  {"id":6577,"date":"2018-03-21T04:57:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/walking-beat-drum-harmony-week\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:08:26","slug":"walking-beat-drum-harmony-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/walking-beat-drum-harmony-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking to the beat of the same drum for Harmony Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of young migrants from multilingual backgrounds are the stars of a new music video that calls for all cultures living in Australia to be united and live in happiness and peace.<\/p>\n<p>Their song <em>Same Drum<\/em> delivers a strong message to other migrants about embracing life in Australia while never forgetting about where you come from.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Mucho, one of the 17 year old rappers on the track says, \u201cSometimes some people look down on others that don\u2019t speak English, but this project gives us kids an opportunity to explore our ideas and talents and break those stereotypes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song and music video clip were created during a series of workshops with students from the Intensive English Centre at Aranmore Catholic College in Perth. It&#8217;s sung in three African languages \u2013 Swahili, Dinka and Kinyarwanda \u2013 and English. The project was devised by Curtin <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.curtin.edu.au\/course_overview\/undergraduate\/art\">fine art<\/a> graduate Poppy van Oorde-Grainger in collaboration with the young participants.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Same Drum\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/255668772?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once a teenage migrant herself, Poppy said she wanted to direct this project to empower young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy intention was to give new Australians a voice and increase diversity on screen,\u201d she says. \u201cThis project is a unique opportunity for young people to be leaders in telling their own stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Juk Yuang was one of the lead female vocals on the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope people will accept each other as one, cos we\u2019re all the same, it doesn\u2019t matter where you come from, your culture, who you are. We\u2019re basically human beings,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The young participants worked with a team of high-profile artists to create a music video and script for a short film. The team included musician Scott Griffiths, writer David Vincent Smith, cinematographer Matsu, dancer Rita Nita, filmmaker Gemma Parsons and members of South Sudanese wrestling team, Western Empire.<\/p>\n<p>The music video clip will be released online for Western Austra lia\u2019s Harmony Week 15th-21st March and for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><em>Same Drum<\/em> is supported by project partners Beyond Empathy, Aranmore Catholic College, DADAA and Community Arts Network and the Australia Council for the Arts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ Poppy van Oorde-Grainger<\/h3>\n<p>Poppy van Oorde-Grainger graduated from Curtin in 2002 with a Bachelor of Art (Fine Art). She is a filmmaker and artist specialising in collaborating with communities. 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