Giant Boab 'Gija Jumulu'
Colossal boab trucked from the Kimberley, smoked in farewell and welcome ceremonies en route.
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This guide to the Giant Boab, Gija Jumulu, in Kings Park, Perth, follows the two smoking ceremonies that bookended its journey from Telegraph Creek in the Kimberley in July two thousand eight. You will hear what Gija elders believed the ritual protected against, and how it echoed a second ceremony once the tree reached Noongar country nearly three thousand two hundred kilometres away. Stand at Two Rivers Lookout, where the tree still stands today, listening for what has settled since.
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