Djuki Mala (formerly, Chooky Dancers) will donate $10,000 to remote communities affected by Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Nathan.
The donation is a striking example of the way successful arts activity can bring money back into remote Indigenous communities.
Comprised of Yolngu men from Elcho Island in Arnhem Land, Djuki Mala is an international success. A YouTube clip of the young Aboriginal men dancing Zorba the Greek has garnered 2.5 million hits. Their most recent performance was at the Adelaide Fringe, where they gathered audience donations as well as contributing from their own profits to support the ‘Hands Up for Arnhem Land’ appeal which is raising money for the clean-up effort from recent cyclones.
