We learned the welcome garawanga and burri burri garawanga.
By Khye
Published 5 September 2023
~ poem written in Gumea Dharawal / Dharawal
We learned the welcome garawanga and burri burri garawanga.
Burri burri island is Dharawal home and learned about the gunaagaan.
My totem is a red burru.
My favourite dance is the murra murra or dhanj.
Dharawal people catch burru waranan.
We catch dhanj yiliman.
Burri burri bugi
Burri burri nandhi
I am a young proud Dharawal, Kamilaroi and Yuin ngudah.
~ English translation
We learned the welcome dance and whale dance.
Whale island is dharawal home and learned about starfish
My totem is the red kangaroo
My favourite dance is the fish
We catch kangaroo with boomerang
We catch fish with spear
Whale swim
Whale see
I am a young proud Dharawal, Kamilaroi and Yuin man.