My Chooky Brothers

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this film may contain images and voices of people who have died.

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Sabrina Nayarri: It’s Greek music, but we’re on Elcho Island and you’re listening to my brother, Chooky Boys. And I tell about story about Chookys.

The Chookys new superstar on You Tube, but every morning they clean them own dance floor.

Dancer (sweeping): Can someone help me…

Margaret Nyungunyungu: You should look straight ahead when you dance…look at the kids.

Sabrina: Margaret call herself Mother Chook and look after them boys.

Margaret Nyungunyungu: We started way back in 2004. The Chooky dancers they were like, 13 year old, 10 year old boys, that they saw the Elders, Lowy Dancers [phonetic spell], Terry Mukrun and Darren Mutun [phonetic spell]. They participated in community festivals, then they performed a group.

Sabrina: The dancing is fun, but it also keeps the young kids off our streets. That was Margaret’s husband’s dream when he started the Chookys’ dancing.

Margaret: He dreamed of all the, all the young kids from this street he wanted them to be, you know, get them off the street.

Sabrina: And that’s what the Chookys are doing today.

Dancer: We stop kids doing bad things. Grog, spraying, drugs everything.

Dancer: Petrol…everything.

Dancer: We are keeping kids off the street and safe.

Sabrina: And that’s what tonight’s concert is about.

Dancer: We are playing for our community tonight.

Sabrina: Hope you enjoy it. See you next time.

 

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