A CULTURAL Healing Day will be held in Mandurah on Sunday .
Tina Tuira-Waldon said the purpose of the day was the coming together of two cultures, Aboriginal and Maori.
A Waka (40-foot canoe) will be blessed before being launched from the Mary Street Lagoon.
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READ NOWNoongar Elder Lindsay Calyun will tell stories of his country and perform a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony.
“This is my country,” he said.
“I am a direct descendent of Calyute or Galyute from the Binjareb Pinjarra mob.”
WHAT: Cultural Healing Day and Waka Launch
WHERE: Mary Street Lagoon, Halls Head
WHEN: 12pm January 28
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