 5th 10:00am Portland- Portland District Health
Thursday 6th 1:00pm Heywood- Heywood Rural Health

HAPPY NAIDOC

29/06/2023

Huge shout out to some of our youngest dancers facing some cold weather and nerves to perform this morning for the gathering of DFFH staff in Hamilton.
Thanks to Uncle Johnny for the Welcome to Country and Aunty Denise for the Smoking Ceremony and a big special thanks to our dancers for putting on a deadly display (most of which doing their 2nd or 3rd dance ever!)

05/06/2023

Here’s the footage of our dance last weekend, the kids done so awesome!
Big shoutout to all our parents, grandparents, Aunty’s and Uncles who helped make this happen, and Leon Davis who gave us this opportunity. Although it was disappointing not to be shown on the broadcast at the time, this was a fantastic experience for the group and one the kids will remember for sure.
Thanks again to Leon and the Collingwood Football Club

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Travelling 4 hours from Heywood and surrounding towns in the southwest of Victoria from Gunditjmara country, Koondoom Yarkeen Karweeyn put on a beautiful performance ahead of our game against the Kangaroos.

27/05/2023

Keep an eye on the Collingwood V North Melbourne game this afternoon, we’ve been lucky enough to be invited to perform as part of Collingwood’s Sir Doug Nicholls round celebrations.
We will be apart of the pre game celebrations just before 3pm!

18/04/2023

We will be performing here tonight, exciting to be apart of such a special occasion

24/03/2023

Deadly dance with a huge mob at Fringe Mount Gambier tonight!
Took part in the street parade and then the Welcome to Country ceremony.
Big shout out to a few of our debutants this week and our young leaders for always stepping up.
Footage to come..

24/03/2023

Kicking off Fringe Mount Gambier once again

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT FOLKS!

FRINGELAND COMMENCING AT 4pm!

24/02/2023

Check out some of our merch here on Koolang Moothang

Koondoom Yarkeen Karweeyn (dancers) are a local Gunditjmara dance group made up from descendants of the Kerrup Gunditj clan from South West Victoria. Previously known as the Winda Mara Dance Group, they have been around for over 30 years and continue to share and display their ongoing connection to....

16/02/2023

Was great to be invited to dance for the Atlantic Fellows yesterday, some of our young leaders have really stepped it up the past few months and it’s been great timing with a few new dancers coming on board as well!

07/02/2023

What a day and night it was on Saturday!

A few thank you's to everyone who made the day so special...

A massive thank you to everyone who showed up and supported this year's festival. We hope you had the best day.

Pierce Brothers, Bones and Jones, That Gold Street Sound, Little Georgia, Jade Alice, Trish + Isaac and Kinnon were amazing and well-worth the wait!

We were blown away by our Emerging Talent Evie Mae Music, Matt Lenehan Music and our winner Gabby Steel Music.

Performances by Koondoom Yarkeen Karweeyn and Matilda Allen brought something truly special to the day.

Shout out to our MC Liam Fitzgerald who did a fantastic job!

A big thank you to our vendors - food, arts & crafts and the community bar run by local sporting clubs.

And finally, to our volunteers, we can't thank you enough. Whether it's entertaining the kids, driving the shuttle bus about town, directing parking, selling tickets at the gate, helping with set up and pack down and all the little jobs in between, we appreciate you!

Event photos coming soon...

04/02/2023

Koondoom Yarkeen @ Music in the Vines, Macarthur, SW Victoria

03/02/2023

Can’t wait for today!

Opening this year's festival will be dancers from Koondoom Yarkeen Karweeyn - a local Gunditjmara dance group made up from descendants of the Kerrup Gunditj clan from South West Victoria.

Previously known as the Winda Mara Dance Group, they have been around for over 30 years and continue to share and display their ongoing connection to their Ancestors, Songlines, Culture and Traditions in an ever changing modern world.

Utilising the Dhauwurd Wurrung language, they showcase stories passed down, traded and created to keep those connections thriving for generations to come.

Tickets: www.musicinthevines.com.au

22/01/2023

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🎶 🍇 SET TIMES 🍇 🎶

Get ready picnic all day and dance the night away at Music in the Vines on Saturday 4 February, 2023.

We've got a big lineup this year with headliners Pierce Brothers joined by Bones and Jones, That Gold Street Sound, Little Georgia, Jade Alice, Trish and Isaac and Kinnon.

Not to mention our annual Emerging Talent Competition which showcases some of the best up-and-coming musicians in the region.

It's set to be our best festival yet!

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TICKETS: www.musicinthevines.com.au

08/12/2022

Koolang Moothang is the aboriginal word for the flower from the blackwood tree in the Dhauwurd Wurrung dialect in the Gunditjmara Nation from South West Victoria. The Victorian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) had many great uses for the Gunditjmara people and was very valued and versatile.

28/10/2022

It’s all systems go! See you at the Upwelling Festival tomorrow 🥰

27/10/2022

We will be performing tomorrow as apart of the Upwelling Festival in Portland, starting off with the parade at 10am.
Hoping the weather eases up as it’s always a great day down on the foreshore!

27/03/2022

Been a while since we slapped the matang on and had a stomp.
The boys headed over to Boandik country to participate in the welcome to country ceremony at the Mount Gambier Fringe Festival. Welcomed by Bonnie-May Saunders, the boys done well and had the crowd engaged and clapping along!
A deadly event that might become a regular for us, the lads even got to meet Michael Jackson 😱🕺😂