Djirri Djirri Interactive Dance Performance

Join in this interactive performance presented by the only Wurundjeri female dance group and Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne).

Djirri Djirri means Willy Wagtail in Woiwurrung, the language of Wurundjeri people, the Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne) and surrounds. The Willy Wagtail the Spirit Bird, gave us dance!

All the dancers are related by blood through one woman, Annie Borate, William Barak's sister. Djirri Djirri dances are created to honour Liwik (Ancestors), Kerr-up-non (Family), Biik (Country) and animals and all songs are sung in Woiwurrung language, the Djirri Djirri’s Mother Tongue. 

Image by Suzanne Phoenix