Worimi and Minjinbul man Corey Poulson started playing the didgeridoo at 11 when his father told him to put his lips to the instrument and 'blow a raspberry'. This week, he played his biggest gig at the Mundi Mundi Bash.
He said he felt proud of himself and his family to provide representation as an Indigenous person."I'm representing my tribe, but also representing myself. When one of us shines, we all shine, that's the beauty of the didgeridoo," he said.
"I definitely want to acknowledge their [First Nations community of the area] acceptance of me playing the didge on their country," he said.He helped organise the performance with Midnight Oil after hearing from the organiser they needed a didgeridoo player. Mr Bates said this could also help break misconceptions for people in western New South Wales about Indigenous culture.
"Be reminded that we are still here and culture still lives on, it's not some long lost artefact, it's existing and continuing."
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