Gig

TAFANDUHI: UKULELES FOR WEST PAPUA

Thurs Sept 11: Melbourne : Bar 303 : 8pm

Sat Sept 13 : Ballarat : B1 Gallery : 5pm

Sun Sept 14 : Castlemaine : Lot 19 : 6pm

All gigs feature West Papuan band the Black Orchid Stringband

and me! Rose Turtle Ertler

and lots local uke acts...

in Melbourne: Joe Geia, Helen Begley, Melbourne Ukulele Kollective, The Ukulele Ladies, Ian & Zak Pidd, Cathouse and Savi.

All money raised goes towards the ongoing campaign for political prisoners in West Papua.  Five were released a few weeks ago, but there's still at least 70 imprisoned.

Facebook event page here Please invite your friends!

$15 (or more if ya can and less if ya can't!)

Black Orchid Stringband is comprised of West Papuan asylum seekers and activists now living in Melbourne.  They were established in 2011 as a string band to continue the legacy of great musicologist Arnold Ap in the sustaining of cultural music and identity.

The ten piece string band plays traditional bass, ukulele, tifa and sing beautiful three part harmonies in maintaining the spirit of national unity in their struggle for freedom.

Most songs are sung in various West Papuan dialects and also Tok Pisin (PNG language).

Band members have recently set up an office at 211/838 Collins St, Docklands as the

Federal Republic of West Papua’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade

More information at: http://dfait.federalrepublicofwestpapua.org