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Ceremony - Welcome To Our Country
by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing
Illustrated by David Hardy
Published by Allen & Unwin
ISBN 9781761065064
Second in the Welcome To Our Country series for 4 - 8 year olds.This story shares the traditions of ceremony, what and why they are held, beginning with a ceremony that will be held tonight. The calls goes out to the children,, Nangga! Nangga! Yakarti!
Written in descriptive rhyming verse with colourful illustrations that compliment the story, this is an easy, educational and entertaining book to explain to young children the importance of ceremony to Australia's First Nations.
Read how the preparations begin early in the day, see what the kookaburras and animals are doing. Wait, what's that noise moving under a rock, is it scary? There's the promise of a surprise at the ceremony! The meeting of the aunties, the cousins, the mothers, the sisters, brothers, fathers. See what food they eat at the ceremony and how it' is prepared and what the food represents. Read how people will dress up and what about those dots and lines of body and face paint? What does it mean?
There are some funny moments and as the night draws in see how they gather around the ardla and tell yarns and laugh, before it's time to eat tasty treats.
You will find a visual dictionary on the inside cover spreads of all the words used in the ceremony.
Together with Somebody's Land, these books make a good addition to your child's or school library to have a better understanding of the original inhabitants of this great land which can be read time and time again.
