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Murai Kuridh (Crayfish)

This print depict the rock lobsters which is the type of Crayfish species that in our culture we call Murai Kuridh Kiar. It sheds off it’s shells mainly during the cool season around June/July month. In recent years, it has been dismissing off it shells in the wrong seasons due to climate change which have contributed to it’s seasonal life cycle and to it’s environment in the sea and reef. 

Categories: Moa Arts

Name: Flora Warria


Language: Kala Lagaw Ya, Creole


Community: Kubin


Biography:

My name is Flora Warria, I'm from Kubin Community On Moa Island In the Torres Strait.

I am a descendant of the Mualgal Tribe. My ancestral land where I come from is Wug (now known as St Pauls Community).

Art and Craft has been a influence in my life from a very young age.

This knowledge has been passed down to me from generation to generation through oral teaching from ancestral time. This practice is still a big part of our lifestyle today.

In my art work I like to use natural materials and resources that is collected from my local area, with traditional knowledge I try to express my art and craft into contemporary visual arts.

My aim is to teach the younger generations to preserve and maintain our rich culture knowledge and practices for our future. 


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