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Waiba Nyindagura milbanha warrbangu nhurdu Ngarluma ngurra. Translation Hello and welcome to everybody who has come from far away to Ngarluma country. Traditional owners of the region the Ngarluma people extend a welcome in language to the visitors of the Pilbara. A welcome to country is an important cultural activity. It is a traditional greeting conducted by an elder of a language group who has cultural and spiritual connections to a particular area of land. This welcome is to call and ask spirits from past relatives and the spiritual keepers of sacred sites on the country to accept and not harm visitors. Protocols for welcoming visitors to Country have been a part of Aboriginal culture for thousands of years. Despite the absence of fences or visible borders the Aboriginal people have clear boundaries separating their country from that of other language groups. Crossing into another groups country involved a request for permission to enter and when that permission was granted the hosting group would welcome the visitors offering them safe passage. A Welcome to Country can take many forms depending on the culture of the traditional owners. It can include singing dancing smoking ceremonies or a speech in traditional language or English. Traditionally the Ngarluma people provided a welcome through ceremonies for their visitors from other groups especially during lore time. Some other groups of people will not walk upon anothers land without a welcome to country. The Ngarluma people hold Native Title over land in the West Pilbara around Dampier Karratha Cape Lambert and Roebourne still practicing traditional lore and cultural activities. 5