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Kulba Sabi (Old Lore)

Each and every kinship group is headed by a leader who has the status of an elder, and plays a very important role within his traditional society and community.
 
His has the authority gained through his own personal achievements and his birth right as a son of his forefathers; he has and will always lookout for the safety, health and well being of his people.
His ultimate duty is to make the wisest decisions for the better good of his people and the future of his children’s children.
 
He is obligated to maintaining peace and harmony within his family structure and ensure that all cultural lores is respected and obeyed.
He is the keeper of his sacred land, ancestral stories, songs, and cosmology star lores.
He makes sure that his clan group wealth, land and sea estate is preserved and maintained.
He teaches his ancestral traditional practices and lores of hunting/gathering, making sure it is passed down to the next generation as it has been done since time memorial.
He demonstrates his clans’ ancient way of life through the values he carries within himself, the way he conducts himself publicly, and the respect he shows to his natural environment and spiritual universe.
He puts his people needs first, helping those who are less fortunate with all that he has and although he is discriminated against, he is still able to humbly serve his people.
He provides and set food on the mat for his families just to ensure that they are happy and not hungry.
He will go out of his own way for everyone cause he loves his people, and there is nothing more important to him than the strong kingship bond that links everyone together through their blood line and intermarraige genealogical connections.

Categories: Moa Arts

Name: David Bosun


Language: Kala Lagaw Ya, Kriol


Community: Kubin


Biography:

Torres Strait Island artist David Bosun grew up in a very sensitive cultural environment and from the age of four he practised traditional dancing and singing. He first became interested in art in grade six after participating in an art class at school.  David went to Thursday Island Secondary school and later moved to All Saints and St Gabriels Anglican college in Charters Towers, Queensland. During High School he was always in trouble for drawing in class instead of doing his work.

David has attended James Cook University and Cairns TAFE.  He travelled extensively internationally with the touring exhibition Gelam my Son.  He was also part of a delegation to Cambridge University and is believed to be part of the first people from the Torres Strait to examine the Haddon Collection of Torre Strait artefacts.  David has also attended a cultural exchange in Suva, Fiji.

David believes that both the future generations in the Torres Strait as well as the rest of the world need to be educated about the rich cultural heritage and distinctiveness of Torres Strait culture. He is striving to record and illustrate his ancestral beliefs & traditions through the visual and performing arts.


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