Photographs from last night’s ‘Vigil’ as part of Sydney Festival. The event celebrates the survival, resilience and richness of Aboriginal culture, despite the arrival of British colonisers 233 years ago.
The event was the last of Wesley Enoch’s 5 year tenure as director of Sydney Festival and was hosted by Karla Grant.
Performers, in order of appearance, included:
Matthew Doyle & Dancers & Jannawi
Yvonne Weldon (Welcome to Country)
Bangarra Dance Theatre with Dean Widders and others including Adam Goodes and Stan Grant
Luke Currie-Richardson
Emma Donovan
Rayma Johnson, Andrea Adidi and Henrietta Baird
The Coolamon Dancers
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