Songs of Anima is envisioned to be a jukebox multicultural production bringing the members and groups of our community together in a full day of the world searching for its soul.. Collective soul-searching, identity, and connectedness will be the key themes in a grand, full-day celebration of multiculturalism in our modern community and the lives and traditions of those who came before us as we get to the heart of what makes an Australian in the year 2024.
Some 60 kilometers off the northwest coast of Fukuoka Prefecture lies the tiny island of Okinoshima. The closest municipality is Munakata city, famous for its fisheries, particularly the abalone and wakame seaweed harvested by ama (free diving fisherwomen) and line-caught fugu (blowfish). Just seven kilometers offshore from Munakata, between Okinoshima…