<font size="2"><font face="georgia,serif">Celebrating culture, calling for action<br><br>Saturday, August 14, 2010<br>By Emma Murphy, Yirrkala<br>Australia<br><br>Equality of access and outcomes in Indigenous education was a key demand at the 2010 Garma Festival, held over August 6-10. Up to 1200 visitors from around Australia and the world joined 2-3000 Yolngu people for the famous festival in north-east Arnhem Land.<br>
<br>Each afternoon, clan groups from across Arnhem Land, Kunnunurra, Groote Eylandt and Central Australia performed traditional song and dance. Evenings featured Aboriginal bands from across the Top End, and films by and about Aboriginal issues. The mornings were dedicated to forums and workshops.<br>
<br>In his opening address, Galarrwuy Yunupingu, chair of the Yothu Yindi Foundation, which organises Garma, demanded: “No more Mickey-Mouse teaching of Aboriginal people”. Yunupingu called for a unity of vision from all levels of government and society to ensure equal outcomes for Aboriginal students, including on remote communities.<br>
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