Four Winds proudly presents KORU LIAN TIMOR and their director Ego Lemos with the Djinama Yillaga Choir in an unforgettable and uplifting event of joyous song and community spirit.
DATE
Thursday 4th May 2023
Performance approx 120mins
LOCATION
Four Winds Windsong Pavilion
Barragga Bay NSW 2546
PRICE
General Admission $35
Concession $25
16 years & under FREE (Bookings still required)
Limited ACCESS PASS tickets available
About the Artists
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KORU LIAN TIMOR
KORU LIAN TIMOR is a choir from Natarbora and Maliana, two regional areas of Timor Leste, under the direction of Conductor, Tarcisio Amaral and Director, Ego Lemos.
The Bega Valley has a special relationship with Timor Leste, particularly with the Natarbora/ Barique region on the south coast of Timor Leste. Starting with the friendship groups initiated by Ambassador Abel Guetteres, the Bega Valley Advocates for Timor Leste have provided expertise and support to Timor Leste, in agriculture water , sanitation and education for twenty years.
More recently, the friendship has extended to music, and in particular with an exchange of choirs. In 2019, a choir from the Bega Valley , under the direction of David Francis, travelled to Timor Leste, for a short concert tour. The plan was to have a reciprocal visit by a choir from Timor Leste in 2020, but covid interrupted that plan.
Now in 2023 it’s happening.
The combined work of the BEGA VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR TIMOR LESTE and FOUR WINDS has made this dream become a reality.
Djinama Yilaga
Djinama Yilaga is an intergenerational Yuin choir, establish in 2019 and created in Cheryl Davison’s capacity as Four Winds Aboriginal Creative Producer. Djinama Yilaga perform songs in Dhurga language and is led by renowned Walbunga/Ngarigo artist, Cheryl Davison.
Yuin people were often multi-lingual, speaking and understanding languages of neighbouring and visiting groups. Dhurga was spoken and understood by many within the 13 tribes of the Yuin Nation. It was the dominant tongue of the Walbunga people of the Broulee region and the Brindja Yuin people of Moruya.
The choir emerged as a mechanism to revitalise language through song, following a unique pedagogy established by Westpac scholar, Dr Lou Bennett AM. The community led project, supported by Dr Lou Bennett was initially funded by the National Museum of Australia and Four Winds, Bermagui.
The choir has gone from strength to strength and is continually requested to perform at local and national events. In 2021 they performed at the Easter Four Winds Festival to great acclaim, and to a sold-out show at the National Museum of Australia.
Djinama Yilaga has expanded to sing in Language with their Nowra sister choir the South Coast Yuin Choir.
‘’The ancient Dhurga language is given great harmonious light to survive and bloom through the voices of First Nations choir Djinama YIlaga. Their songs release, calm and evoke beauty and growth.’
– Photographer and Storyteller Elise Idiens
