Yabun: Celebrating the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

ReachOut Content Team
Published 10 September 2023

Every year people travel from far and wide to attend the Yabun Festival on January 26. Yabun is the largest gathering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia, held upon the traditional lands of the Gadigal people in Sydney.

With live music, stalls and traditional cultural performances, Yabun honours the survival of the world's oldest living culture.

The ReachOut team hit up Yabun to chat to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about the strength of their cultures.

Read the transcript.

We came to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture...our strengths are in our connectedness, our community, our families, and our country.

Some of the things that these Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are celebrating and recognising at Yabun include their:

  • family ties and strength in connectedness, communities and country

  • connection to Land and people.

  • strength of resilience over the years.

  • culture and pride in culture, through dance, music and storytelling.

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        We acknowledge people with lived experience of mental ill-health and recovery and the experience of people who have been carers, families, or supporters.

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              We acknowledge the traditional owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past and present. We recognise connection to Country as integral to health and wellbeing.

              We acknowledge people with lived experience of mental ill-health and recovery and the experience of people who have been carers, families, or supporters.

              ReachOut values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.

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