BARAMBAH BELTOUT
HISTORY
BARAMBAH BELTOUT
After visiting Cherbourg in 1992 Maroochy Barambah and Ade
Kukoyi decided that the Indigenous youth of Australia needed to be able to have
a means to not only to have a voice but also to keep in touch with their
history, culture and identity. The inaugural festival took place in Cherbourg in
February 1994. In 1995, it was held in Murgon. In 1996, the festival was staged
in Wondai and in 1997 it returned to Cherbourg for the second time.
The aims and objectives of the festival include:
- to promote positive Aboriginal role models, not only to
the younger Aborigines, but also the wider Australian community;
- to promote major arts achievers, both indigenous and
non-indigenous, in an event that contributes toward the reconciliation
between the varying cultures;
- to engender better community relations and understanding
in the South Burnett region;
- to revive and reinforce the importance of cultural
identity in the younger generation;
- to restore pride and self-esteem in Aboriginal Australia
through the reinforcement of hope;
- to re-awake and reinforce traditional cultural heritage
as an integral part of the Australian heritage;
- to give the younger Aborigines greater opportunity to
acquire knowledge and skills by getting them involved in performing arts
administration and management in the long term. Ultimately, they will learn
to take control of their destinies.
Please check out the Emerging Artists C.D. at Kalakuta
Records (recorded at Barambah Beltout in 1998).
DAKI BUDTCHA RECORDS
KALAKUTA RECORDS