Tjaabi performance and cultural exchange series in Samoa, Solomon Islands and Australia consists of public theatrical music performances, arts and culture workshops for young people, and cultural exchanges between Ngarluma cultural leader Patrick Churnside and First Nations people in Samoa and Solomon Islands.

The Tjaabi cultural exchange will highlight the tjaabi song form as a remarkable Australian cultural phenomenon to spark and inspire increased passion for culture and song; share First Nations voices and lived experience in the Pacific; build cultural understanding; increase peacefulness; strengthen relationships between cultural groups from the Pilbara and Pacific; and build international partnerships between arts organisations focussed on two-way skill development.

Partners: Big hART, Dreamcast Theatre Solomon Islands and SamoaGEM.

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Supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program.