Festival Update #1

Y a l a t a

F e s t i v a l

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J u n e

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CELEBRATE WITH US AT THE YALATA FESTIVAL

In June 2015 a Festival will be held in Yalata to celebrate
two significant anniversaries for the community. It has
been 60 years since the Lutheran Church was granted
land on the Far West Coast of South Australia to form
the settlement of Yalata for Anangu people. It is also 40
years since Yalata Community Incorporated was formed
by the local Anangu leadership to manage the
community independently from the Lutheran Church.
The inaugural Yalata Festival will tell the tjukupa story of
our past and will look to the future of the community.
Culture, country, art and youth will be major themes of the festival. The Festival will provide an opportunity for
community artists to showcase and share their art, and teach others their culture through art and artefact workshops,
music, bush trips, food, dance and other cultural activities. Above all, the festival will engender community pride and
will seek to involve the whole community as workers, volunteers, participant or audiences.
The Festival will be a significant celebration for Anangu living at Yalata as well as their families living away from Yalata.
It is also an opportunity to have the many friends of Yalata, former staff and service providers who have worked with
the community over the years to join the celebrations. The program will be released soon.

Be prepared to rug up for camping out

Although mild days are the norm in June, visitors to the Yalata Festival
will need to rug up for cool nights under canvas in the Festival village. A
tent city will be erected a short 10 minute walk from Yalata Square on
the hill bordered by the old Eyre Hwy and the Oak Valley Rd.
Visitors will be able to register for an open site, a standard dome tent
with a mattress and sleeping bag, or a premium stand up tent with a
camp stretcher. Day passes will also be available but to experience
Yalata there is nothing like sleeping near the camp fire close to the
munda. Registration details will be released shortly.

Yalata Festival backed by

Festivals Australia
Yalata Community is pleased to
acknowledge the support of the
Australian Government through the
Festivals Australia - Regional Festivals
Project Fund.

Nuclear Futures Arts Project

Artists from around the country have been collaborating with Yalata
community artists in a project that recognises Yalatas Anangu history
as a people affected by nuclear testing. The project includes digital
storytelling, the start of a sculpture park, a new book by Christabel
Mattingley, new ceramic works by Warren Paul.
These works will be presented as part of the Yalata Festival.

Lets talk about what matters

Each morning the program will present discussions and speakers talking about our past and the future
for both Yalata and remote Aboriginal communities. Visitors will enjoy hearing stories from Yalatas past
from the old men and women of Yalata as well as former pastors from the Lutheran church. There will
also be a chance to digest the issues of the day at the camp fire chats each night.
Dont miss out on the first Yalata Festival. Book out 2-5 June 2015 in your diary today!
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