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Athe Kusi

The weather so beautiful over the weekend that my husband and I decided to take our grandchildren on the dinghy to Merad. As soon as we arrived, the children played on the beach and went for a swim in the clear waters. While swimming, our grandchildren saw something blue moving in the water. They called out to us; their excitement so contagious that we immediately went to see. Casually swimming in the shallows, was a blue fish. Without a care in the world, this fish showed off all the blue tones of its body while swimming in and out of the shallows. It remained nearby until we were ready to leave Merad to go back to Erub. When we were packing the dinghy, the fish came alongside the dinghy, as if to bid us farewell back to Erub. Upon seeing this, the grandchildren then dubbed the fish “Athe Kusi” because its colour is similar to our dinghy “Athe Kusi”

Categories: Erub Arts

Name: Nancy Naawi


Language: Torres Strait, Creole


Community: Darnley Island


Biography:

I was born in Thursday Island and grew up on Darnley Island. I have always been interested in making things. I have always crocheted and enjoyed sewing and handcrafts. Since joining the art centre I have gained confidence in myself as an artist and I want to do things that represent myself, my family and my surroundings from before time to these modern times that we live in. I am presently enjoying weaving and making bags and three-dimensional forms from ghost nets.


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