I need to shut it down fast : How our leisure activities came to a sudden halt
December 13, 2020
The pandemic has had a brutal impact on our entertainment, dining, shopping and travel experiences. Some sectors have bounced back faster than others.
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The director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Tony Ellwood, remembers being briefed about how bad the pandemic could get on Sunday, March 15. I was told that this was going to be incredibly serious and that we needed to move quickly, he says. My first thought was that I can see people walking through the gallery. I need to shut it down fast.
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Dem Mob s music celebrates the Pitjantjatjara language, country, and community.
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For speakers of Pitjantjatjara, listening to Dem Mob s music can be a bit of a shock to the system. Pitjantjatjara is a language that is completely flat all the time, said Elisha Umuhuri, one third of the Pukatja-based rap trio. The melody never changes that much, so us remaking the language, making it something of our own, is pretty scary.
Pitjantjatjara is the first language spoken by many in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of far north South Australia.
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