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Nyungar terms for body parts in song

Clip from Waabiny Time  |  Season 1  |  Episode 3  |  NITV  |  May 31, 2010

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The Waabiny Time singers perform a song about heart, head, hands and legs in Nyungar language.

The Waabiny Time singers perform a song about heart, head, hands and legs in Nyungar language.

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Maara, hands and djena, feet are very useful to us and together with the other parts of our body help us every day. Maara baam, hands clap and djena kakarook, feet dance. It's too deadly koolangka.

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