#makuru — Public Fediverse posts
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I say #Makuru instead of “winter” out of respect —
I wouldn’t have used this seasonal designationa quarter of a century ago without permission,
but now, because #Noongar words have seguedinto broader community speech through Noongar
people rebuilding and sharing their language( Epigrams against wealth
John Kinsella )
https://overland.org.au/2025/07/epigrams-against-wealth/Six Seasons
https://www.aboriginalsixseasons.com.au/pages/makuru-seasonMakuru
https://www.waitoc.com/fast-find/latest-news/makuru-season-fertility#BloomScrolling #FirstNations #Seasons Winter
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-ld6xTtjBqQ
Makuru (Noongar season from June – July) 🌧️🥶I made a 2D art+music thing for the Noongar season of Makuru (which we're currently in).
There's a Noongar yorga in the bottom left corner, two waardar sitting on a branch of the boorn. On the right side there's koorla growing up the boorn.Software used:
-Ubuntu Studio
-Manjaro
-Krita
-LMMS
-Blender#Noongar #Makuru #Aboriginal #Indigenous #opensourceartist #musicproducer
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Happy #Solstice!
Here's what 5:30 PM looks like from #Boorloo, #Whadjuk #Noongar #Boodjar (#Perth, #WesternAustralia), 32 degrees south of the equator, where we have the #Makuru #WinterSolstice. Our nights are 14 hours long now!
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Makuru—season of fertility. Winter: June-July.
Makaru sees the coldest and wettest time of the year come into full swing. Traditionally, this was a good time of the year to move back inland from the coast as the winds turned to the west and south bringing the cold weather, rains and occasionally snow on the peaks of the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges.
As the waterways and catchments started to fill, people were able to move about their country with ease and thus their food sources changed from sea, estuarine and lake foods to those of the lands in particular the grazing animals such as the kangaroo. As well as a food source, animals provided people with many other things. For example, 'Yongar' or kangaroos not only provided meat but also 'bookas' (animal skin cloaks that were used as the nights became much cooler). Nothing was left; even the bones and sinews were used in the manufacturing of bookas and for hunting tools such as spears.
Makuru is also a time for a lot of animals to be pairing up in preparation for breeding in the coming season. If you look carefully, you might now see pairs of 'Wardongs' (ravens) flying together. You also notice these pairs not making the usual 'ark ark arrrrrk' that these birds are well known for when flying solo. Upon the lakes and rivers of the Southwest, you'll also start to see a large influx of the Black Swan or 'Mali' as they too prepare to nest and breed.