“Trading Cultures”. A journey to rediscover strong Indonesia-Australia cultural ties of the past.

Writer and co-founder Rumata Artspace, Dr Lily Yulianti Farid was co-leader of a project that aimed to raise awareness of the relationship between the Yolŋu in East Arnhem Land and the Makassan.

Dr Lily Yulianti Farid was co-leader of a project that aimed to raise awareness of the relationship between the Yolŋu in East Arnhem Land and the Makassan. Source: Photo courtesy Dr Lily Yulianti Farid, 2020.

“Trading Cultures” is a film by Indigenous filmmaker Daniel King. The film traces the recent collaboration between three Indigenous Australian artists and three artists from Makassar in South Sulawesi. Their collaboration took them on a journey of rediscovery of the relationships between their ancestors.

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Published 5 September 2020 8:16pm

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“Trading Cultures” is a film by Indigenous filmmaker Daniel King. The film traces the recent collaboration between three Indigenous Australian artists and three artists from Makassar in South Sulawesi. Their collaboration took them on a journey of rediscovery of the relationships between their ancestors.

Coinciding with the International Day for Indigenous Peoples, co-leader of the exchange project, Dr Lily Yulianti Farid, writer and co-founder of Rumata Artspace, explained the importance of the film “Trading Cultures” in bringing a new and hopeful understanding of the history of Australian-Indonesian relations in general and the Yolŋu from East Arnhem Land and the Makassan in South Sulawesi in particular.

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