NAIDOC Week Fireworks
This year in Darling Harbour we're kicking off NAIDOC Week a little early with a celebration of First Nations music, a welcome to country, smoking ceremony and special NAIDOC edition Saturday fireworks!
Darling Harbour will come to life with music by DJ Naian from 6pm at the Convention Centre Forecourt, followed by a smoking ceremony and welcome to country at 8pm at Cockle Bay Lawn, and a spectacular fireworks show celebrating all the colours from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at 8:30pm.
The perfect way to kick off an exciting week of NAIDOC events in Darling Harbour, celebrating and recognising the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
From 6pm Saturday 1st July
FREE
Smoking Ceremony & Welcome to Country
To mark the official commencement of NAIDOC Week in Darling Harbour, be lead through a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by community elders at Cockle Bay Lawn on Saturday 1st July 8pm.
A Smoking Ceremony is undertaken in Aboriginal communities in order to cleanse a space in which the ceremony takes place, so as to allow peace and recognise the importance of the occasion. The Smoking Ceremony is a purification ritual and is always undertaken by an Aboriginal Elder or an Aboriginal person with specialised spiritual and cultural knowledge.