A taste of bush tucker brings people together

Sharing food has long been an integral part of getting to know other cultures and, with this in mind, the NAIDOC Week traditional food day gave people a chance to taste local bush tucker without hunting it down themselves.

Held in the grounds of Mamabulanjin, the event gave people a chance to taste delicacies including crocodile, pearl meat and kangaroo and other traditional foods.

NAIDOC Week patron Kathy Watson said the event was about sharing indigenous culture, through food, with people from Broome and elsewhere.

While the food day did not include some of the more exotic foods traditionally eaten, Mrs Watson said the event had been popular.

She compared the entertainment, which included Filipino dancers and local singers, to Broome as a whole. “The day’s a bit like Broome, it’s like a bowl of ingredients of different cultures all mixed up,” she said.

She said having the day in school holidays meant more families and children could attend.