Gurindji - Got Me Healin (Kawurru Punyuk Marni)

Introducing music video clip "Got Me Healing Like!" (Kawurru Punyuk Marni)
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@Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation teams @Ngaliwany Purrp'ku Child and Family Centre & RSAS (School Attendance Program) engaged Grand Trine Creative to deliver the 'Got Me Healing Like!" music video project for Kalkaringi and Daguragu communities.
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With Community members showcasing their amazing Gurindji talent in writing, recording, and filming this ICONIC track and video about Community Healing, Gurindji traditions, Elders passing knowledge and Bush Medicine
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A huge thank you to:
- Grand Trine Creative ( / grandtrine_creative )
- Elders and Traditional Owners
- ALL community members involved
- Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation
- Karungkarni Arts and Cultural Centre
- CFC & RSAS
for their work, collaboration, guidance and participation that made this beautiful project possible.
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Strong Minds, Learning from our Elders, Strong Culture, Strong and Healthy Communities.
Thank you 💙
Lyrics: "Got Me Healing Like!" (Kawurru Punyuk Marni)
Count In (1) Panturru, (2) Yurr, (3) Kangunya
Verse 1
This is the healing song from the Gurindji
Where the old people are Pinarti (They got the knowledge)
We love our country we love our Mardu (Home)
So listen to our song listen to our Jaru
This the black soil country with the spineffex
Big sunset that you never forget
We got Vic river, Lawi River, Wattie creek
We got bush medicine if you Jungka (Sick).
We got Manyanyi Mulan for your runny nose
You can collect em biggest mob with sis and bro
We got Partiki, Yirrjkaji to wash your body clean
We got Red sap Tirrurng boiling in a billy
We got Ngamanpurru, Mulan to smoke your body
Thats our smoking ceremony to welcome everybody
We so dam Punyu (Good) that they stop and stare
Ngarliwany Puur’ku for all to share
Chorus
Our ngurra (country) is a sacred place
Gurindji kungulu (Blood) running through my veins
Respect is when you give and you take
Learn your country it’ll keep you safe
It’s got feeling like……..
It’s got me healing like……
It’s got me dreaming like …..
Got me believing like
Kawurru Punyuk Mani
(DP- Guitar Solo)
Verse 2
This is the Gurindji bush medicine song
If follow us mob you can’t go wrong
When the wet season come ngawa - mah- jankarnik
And the desert flower bloom country look lovely
Dry season comes its cold and dusty
So we drink em bush medicine to keep us mob healthy
If you need wash your body Tarukap no joke
We got Yirrijkaji, Mulan you can use them for soap
We cook em baby la termite mound
So when em grow up to be patawan (strong) and proud
This is what our old people taught us to do
So now we passing it down to you.
Yapakayi Nginying Jankarnik
We spiritual people strong mind, body, soul
We got skin names, painting, totems and dreaming
To live free on this land is the ultimate healing
Chorus
Our ngurra (country) is a sacred place
Gurindji kungulu (Blood) running through my veins
Respect is when you give and you take
Learn your country it’ll keep you safe
It’s got feeling like……..
It’s got me healing like……
It’s got me dreaming like …..
Got me believing like
Kawurru Punyuk Mani
(DP- Guitar Solo 2)
Traditional -
Special acknowledgment to Elders and Wajarra singers
Topsy Nangari Dodd Ngarnjal and Violet Nanaku Wadrill