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MAN: This is home.
This is connecting back to my ancestors from this area -
the Wardandi people, the saltwater people by the sea.
The South-West is really unique.
It was really untouched for a lot of years down here.
We've got forests. We've got beautiful beaches.
There's over 300 caves.
Lots of animals.
Pretty much good weather all year round.
To us, the kangaroo is a major food source. It's a good source of iron.
But in saying that, you respect the animal.
We utilise everything from the animal.
Nothing's wasted, from the fur to the skin to the bone to the sinew.
When the hunters would go out hunting,
we would bring the animal - the kangaroo, in this case -
back to the fire,
and it wouldn't be just like, "Oh, I caught a fish, love,"
or, "Here's a kangaroo I caught."
They would come back and they would sing the story.
(DIDGERIDOO PLAYS)
Through a lot of the songs and the stories and the dancing
is how a lot of information and knowledge
is passed through Aboriginal culture.
So, it's not just bringing food back to the camp,
it's actually celebrating that food.
The dance that we do is the 'yonga midar'.
It's a story about the kangaroo in the Dreaming times,
because as Aboriginal people,
we believe all the plants and the animals were here first,
and as human beings, we came to be the carers and the custodians
for all these wonderful things.
When the boys and myself, we do the dance,
we look at the behaviour of the animal -
the way he moves,
the way he digs for water, digs for vegetables and fruits,
the way he looks after his young,
the way he fights with other kangaroos,
the way he hops and moves through country.
Continuing those cultural practices is what keeps our culture alive.
Aboriginal people had to go through so much trials and tribulations
throughout their whole life
that if you can still maintain aspects of your culture
and your spirituality, your beliefs and your Dreaming,
well, then you can find a balance
between a traditional and contemporary lifestyle.