00:01I'm here on the top of Anzac Hill, which is in the centre of Mubuntu Alice Springs on
00:06Aranda Country. It's at the bottom of this hill at 5.30pm this afternoon that residents
00:12of Alice Springs, the community, has been invited to come and pay their respects to
00:16Kumanje Little Baby and to wear the colour pink in honour of her favourite colour. The
00:21community is also asked to bring along an electronic candle, if they can, to light up
00:25that space in honour of her memory. A number of organisations are coming together
00:30to organise this event, including the Town Council, the Northern Territory Government,
00:34Tanganjia Council, and it's also an opportunity for the organisations who really came out to
00:39help with that days-long search for the little girl to connect again, including Central Australian
00:44Aboriginal Congress and the Central Land Council. There'll also be a beautiful choral tribute
00:50at the end of this evening by Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir and for anyone who's
00:55ever seen that choir in action before, it's totally breathtaking and it will be a beautiful
01:01thing for everybody to see and to experience.
01:05And how's the community there feeling, Elsie?
01:10There's still a real sense of heaviness in this town here. The community had such hope and
01:16came out in hordes to search for this little girl. But I would say there's also this gratitude
01:24opportunity for an opportunity to come together. Let's hear from Chief Executive of Aboriginal
01:29Children's Organisation Snake, Catherine Little, who spoke about the importance of the vigil
01:33happening tonight.
01:35One of the first things I've seen this morning, and that was before our sunrise, was a lady getting
01:41coffee and she was dressed head to toe in pink and that included boots. And for me, that was an
01:47incredibly
01:47grounding moment because it brought us back to where we need to be. Today is about our thoughts
01:53for Cormundia little baby and her family and the ability to bring us together. We've seen some incredible
02:00things from community over the past few days. The response from Alice Springs has just been remarkable.
02:06Yeah, so Ros, as Catherine said there, Mbantu Alice Springs have really wrapped arms around each other
02:11and will do so again tonight here in Alice Springs as part of this community vigil, one of dozens
02:16things happening across the country.
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