00:00Celebrating culture and connection.
00:07The Pacific Rhythm Festival in Olverston deliver the line-up of traditional and contemporary
00:14music and dance from workers living in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labor Mobility
00:20Scheme, known as PALM.
00:23We are proud to be Solomon Islanders and we show this as one of our unique cultural dance
00:32and even the people will see that they will feel special.
00:39The dancing was very nice and people were enjoying clapping and smiling and shouting.
00:45They are happy to watch our dancing.
00:53Our traditional dance, it's a cultural thing.
00:56It was run before from our ancestors and up until now to this generation.
01:05Proving a hit with the crowd.
01:08People performing up there, they're fantastic.
01:10So much life and the colour and it's just the enjoyment.
01:14And the fact that they are here, they're part of our community so it's absolutely fabulous
01:19that they're sharing.
01:20Sharing the joy.
01:22The PALM Scheme helps fill labour shortages in rural and regional Australia in sectors
01:27like agriculture and meat processing.
01:30With workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste able to obtain visas of up to four years linked
01:35to their employer.
01:37In November there were more than 31,000 workers across the nation and almost 500 employers.
01:47The Mayor is already looking forward to putting on the next event.
01:51They wanted a chance to share their culture and their song and their dance and we're so
01:55grateful that they've been generous enough to do that.
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