Children are learning to immerse themselves in culture by throwing their whole ‘koong’ into the hokey-pokey.
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Youngsters at South Warrnambool Kindergarten had the opportunity to learn some indigenous words, including koong, which means body, on Wednesday when visiting language worker Joel Wright used music to spread the word. After an hour they could sing the hokey-pokey in indigenous language.
The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages representative has been visiting 15 kindergartens in Warrnambool over the past two weeks hoping to teach a new appreciation of an old language.
The language is peek wurrung, the common indigenous language from the area.
Mr Wright hopes introducing the language to young people will make our next generation a little more accepting.
“It’s fun and it teaches the children a greater appreciation of aboriginal culture,” Mr Wright said.
