00:00An orchestral odyssey, tens of thousands of years in the making.
00:08This is the beginning, the Manike, the Belmar and the Yerake is the beginning.
00:18This important story from North East Arnhem Land traces the journey of an ancestral being,
00:23Woyal, the sugar bag man.
00:25Manike, with this one. First time for me, with Augusto.
00:33And it's good for him and good for me as a role model for the next generation.
00:41Guided by song man Banala Marika, composer Net Nela Mizrahi followed Woyal's journey
00:48across the beaches and mangroves of North East Arnhem Land in his search for honey.
00:53She transferred the sights, rhythms and tones of that journey into a classical score,
00:59with traditional instruments at its heart.
01:03We've got the song lines and we've got the wonderful beast of an orchestra.
01:07And now we can also create a third thing, which is where do they meet?
01:11She says the song lines aren't hers to fully understand.
01:15But this was an invitation to create something new.
01:19I think in that sense it is the language we all share, the arts.
01:25And to me that's a profound reconciliation tool.
01:29A new composition setting the stage for great change.
01:33A new composition setting the stage for great change.
01:37A new composition setting the stage for great change.
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