January 25, 2022

Australia Day: The annual day of mourning for Indigenous Peoples

It's a holiday in the land down under, but not for Indigenous people. Australia Day commemorates the landing of the first British ship. Colonization was brutal for the continent's original people - So for them, this is an annual day of mourning, starting with a Sunrise Ceremony.

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